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Caretta caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933 - Pacific Loggerhead Turtle

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Author: Zita Bukovská

Determination author: Ruchira Somaweera [Determination history and verification]

Determination note

Loggerhead or Olive Ridley but it's difficult to tell hatchlings apart from pictures as the number of lateral scutes sometimes vary with age.

Author: Ruchira Somaweera

Associated glossary terms: juvenile animal

February 2008

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