Caretta caretta ( Linnaeus 1758:197 )
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Caretta caretta ( Linnaeus 1758:197) View in CoL
1758 Testudo caretta Linnaeus , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [(Stockholm], Sweden. (4) + 823 + (I) pp.
SYNTYPES.— Specimens illustrated in plate 39 of Catesby (1736 [see Overstreet (2015) for dating of Catesby’s plates]) and described by Gronovius (1756), “insulas Americana” [restricted to “ Bermuda Islands” by Smith and Taylor (1950b) and to “ Bimini, British Bahamas by Schmidt (1953)]. Smith and Taylor (1950b) indicated that the type was unknown and King and Burke (1989) and Dodd (1990) stated that no type had been designated, whereas Parker (1939) and Wallin (1985) stated that the name was based entirely on literary sources for which there were no surviving specimens. Bauer (2012) explicitly identified two specimens as syntypes. Neither is believed to be extant. Although Gronovius’s fish collection ultimately was obtained by the British Museum of Natural History (now The Natural History Museum, London) ( Wheeler 1958), the fate of the herpetological portion of the collection is uncertain. Wallin (1985) identified three presumed types of Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758 as belonging to this species.
Caretta caretta, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:159 View in CoL .
Caretta caretta, Sindaco and Jeremčenko 2008:76 View in CoL .
DISTRIBUTION.— Widely distributed in tropical to temperate waters of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea. In the Mediterranean nesting sites occur in Libya, Italy, Turkey, and the Aegean islands. There are numerous non-nesting records along the Egyptian coast ( Baha El Din 2006a). In Libya they nest primarily between Sirte and Kouf National Park ( Resetar 1981; Laurent et al. 1997; Saied et al. 2012).
Libyan Records (Map 1): TRIPOLITANIA: TRIPOLI: 44: Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. MISRATAH: 89: Hamza et al. 2009; Hamza 2010. 90: Hamza 2010. 91: Hamza 2010. 92: Hamza et al. 2009; Hamza 2010. 93: Hamza 2010. 94: Hamza 2010. 95: Hamza 2010. 96: Hamza 2010. 98: Hamza 2010. SIRTE: 165: Hamza 2010. 167: Hamza 2010. 168: Hamza 2010. 169: Hamza 2010. 170: Hamza 2010. 171: Hamza et al. 2009; Hamza 2010. 172: Hamza 2010. 173: Hamza et al. 2009; Hamza 2010; Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 177: Laurent et al. 1997. 179: Laurent et al. 1997. 180: Laurent et al. 1997. 183: Laurent et al. 1997. 193: Laurent et al. 1997. CYRENAICA: BENGHAZI: 339: Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 369: Hamza 2010. 370: Hamza 2010. 371: Hamza 2010. 373: Hamza 2010. 375: Laurent et al. 1997. MARJ: 386: Laurent et al. 1997. 390: Hamza 2010. 391: Schleich 1987. 392: Schleich 1987. 393: Hamza 2010. 394: Schleich 1987. 395: Hamza 2010. 396: Schleich 1987. 397: Hamza 2010. JABAL AL AKHDAR: 410: Laurent et al. 1997. 413:
Schleich 1987. 457: KNP 1981 [5 specimens] ;
Resetar 1981; Schleich 1987. DARNAH: 476:
Laurent et al. 1997; Haddoud and El Gomati
2011. BUTNAN: 487: Laurent et al. 1997;
Hamza et al. 2009; Hamza 2010; Haddoud and
El Gomati 2011. 488: Hamza 2010; Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 498: Laurent et al. 1997.
502: Laurent et al. 1997. AL WAHAT: 525: Laurent et al. 1997; Haddoud and El Gomati 2011.
526: Laurent et al. 1997. 545: Laurent et al.
1997. OFF SHORE LOCALITIES: 588: Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 589: Haddoud and
El Gomati 2011. 590: Haddoud and El Gomati
2011. 591: Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 592:
Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 593: Haddoud and El Gomati 2011. 594: Haddoud and El
Gomati 2011.
COMMENTS.— This is the only species of MAP 1. Distribution of Caretta caretta in Libya showing nesting beaches and marine observation/collection points. sea turtle known to nest in Libya ( van Dijk et al. 2014). Libyan sites constitute a significant proportion of Mediterranean nesting for the species ( Laurent et al. 1998; Saied et al. 2012). Libyan nesting turtles have been inferred to disperse to feeding grounds throughout the Mediterranean, Macaronesia and eastern United States ( Saied et al. 2012). The continental shelf off of Tunisia and Tripolitania is a particularly important neritic feeding area for Libyan populations ( Casale et al. 2008). The Misratah and Sirte area populations appear to be distinct from one another ( Carreras et al. 2014). In addition to the publications cited here, there are many additional gray literature reports mentioning C. caretta , although these generally mention the same nesting beaches given here (e.g., Laurent et al. 1999; Hamza and El Ghmati 2006; Hamza 2007).
IUCN THREAT STATUS.— Vulnerable A2b.
BAHA EL DIN, S. 2006 a. A Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Egypt. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, Egypt. xi + [4] + 359 pp., 48 pp. pls.
CARRERAS, C., A. F. REES, A. C. BRODERICK, B. J. GODLEY, AND D. MARGARITOULIS. 2014. Mitochondrial DNA markers of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) (Testudines: Cheloniidae) nesting at Kyparissia Bay, Greece, confirm the western Greece unit and regional structuring. Scientia Marina, 78 (1): 115 - 124.
CASALE, P., D. FREGGI, P. GRATTON, R. ARGANO, AND M. OLIVERIO. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA reveals regional and interregional importance of the central Mediterranean African shelf for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta). Scientia Marina, 72 (3): 541 - 548.
CATESBY, M. 1736. T he Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects, and Plants: Particularly, the Forest-Trees, Shrubs, and other Plants, not hitherto Described, or very Incorectly Figured by Authors. Together with their Descriptions in English and French. To which, are added Observations on the Air, Soil, and Waters: with Remarks upon Agriculture, Grain, Pulse, Roots, andc. To the whole, is Prefixed a New and Correct Map of the Countries Treated of. Vol. 2. / Histoire Naturelle de la Caroline, la Floride, and les Isles Bahama: Contenant les Desseins des Oiseaux, Animaux, Poissons, Serpents, Insectes, and Plantes. Et en Particulier, des Arbres des Forets, Arbrisseaux, and autres Plantes, qui n'ont point ete Decrits, jusques a present par les Auteurs, ou peu Exactement Dessines. Avec leur Descriptions en Francois et en Anglois. A quoi on a Adjoute, des Observations sur l'Air, le Sol, and les Eaux, avec des Remarques sur l'Agriculture, les Grains, les Legumes, les Racines, andc. Le tout est Precede d'une Carte Nouvelle and Exacte des Pais dont ils s'Agist. Tome II., Part 7. The Author, London. pls. 21 - 40 and associated text. [volume as a whole (including Appendix) 1734 - 1747, 100 + [6] + XLIV + 20 + [1] pp., 120 pls., 1 map].
DODD, C. K., JR. 1990. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus) loggerhead sea turtle. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles, 483. 1 - 7.
GRONOVIUS, L. T. 1756. Musei Ichthyologici, Tomus Secundus sistens Piscium Indigenorum and Nonnullorum Exoticorum, quorum Maxima Pars in Museo Laurentii Theodori Gronovii, J. U. D. Adservantur, nec non quorumdam in aliis Museis Observatorum Descriptiones. Accedunt Nonnullorum Exoticorum Piscium Icones Aeri Incisae, et Amphibiorum Animalium Historia Zoologica. The Author, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], The Netherlands. [8] + 88 pp., pls. V-VII.
HAMZA, A. 2007. Marine Turtle Nesting Activity and Conservation, Sirte-Libya Arab Jamahiriyah (2006 season). Final Report. The Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas (UNE-MAP-RAC / SPA), Tunis, Tunisia. 32 pp. [not seen]
HAMZA, A., A. M. SAIED, B. SWAYEB, AND S. DERYAG. 2009. Sea turtles tagging in Libya. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 125: 7 - 9.
HAMZA, A. 2010. Libya. Pages. 157 - 170 in Casale P., and D. Margaritoulis (Eds.), Sea Turtles in the Mediterranean: Distribution, Threats and Conservation Priorities. IUCN / SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 294 pp.
LAURENT, L., M. N. BRADAI, D. A. HADOUD, AND H. M. EL GHMATI. 1997. Assessment of sea turtle nesting activity in Libya. Marine Turtle Newsletter, 76: 2 - 6.
LAURENT, L., P. CASALE, M. N. BRADAI, B. J. GODLEY, G. GEROSA, A. C. BRODERICK, W. SCHROTH, B. SCHIERWATER, A. M. LEVY, D. FREGGI, E. M. ABD EL-MAWLA, D. A. HADOUD, D. A., H. M. EL GOMATI, M. DOMINGO, M. HADJICHRISTOPHOROU, L. KORNARAKY, F. DEMIRAYAK, AND C. GAUTIER. 1998. Molecular resolution of marine turtle stock composition in fishery bycatch: a case study in the Mediterranean. Molecular Ecology, 7: 1529 - 1542.
LAURENT, L., M. N. BRADAI, D. A. HADOUD, H. M. EL GHMATI, AND A. A. HAMZA. 1999. Marine turtle nesting activity assessment on Libyan coasts. Phase 3: Survey of the coast to the west of Misratah. Joint Project of: Marine Biology Research Centre (Tajura, Libya), MEDASSET, RAC / SPA (MAP-UNEP), TCEP (Tripoli), WWF International Mediterranean Programme. RAC / SPA, Tunis. 47 pp. [not seen]
LINNAEUS, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Edito decima. Tomus I. Laurenti Salvi [Lars Salvius], Holmiae [Stockholm], Sweden. [4] + 823 + [1] pp.
OVERSTREET, L. K. 2015. The publication of Mark Catesby's The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands. Pages 155 - 172 in Elliott, D., and C. Nelson, eds., The Curious Mister Catesby - A Naturalist Explores New Worlds, University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA. xviii + 425 pp.
PARKER, H. W. 1939. [Comment on The Mexican Loggerhead in Europe by P. Deraniyagala]. Nature, 144: 156 - 157.
RESETAR, A. 1981. A Herpetological Survey of Kouf National Park. A. S. C. A. D., unpublished report. 41 + [1] pp.
SAIED, A., F. MAFUCCI, S. HOCHSHEID, S. DRYAG, B. SWAYEB, M. BORRA, A. OUERGHI, G. PROCACCINI, AND F. BENTIVEGNA. 2012. Loggerhead turtles nesting in Libya: an important management unit for the Mediterranean stock. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 450: 207 - 218.
SCHLEICH, H. - H. 1987. Contributions to the herpetology of Kouf National Park (NE-Libya) and adjacent areas. Spixiana, 10 (1): 37 - 80.
SCHLEICH, H. H., W. KASTLE, AND K. KABISCH. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, Germany. 627 pp.
SCHMIDT, K. P. (1953) A check list of North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Sixth edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA. viii + 280 pp.
VAN DIJK, P. P., J. B. IVERSON, A. G. J. RHODIN, H. B. SHAFFER, AND R. BOUR. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7 th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Pages 329 - 479 in Rhodin, A. G. J., P. C. H. Pritchard, P. P. van Dijk, R. A. Saumure, K. A., Buhlmann, J. B. Iverson, and R. A. Mittermeier (eds.), Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7).
WALLIN, L. 1985. A survey of Linnaeus's material of Chelone mydas, Caretta caretta and Eretmochelys imbricata (Reptilia, Cheloniidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85: 121 - 130.
WHEELER, A. 1958. The Gronovius fish collection: a catalogue and historical account. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical Series, 1: 185 - 249, pls. 26 - 34.
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Caretta caretta ( Linnaeus 1758:197 )
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Caretta caretta, Schleich, Kästle, and Kabisch 1996:159
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Caretta caretta ( Linnaeus 1758:197 )
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