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Checklist General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Jewell 2008 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1979 Pritchard 1982b (in Bjorndal, ed.) Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Robb 1980 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Jewell 2008 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1982b (in Bjorndal, ed.) Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Robb 1980 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Jewell 2008 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1982b (in Bjorndal, ed.) Robb 1980 Tennyson, Roxburgh & Taylor 1995 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Darby 1987 Pritchard 1982b (in Bjorndal, ed.) Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Jewell 2008 King & Burke 1989 Pritchard 1982b (in Bjorndal, ed.) Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2017 Robb 1980