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This question was submitted by students from:
• A Maceo Walker Middle • Kingsbury Middle • Holmes Road Elementary
Sea turtle classification information includes:
Order: Testudines – Turtles and tortoises
Suborder: Cryptodira – Freshwater turtles, snapping turtles,
tortoises, soft-shelled turtles and sea turtles.
Kingdom: Animala
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrate
Class: Reptilia - Turtles, alligators, crocodiles,
lizards and snakes
Family: Dermochelyidae (Leatherback sea turtles only)
Cheloniidae (all other sea turtles)
Genus: Species : Common Name
Lepidochelys : Olivacea : Olive Ridley
Caretta : Caretta : Loggerhead
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtle-information
.php?page=olive-ridley
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=loggerhead
Lepidochelys : Kempii : Kemp’s Ridley
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=kemps-ridley
Eretmochelys : Imbricate : Hawksbill
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=hawksbill
Dermochelys : Coriacea : Leatherback
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=leatherback
Chelonia : Mydas : Green Turtle
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=green
Natator : Depressus : Flatback
Sources: Seaturtle.org- Sea Turtle Identification Key
Field Trip Earth
http://www.cccturtle.org/sea-turtleinformation.php?page=flatback