138 STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1923 



CHELONIIDAE (FAMILY) 

 Chelonia (GENUS) 



Latbeille, Hist. Nat. Rept., Vol. 1, 1802, p. 22 

 TYPE: mydas 



GREEN-TURTLES 



Chelonia agassizii Bocourt 



Chelonia agassizii Bocourt 



Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. 5, Zool., Vol. 10, Pts. 1-3, 1868, p. 122. 



TYPE LOCALITY : Guatemala, mouth of Nagualate in the Pacific. 

 range: Pacific Ocean, north to coasts of Lower California and 

 southern California. 



Chelonia mydas (Linne) 

 Testudo mydas Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 1758, p. 197. 

 Chelonia mydas Schweigger 



Konigsberg. Arch. Naturw. Math., Vol. 1, 1812, Pt. 3, p. 412. 



TYPE locality: Ascension Island, etc. 



range: Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico, occasionally as far 

 north as Massachusetts. 



Eretmochelys (GENUS) 



FiTZiNGER, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 30 

 type: imbricata 



shell-turtles, hawks-bills 



Eretmochelys imbricata (Linne) 

 Testudo imbricata Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, 1766, p. 350. 

 Eretmochelys imbricata Agassiz 



Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 1, 1857, p. 381. 



TYPE locality: American seas. 



range: Florida and Gulf coasts; occasionally as far north as 

 Massachusetts. 



Eretmochelys squamosa (Girard) 

 Caretta squamosa Girard 



U. S. Expl. Exped., Herp., 1858, p. 442, pi. 30, figs. 1-7. 

 Eretmochelys squamosa Stejneger 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 58, 1907, p. 511. 

 TYPE locality: Sulu Seas and Lidian Ocean. 

 range : Pacific Ocean; coast of Lower California. 



