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Results of: Search in every Kingdom for Scientific Name exactly for 'Eretmochelys imbricata'

Eretmochelys imbricata  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 173836

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz, 1857
  
    Testudo imbricata Linnaeus, 1766
  
  Common Name(s): carey [English]
  
    Hawksbill [English]
  
    hawksbill sea turtle [English]
  
    Tortuga-marina de carey [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 -- répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
             OrderTestudines Linnaeus, 1758 -- terrapins, tortoises, tortues, Turtles  
                FamilyCheloniidae Oppel, 1811 -- marine turtles, modern sea turtles, Sea Turtles  
                   GenusEretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843 -- Hawksbill Sea Turtles  
                      SpeciesEretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- carey, Hawksbill, hawksbill sea turtle, Tortuga-marina de carey  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Rüppell, 1835) -- Pacific hawksbill, Pacific Hawksbill Seaturtle, Pacific hawksbill turtle 
                         Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Atlantic hawksbill, Atlantic Hawksbill Seaturtle, Atlantic hawksbill turtle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Tortuga-marina de carey [Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Source: U. S. Dept. Interior, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata, Hawksbill   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Iverson, J. B.  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher: Privately Printed   
  Publication Place: Richmond, Indiana   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9617431-0-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eretmochelys imbricata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Australia  
    Caribbean  
    East Pacific  
    Eastern Atlantic Ocean  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    Middle America  
    North America  
    Oceania  
    South America  
    Southern Asia  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Central Pacific Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Hawaii, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Banks et al. (2003) note: Endangered throughout range  
 

 

    

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