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Kingdom :  ANIMALIA
Phylum :  CHORDATA
Class :  REPTILIA
Order :  TESTUDINES
Family :  CHELONIIDAE
Genus :  Caretta
Taxon : Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) Comment on this entry
Distribution : Albania (br) , Algeria (br) , Angola (br?) , Antigua and Barbuda (br) , Argentina , Australia (br) , Bahamas (br) , Bangladesh (br) , Belgium (v) , Belize (br) , Brazil (br) , British Virgin Islands (br) , Cameroon , Canada , Cape Verde (br) , Cayman Islands (br) , Chile , China (br) , Colombia (br) , Costa Rica (br) , Côte d'Ivoire , Croatia , Cuba (br) , Cyprus (br) , Denmark (v) , Djibouti , Dominica (br) , Dominican Republic (br) , Egypt (br) , Eritrea (br) , Fiji , France (br) , French Guiana , Greece (br) , Grenada (br) , Guadeloupe (br) , Guatemala (br) , Guinea (br) , Guinea Bissau , Guyana , Haiti (br) , Honduras (br) , India (br?) , Indonesia (br) , Ireland (v) , Israel (br) , Italy (br) , Jamaica (br) , Japan (br) , Kenya , Lebanon (br) , Liberia , Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (br) , Madagascar (br) , Malta , Mauritania (br) , Mexico (br) , Micronesia (Federated States of) , Montenegro , Montserrat (br) , Morocco (br) , Mozambique (br) , Myanmar (br?) , ? Namibia , Netherlands (v) , Netherlands Antilles , New Caledonia (br) , Nicaragua (br) , Norway (v) , Oman (br) , Panama (br) , Papua New Guinea (br?) , Philippines (br) , Poland (v) , Portugal (br) , Puerto Rico (br) , Russian Federation (v) , Saint Lucia (br) , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (br) , São Tomé and Principe , Saudi Arabia , Senegal (br) , Sierra Leone , Slovenia , Solomon Islands , South Africa (br) , Spain (v) , Sri Lanka (br) , Suriname , Tunisia (br) , Turkey (br) , Turks and Caicos Islands (br) , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (v) , United Republic of Tanzania , United States of America (br) , Uruguay (br) , Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (br) , Viet Nam , Western Sahara , Yemen
Distribution key
br - breeding v - vagrant
? - outstanding query over status
Distribution is recorded to the level of country or, in some instances, to a sub-country level of Biological Recording Unit (BRU). This recognises areas to the regional/state level of larger countries, as well as larger islands of particular biological importance. If distribution data are not complete, or not known to be complete, this is indicated. Global distribution maps are available for each taxon.

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Aquatic Distribution Atlantic - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central,
Indian Ocean - eastern, western,
Mediterranean and Black Sea,
Pacific - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central
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