Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Loggerhead turtle ORDER - TESTUDINES FAMILY - Cheloniidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Caretta caretta SYNONYMS - Testudo caretta, Linnaeus 1758 REFERENCES - 4 and 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference IUCN - Vulnerable 1 Cites I 1 U.S. ESA - Threatened 1 District Reference Belize, Belize 2 Stann Creek, Belize 3 Toledo, Belize 3 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Caye Caulker 2 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 2 Ambergris Cay 3 Cayes, other; see comments 3 Half Moon Caye Natural Monument 3 Payne's Creek Wildlife Sanctuary 3 Glovers Reef Marine Reserve 3 Government land 3 Placencia Peninsula & Lagoon (Propose 3 Sapodilla Caye Marine Reserve 3 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 2 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 00' to 88 10' 3 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 15' to 88 30' 3 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 3 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 3 16 30' to 16 45'; 87 45' to 88 00' 3 17 00' to 17 15'; 87 30' to 87 45' 3 17 52'35" to 18 11'30"; 87 49' to 88 03' 3 General Distribution Comments 3 * South Water Caye, Carrie Bow, Pumpkin Caye, Ranguana Caye. 3 * Punta Negra in Paynes Creek. References 1 King, F. W. , R. L. Blake eds. 1989. Crocodilian, Tuatara, and Turtle Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. ASC. Wash. DC. pp. 18-19. 2 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 3 Smith, G.W., K.L. Eckert and J.P. Gibson. 1992. WIDECAST sea turtle recovery action plan for Belize. CEP Technical report no. 18. UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 86.pp. 4 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
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01/19/98