CHECK LIST N. AMER. AMPH. REPT. 151 



TYPE locality: Ascension Island, etc. 



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

 north as Massachusetts. 



Eretmochelys (GENUS) 



FiTZiNGEE, Syst. Rept., 1843, p. 30 

 type: imbricaia 



SHELL-TURTLES, HAWKS-BILLS 



Eretmochelys imbricata (Linne) 

 Testudo imbricata Linne 



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

 Eretmochelys imbricata Agassi z 



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 Indian Ocean. 

 range: Pacific Ocean; coast of Lower California. 



Caretta (GENUS) 



Rafinesque, Specchio Sci., Palermo, Vol. 2, No. 9, 



Sett. 1, 1814, p. 66 



type: nasuta = caretta 



LOGGERHEAD TURTLES 



Caretta caretta (Linne) 

 Testvdo caretta Linne 



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

 Caretta caretta Stejneger 



Ann. Rep. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1902 (1904), p. 715. 



type locality: "About the American Islands." 

 range: Atlantic Ocean, breeding as far north as Beaufort, North 

 Carolina; north occasionally to coast of Massachusetts. 



