Caretta caretta — Common names

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Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. This tab shows all the common names provided to EOL for this organism from a variety of providers, including EOL curators. Currently we can only set one preferred common name per language on a given EOL page, but all the names should be searchable.

Common names listed by language

Preferred marks the preferred name for each language.

English

Name Sources Status
Logerhead Sea Turtle World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Loggerhead Animal Diversity Web Descriptions, IUCN Red List, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), NCBI Taxonomy, NatureServe resource, The Reptile Database, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Robert Hole, Jr, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), PlanetScott.com images, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Loggerhead Turtle BibAlex LifeDesk, MarLIN resource, Monthly ARKive text import , NCBI Taxonomy, South African Vertebrates, Undersea Production test 2, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Red Sea Turtle NCBI Taxonomy Trusted

Albanian

Name Sources Status
breshka e detit World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Arabic

Name Sources Status
ترسة BibAlex LifeDesk Trusted

Bulgarian

Name Sources Status
kаretа World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Карета World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Chinese

Name Sources Status
[虫隽]龟 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
灵龟 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted
红海龟 Taxonomic Hierarchy of COL-China 2012 Trusted

Danish

Name Sources Status
Uægte karette World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Dutch

Name Sources Status
Dikkopschildpad World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
onechte karetschildpad World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

French

Name Sources Status
Caouanne IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Tortue caouanne IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted

German

Name Sources Status
Unechte Karettschildkr South African Vertebrates Unknown
Unechte Karettschildkrote uBio Unknown
Unechte Karettschildkröte The Reptile Database, Unknown, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Greek

Name Sources Status
Καρέττα World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Hebrew

Name Sources Status
צב-ים חום World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Italian

Name Sources Status
Tartaruga caretta World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Tartaruga comune World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Tartaruga marina World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Japanese

Name Sources Status
アカウミガメ uBio Unknown

Lithuanian

Name Sources Status
kareta World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian

Name Sources Status
glattkarett World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian Bokmål

Name Sources Status
glattkarett World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Norwegian Nynorsk

Name Sources Status
glattkarett World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Polish

Name Sources Status
karetta World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Russian

Name Sources Status
Черепаха атлантическая большеголовая морская uBio Unknown
логгерхед uBio Unknown

Slovenian

Name Sources Status
Glavata kareta World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Spanish

Name Sources Status
Cayuma IUCN Red List, uBio Trusted
Tortuga boba IUCN Red List, World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), uBio Trusted
Tortuga-marina caguama Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), uBio Trusted

Turkish

Name Sources Status
Deniz kaplumbagasi World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
deniz kaplumbağası World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
Iribasli deniz kamlumbagasi World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
iribaşlı deniz kaplumbağası World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Ukrainian

Name Sources Status
Довгоголова морська черепаха World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted
морська черепаха логгерхед World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

Welsh

Name Sources Status
crwban môr pendew World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Trusted

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