Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz, 1857

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Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata squamata Agassiz, 1857

Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz, J.L.R. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States. North American Testudinata. Boston : Little, Brown & Co. Vol. 1(2) pp. 233-450. [382].
Type data:
Lectotype MCZ 1416, Singapore and Bengal, India; restricted to Singapore.
Subsequent designation references:
Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 199: i-iv 1-253.
Type locality references:
Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 199: i-iv 1-253.

Introduction

Note that this subspecies is not recognised by Fritz & Havas (2007: 168), who state that '[t]raditionally, two subspecies are distinguished, Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766), occurring in the Atlantic Ocean, and E. i. bissa (Rüppell, 1835), distributed in the Pacific and Indian Oceans'.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Central E coast
- Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
- Tasmania: Tas. coast

Ecological Descriptors

Algae feeder, aquatic, continental shelf, coral reef, migratory, noctidiurnal, oceanic, oviparous, piscivore, predator.

General References

Fritz, U. & Havas, P. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2): 149-368 [168]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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