The species was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Testudo mydas. In 1868, Marie Firmin Bocourt named a particular species of sea turtle Chelonia agassizii. This “species” was referred…
Continue ReadingDomenico Agostino Vandelli named the species first in 1761 as Testudo coriacea after an animal captured at Ostia and donated to the University of Padua by Pope Clement XIII. In…
Continue ReadingThe turtle shell is made up of numerous bony elements, generally named after similar bones in other vertebrates, and a series of keratinous scutes which are also uniquely named. Some…
Continue ReadingThe loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), also commonly called the loggerhead, is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family…
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