Dermochelys coriacea

Dermochelys coriacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelonioidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Anapsida Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: Dermochelyidae
Genus: Dermochelys
Species: Dermochelys coriacea

Name

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Synonyms

• Testudo coriacea Vandelli, 1761
• Dermochelys coriacea Blainville, 1816

References

• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in: King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson A.J.D.; Rust, S.; McCadie, I. 2009: Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431-551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009: New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8
• Jacques Fretey, Alexis Billes, Manjula Tiwari, 2007: Leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea, Nesting Along the Atlantic Coast of Africa. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 6(1): 126-129.
• Jesús Tomás, Brendan J. Godley, Javier Castroviejo, Juan A. Raga. 2010: Critically important nesting habitat for sea turtles of West Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19(9): 2699-2714.
• Spotila, J.R., Reina, R.D., Steyermark, A.C., Plotkin, P.T. and Paladino, F.V. 2000: Pacific leatherback faces extinction. Nature, 405: 529-530.
• Paladino, F.V., O'Connor, M.P. & Spotila, J.R. 1990: Metabolism of leatherback turtles, gigantothermy, and thermoregulation of dinosaurs. Nature, 344: 858-860.
• James, M.C. & Herman, T.B. 2001: Feeding of Dermochelys coriacea on medusae in the northwest Atlantic. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, 4: 202-205.
• Dermochelys coriacea Report on ITIS
• IUCN: Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) (Critically Endangered)
• Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Lederschildkröte
Ελληνικά: Δερματοχελώνα
English: Leatherback turtle
español: Tortuga laúd
Esperanto: Leddorsa martestudo
français: Tortue luth
한국어: 장수거북
hrvatski: Sedmopruga usminjača
italiano: Tartaruga liuto
עברית: צב ים גילדי
magyar: Kérgesteknős
Nederlands: Lederschildpad
日本語: オサガメ
norsk bokmål: Havlærskilpadde
polski: Żółw skórzasty
português: Tartaruga-de-couro
русский: Кожистая черепаха
ไทย: เต่ามะเฟือง, เต่าเหลี่ยม
Türkçe: Deri sırtlı deniz kaplumbağası
中文: 棱皮龜

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