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Reptiles Database

Order Testudines
Suborder Cryptodira
Superfamily Chelonioidea

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Family Cheloniidae

List of genera:

Subfamily Carettinae

• Caretta
• Lepidochelys

Subfamily Cheloniinae

• Chelonia
• Eretmochelys
• Natator

The subfamilies listed here are not accepted by Zug et al. (2001).

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Reference:

Naro-Maciel, Eugenia; Minh Le, Nancy N. FitzSimmons and George Amato 2008
Evolutionary relationships of marine turtles: A molecular phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (2): 659-662

Mlynarski,M. & Wermuth,H. in:
Klemmer,K., Wermuth,H. & Hediger,H., eds. (1979-1993)
Grzimeks Tierleben, Bd. 6: Kriechtiere
Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
ISBN 3-423-05970-2
p. 319-320

Zug,G.R.; Vitt, L.J. & Caldwell, J.P. (2001)
Herpetology, 2nd ed.
Academic Press San Diego, London, [...]XIV + 630 pp.

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Online-Information:

• Sea Turtles (SeaWorld, Florida)
• Turtle Trax
• World Chelonian Trust
• Identification key (pdf)