CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811

Mccranie, James R., 2015, A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed, Zootaxa 3931 (3), pp. 352-386 : 379-380

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119093

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scientific name

CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811
status

 

FAMILY CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811 , 4

(4 genera, 4 species). Oppel used Chelonii in his key to the Chéloniens.

Caretta Rafinesque 1814 , 66 (1 species) Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758, 197)

Chelonia Brongniart 1800 , 89 (1 species) Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758, 197) Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843 , 30 (1 species)

Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766, 350)

Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843 , 30 (1 species)

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz 1829, 3)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Cheloniidae

Genus

Caretta