Caretta caretta

– Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:	ANIMALIA
Phylum:	CHORDATA
Class:	REPTILIA
Order:	TESTUDINES
Family:	CHELONIIDAE
Scientific Name:	Caretta caretta
Species Authority:	(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:	LOGGERHEAD (Eng) CAOUANNE (Fre) TORTUE CAOUANNE (Fre) CAYUMA (Spa) TORTUGA BOBA (Spa)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EN A1abd ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Marine Turtle Specialist Group

Justification:

Documentation about the rationale for listing, habitats, threats, etc. is not yet available.

History:

1982	-	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1982)
1986	-	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Vulnerable (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Albania; Algeria; Australia; Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Belize; Brazil; Cayman Islands; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Cyprus; Dominican Republic; Egypt; Eritrea; France; Greece; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Indonesia; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Madagascar; Mexico; Montserrat; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; New Caledonia; Nicaragua; Oman; Panama; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Saint Lucia; Senegal; South Africa; Spain (Canary Is.); Sri Lanka; Tunisia; Turkey; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States; Uruguay; Venezuela; Virgin Islands, British

Uncertain presence and origin:

Angola; Cape Verde; India; Myanmar; Papua New Guinea

FAO Marine Fishing Areas:

Native:

Atlantic-eastern central; Atlantic-northeast; Atlantic-northwest; Atlantic-southeast; Atlantic-southwest; Atlantic-western central; Indian Ocean-eastern; Indian Ocean-western; Mediterranean and Black Sea; Pacific-eastern central; Pacific-northeast; Pacific-northwest; Pacific-southeast; Pacific-southwest; Pacific-western central

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:	Terrestrial nest sites
System:	Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Citation:	Marine Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Caretta caretta. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 May 2008.
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