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Genus CArErra Rafinesque. 
The Logger Head Turtles. 
Caretta caretta (Linnzus). 
PLATE 54. 
Logger Head Turtle. Sea Turtle. Turtle. 
Carapace of young with 3 strong keels, in adult arched or 
subtectiform. Dorsal shields juxtaposed. Margin of carapace 
Logger Head Turtle. Caretta carctta (Linneus). (Young.) 
serrated behind in young, and of 25 to 27 shields. Intergular 
shield very small or absent. Head large, with very strong hooked 
jaws. Symphysis of mandible very long. Alveolar surface of 
