Chelonia mydas

Taxonavigation

Chelonia mydas

Taxonavigation: Chelonioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: Cheloniidae
Subfamilia: Cheloniinae
Genus: Chelonia
Species: Chelonia mydas

Name

• Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Original combination: Testudo mydas

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 197. Reference page. 
• 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 Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C., 1758. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 1:197.
• Chelonia mydas – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Chelonia mydas  (Endangered)
• Environment Agency of Japan (eds.), 2000. Threatened Wildlife of Japan -Red Data Book 2nd ed.- Reptillia/Amphibia. ISBN4-915959-70-8. [1]
• Ibid. Photographs [2]
• [3] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

Vernacular names

العربية: سلحفاة خضراء
български: Зелена морска костенурка
brezhoneg: Baot c'hlas
català: Tortuga verda marina
čeština: Kareta obrovská
Deutsch: Grüne Meeresschildkröte, Suppenschildkröte
English: Green turtle
Esperanto: Kelonio
español: Tortuga verde
euskara: Chelonia mydas
فارسی: لاک‌پشت سبز
suomi: Liemikilpikonna
føroyskt: Súpanarskjaldbøkur
français: Tortue verte
Hawaiʻi: Honu
עברית: צב ים ירוק
hrvatski: Golema želva
magyar: Közönséges levesteknős
Bahasa Indonesia: Penyu hijau
íslenska: Græn skjaldbaka
italiano: Tartaruga verde
日本語: アオウミガメ
Jawa: Bulus Ijem
한국어: 푸른바다거북
кыргызча: Жашыл ташбака
lietuvių: Žaliasis vėžlys
മലയാളം: പച്ചക്കടലാമ
Bahasa Melayu: Penyu hijau
Nederlands: Soepschildpad
norsk: Suppeskilpadde
polski: Żółw zielony
پنجابی: ہرا سمندری کھچوپڑا
português: Tartaruga-verde
русский: Зелёная черепаха
slovenčina: Kareta obrovská
српски / srpski: Зелена морска корњача
svenska: Grön havssköldpadda
தமிழ்: பச்சை கடல் ஆமை, தோணியாமை
ไทย: เต่าตนุ
Türkçe: Yeşil kaplumbağa, yeşil deniz kaplumbağası
українська: Зелена черепаха
Tiếng Việt: Đồi mồi dứa
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Le̍k hái-ku
粵語: 綠海龜
中文: 綠蠵龜

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