STEJNEGER AND BARBOUR, 1917 



CHELONIIDAE (FAMILY) 



Chelonia (GENUS) 



LATBEILLE, Hist. Nat. Kept., 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 LINN 



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 LiNNlf: 



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 



Herpet. U. S. Expl. Exped., 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. 



