Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Eretmochelys
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Echte Karettschildkröte
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Ægte Karetteskildpadde
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1828 |  |
Caretta Ritgen [not Caretta Rafinesque 1814] (type species: Testudo imbricata Linnaeus 1766; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1843 | |
Eretmochelys Fitzinger (type species: Testudo imbricata Linnaeus 1766) |
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1868 | |
Herpysmostes Gistel (type species: Testudo imbricata Linnaeus 1766; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1873 | |
Onychochelys Gray (type species: Onychochelys kraussi Gray 1873; syn. Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Contents:
1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Eretmochelys imbricata
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Echte Karettschildkröte
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Ægte Karetteskildpadde
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1766 | |
Testudo imbricata Linnaeus |
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Chelone imbricata Brongniart 1805 |
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Chelonia imbricata Schweigger 1812 |
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Caretta imbricata Merrem 1820 |
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Eretmochelys imbricata Agassiz 1857 |
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Chelonius imbricatus Herrera 1899 |
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Herpysmostes imbricata Gistel 1868 |
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Chelys imbricata Grassé 1970 |
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1829 | |
Chelonia radiata Cuvier (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1834 | |
Chelonia pseudo-caretta Lesson in Bélanger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1834 | |
Chelonia pseudo-mydas Lesson in Bélanger (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1835 | |
Caretta bissa Rüppell |
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Eretmochelys imbricata bissa Smith & Taylor 1950 |
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1857 | |
Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Caretta squamata Swinhoe 1863 |
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Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Carr 1942 |
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1858 | |
Caretta rostrata Girard (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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1858 | |
Caretta squamosa Girard [substitute name for Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz 1857] (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
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Eretmochelys squamosa Stejneger 1907 |
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Eretmochelys imbricata squamosa Mertens 1927 |
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Onychochelys kraussi Gray (Fritz & Havas 2006) |
Other common names:
bissa: Pacific Hawksbill Sea Turtle
imbricata: Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Remarks:
Listed as likely to occur in Colima by Lemos-Espinal, Smith, Pierce & Painter (2020), although reported from Revillagigedo Islands already by Zug (2013).
Not mentioned for Algeria by Rouag & Ziane (2023).
Distribution:
Albania,
Algeria,
American Samoa,
Angola,
Anguilla
(incl.
Anguilla Island,
Sombrero),
Antigua & Barbuda
(incl.
Antigua,
Barbuda,
Redonda),
Argentina,
Aruba,
Ascension,
Australia
(Lord Howe Island,
New South Wales,
Norfolk Island,
Northern Territory,
Queensland
[incl.
Fraser Island,
Torres Strait Islands],
Tasmania,
Western Australia),
Bahamas,
Bahrain,
Bangladesh,
Barbados,
Belize,
Benin,
Bermuda,
Bonaire,
Brazil
(Alagoas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo
[incl.
Trindade Island],
Maranhao,
Paraiba,
Pernambuco
[incl.
Fernando do Noronha],
Para,
Parana,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Sao Sebastiao,
Sergipe),
British Virgin Islands,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Verde,
Cayman Islands
(Grand Cayman,
Little Cayman),
Chagos Archipelago,
Chile
(½Easter Island),
China
(Fujian,
Guangdong,
Guangxi,
Hainan
[incl.
Xisha Islands],
Jiangsu,
Shandong,
Zhejiang),
Cocos (Keeling) Islands,
Colombia
(incl.
Gorgona Island,
San Andres),
Comoro Islands
(incl.
Anjouan,
Grande Comoro,
Moheli),
Congo-Brazzaville,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Cook Islands
(incl.
Rarotonga),
Costa Rica
(incl.
Isla del Coco),
Cuba,
Curacao,
Djibouti,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
East Timor,
Ecuador
(incl.
Galapagos Islands
[incl.
Baltra,
Fernandina,
Floreana,
Isabela,
Pinzon,
San Cristóbal,
Santa Cruz,
Santa Fe,
Santiago]),
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea
(Annobon,
Bioko),
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Europa Island,
Fiji,
France,
French Guiana,
French Polynesia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Glorioso Islands,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe
(incl.
Desirade,
Iles de la Petite Terre,
Iles des Saintes,
Marie-Galante),
Guam,
Guatemala,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau
(incl.
Bijagos Archipelago),
Guyana,
Haiti,
Honduras
(incl.
Islas de la Bahia
[Cayos Cochinos
(Cayo Cochino Pequeño),
Guanaja,
Roatan,
Utila],
Islas del Cisne
[Isla Grande,
Isla Pequena]),
India
(Andaman & Nicobar Islands
[Andaman Islands,
Nicobar Islands],
Andhra Pradesh,
Goa,
Gujarat,
Kerala,
Lakshadweep,
Maharashtra,
Odisha,
Tamil Nadu,
West Bengal),
Indonesia
(Ambon,
Aru Islands,
Bali,
Banda Islands,
Banyak Islands,
Belitung,
Biak,
Buru,
Ende,
Flores,
Java,
Kai Islands,
Komodo,
Lombok,
Madura,
Natuna Islands,
Obi,
Padar,
Riau Islands,
Seram,
Seribu Islets,
Spermonde Islands,
Sulawesi,
Sumatra,
Sumba,
Sumbawa,
Supiori,
Tanimbar Islands,
Ternate,
Western New Guinea,
Wetar),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Ivory Coast,
Jamaica,
Japan
(incl.
Bonin Islands,
Ryukyu Islands
[incl.
Okinawa Islands,
Sakishima Islands
(incl.
Yaeyama Islands),
Satsunan Islands]),
Jordan,
Juan de Nova,
Kenya,
Kiribati,
Kuwait,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malaysia
(Sabah,
Sarawak,
West Malaysia),
Maldives,
Malta,
Marshall Islands,
Martinique,
Mauritania,
Mauritius
(incl.
Rodrigues,
Round Island),
Mayotte,
Mexico
(Baja California Norte,
Baja California Sur,
Campeche,
Chiapas,
Colima
[incl.
Revillagigedo Islands],
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Nayarit
[incl.
Islas Marias
(incl.
Maria Magdalena)],
Oaxaca,
Quintana Roo,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Micronesia
(incl.
Pohnpei),
Montserrat,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Nauru,
Navassa,
New Caledonia
(incl.
Grande Terre,
Isle of Pines,
Loyalty Islands),
New Zealand,
Nicaragua,
Nigeria,
Niue,
North Korea,
Northern Mariana Islands,
Oman
(incl.
Masirah),
Pakistan,
Palau,
Palmyra,
Panama,
Papua New Guinea
(Bismarck Archipelago
[Admiralty Islands,
New Britain,
New Ireland],
Eastern New Guinea,
Trobriand Islands),
Peru,
Philippines
(Calamian Islands
[Calauit],
Luzon,
Mindanao,
Siquijor),
Pitcairn Islands,
Portugal
(incl.
Azores,
Madeira,
Selvagens Islands),
Puerto Rico
(incl.
Mona,
Monito),
Qatar,
Republic of Ireland,
Reunion,
Saba,
Saint Barthelemy,
Saint Helena,
Saint Kitts & Nevis
(Nevis,
Saint Kitts),
Saint Lucia,
Saint Martin,
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines,
Sao Tome & Principe
(Principe,
Rolas Island,
Sao Tome),
Saudi Arabia
(incl.
Farasan Islands),
Senegal,
Seychelles
(incl.
Aldabra,
Praslin),
Sierra Leone,
Singapore,
Sint Eustatius,
Solomon Islands
(incl.
Guadalcanal),
Somalia,
South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal,
Western Cape),
South Korea,
Spain
(incl.
Canary Islands),
Spratly Islands,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Surinam,
Taiwan,
Tanzania
(incl.
Pemba,
Zanzibar),
Thailand,
Togo,
Tokelau,
Tonga,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Tromelin,
Turks & Caicos Islands,
Tuvalu,
U.S. Virgin Islands
(incl.
St. Croix),
United Arab Emirates,
United Kingdom,
Uruguay,
USA
(Alabama,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Hawaii,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Mississippi,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Texas,
Virginia),
Vanuatu,
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita),
Vietnam,
Wallis & Futuna,
Western Sahara,
Western Samoa,
Yemen
(incl.
Socotra Archipelago
[incl.
Socotra]).
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