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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119093
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scientific name	CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811
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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)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudines
Family	Cheloniidae

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