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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Cheloniidae
Bibliography of the genus Natator
Biodiversity of the family Cheloniidae








Genus
Natator

Flatback Sea Turtle

Australische Suppenschildkröte

Fladrygget Havskildpadde, (Fladrygget Suppeskildpadde)

1908 Natator Mcculloch (type species: Natator tessellatus McCulloch 1908)

Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included in Chelonia.
Distribution: As for the single species.

Natator depressus

Flatback Sea Turtle

Australische Suppenschildkröte

Fladrygget Havskildpadde, (Fladrygget Suppeskildpadde)

1880 Chelonia depressa Garman
Natator depressus Limpus 1988
1908 Natator tessellatus McCulloch (Fritz & Havas 2006)

Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island], Western Australia), East Timor, Indonesia (Java, Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea).