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Caretta caretta
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
As recorded: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- ?
- Collector number
- Collector Number: CHK 32
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Caretta caretta observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 49,224 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-30.
2026-10-30
Nusa Tenggara Barat, ID
(c) serenamanuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-30
Sud, NC
(c) momaz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Al Bahr al Ahmar, EG
(c) ur6s77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
(c) jumla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
(c) Marilou Werlé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Maldives
(c) Elina Le Verche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Caretta caretta. BPBM 9906. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090338717. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/9906.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090338717 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026