Heart-shaped carapace. Scutes of carapace with 4 pairs of imbricate coastal scutes.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Caretta bissa Rüppell 1835 |
| synonym | Caretta rostrata Girard 1858 |
| synonym | Caretta squamata Swinhoe 1863 |
| synonym | Caretta squamosa Girard 1858 (nomen subst. pro E. squamata Agassiz) |
| synonym | Chelone imbricata Boulenger, 1889 |
| synonym | Chelonia Imbricata Duméril & Bibron 1835 |
| synonym | Chelonia imbricata Duméril & Bibron, 1835 |
| synonym | Chelonia pseudo-caretta Lesson 1834 (in Bélanger) |
| synonym | Chelonia pseudo-mydas Lesson 1834 (in Bélanger) |
| synonym | Chelonia radiata Cuvier, 1829 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Agassiz 1857 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppell 1835) |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata bissa Crother 2000 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata bissa Smith & Taylor 1950 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata bissa Stebbins 1985 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Cogger 2000 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Conant & Collins 1991 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Engelmann et al. 1993 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Glaw & Vences 1994 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus 1766) |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Crother 2000 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata Mertens & Müller 1928 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Carr 1942 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Meirte 1999 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Stebbins 1985 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricata Trape, Chirio & Trape 2012 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys imbricate Chan-Ard et al. 2015 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz 1857 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys squamata Barbour 1918 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys squamosa Garman 1908 |
| synonym | Eretmochelys squamosa Stejneger 1907 |
| synonym | Onychochelys kraussi Gray 1873 |
| synonym | Testudo imbricata Cuvier 1831 |
| synonym | Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766 |
| synonym | Testudo imbricata Shaw & Nodder 1797 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
Reptile group
turtles
SubSpecies Varieties Races
Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz 1857
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hošek, J. (eds.), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 11/12/2018
Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz 1857
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hošek, J. (eds.), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 11/12/2018
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
References
eng: Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Curated from The Reptile Database
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📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Marine
Marine
Sandeep Das, P S Easa, Jafer Palot
| Attributions | Sandeep Das, P S Easa, Jafer Palot |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Coast of Peninsular India
Sandeep Das, P S Easa, Jafer Palot
| Attributions | Sandeep Das, P S Easa, Jafer Palot |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Legislation
CITES Status
Appendix I
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hošek, J. (eds.), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 11/12/2018
- Das, I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. New Holland Publishers" "UK) Ltd. 144pp
Information Listing > References
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hošek, J. (eds.), The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 11/12/2018
- Das, I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. New Holland Publishers" "UK) Ltd. 144pp
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Reptilia |
| Order | Testudines |
| Family | Cheloniidae |
| Genus | Eretmochelys |
| Species | Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
