Dutch -
echte karetschildpad ; English -
Hawksbill Turtle ; French -
Caret;
Tortue à bec de faucon;
Tortue à écailles;
Tortue imbriquée ; German -
Echte Karettschildkröte (Germany); Spanish -
Tortuga carey;
Tortuga de carey (Spain); Swedish -
karettsköldpadda
Albania (v) , American Samoa (br) , Anguilla (br) , Antigua and Barbuda (br) , Aruba (br) , Australia (br) , Bahamas (br) , Bangladesh (br) , Barbados (br) , Belize (br) , Benin , Brazil (br) , British Indian Ocean Territory (br) , British Virgin Islands (br) , Cambodia , Cameroon (br) , Cape Verde (br?) , Cayman Islands (ex, br) , China (br) , Colombia (br) , Comoros (br) , Congo (br) , Cook Islands (br) , Costa Rica (br) , Côte d'Ivoire (br?) , Cuba (br) , Djibouti (br?) , Dominica (br) , Dominican Republic (br) , Ecuador (br) , Egypt (br) , El Salvador (br?) , Equatorial Guinea (br) , Eritrea (br) , Fiji (br) , France (v) , French Guiana (br) , French Polynesia (br?) , Gabon (br?) , Gambia (v) , Ghana (br?) , Grenada (br) , Guadeloupe (br) , Guam (br) , Guatemala (br) , Guinea (br) , Guinea Bissau (br) , Guyana (br) , Haiti (br) , Honduras (br) , India (br) , Indonesia (br) , Iran (Islamic Republic of) (br) , Israel , Italy (v) , Jamaica (br) , Japan (br) , Kenya (br) , Kiribati (br?) , Kuwait (br?) , Liberia (br?) , Madagascar (br) , Malaysia (br) , Maldives (br) , Malta (v) , Marshall Islands (br) , Martinique (br) , Mauritania (br?) , Mauritius (ex?, br) , Mayotte (br) , Mexico (br) , Micronesia (Federated States of) (br) , Montserrat (br) , Mozambique (br) , Myanmar (br) , Namibia , Netherlands Antilles (br) , New Caledonia (br?) , Nicaragua (br) , Nigeria (br?) , Northern Mariana Islands (br) , Oman (br) , Pakistan , Palau (br) , Panama (br) , Papua New Guinea (br) , Philippines (br) , Pitcairn , Portugal (br) , Puerto Rico (br) , Qatar (br) , Réunion (br) , Saint Helena (br?) , Saint Kitts and Nevis (br) , Saint Lucia (br) , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (br) , Samoa (br) , São Tomé and Principe (br) , Saudi Arabia (br) , Senegal (br?) , Seychelles (br) , Sierra Leone (br) , Solomon Islands (br) , Somalia (br) , South Africa (br) , Spain (v) , Sri Lanka (br) , Sudan (br) , Suriname (br) , Taiwan, Province of China (br) , Thailand (br) , Togo , Tokelau (br) , Tonga (br?) , Trinidad and Tobago (br) , Turks and Caicos Islands (br) , Tuvalu (br?) , United Arab Emirates (br?) , United Republic of Tanzania (br) , United States Minor Outlying Islands (br?) , United States of America (br) , United States Virgin Islands (br) , Vanuatu (br) , Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (br) , Viet Nam (br) , Western Sahara (br?) , Yemen (br)
Distribution key
ex -
Extinct
br -
breeding
v -
vagrant
? -
outstanding query over status
Distribution is recorded to the level of country or, in some instances, to a sub-country level of Biological Recording Unit (BRU). This recognises areas to the regional/state level of larger countries, as well as larger islands of particular biological importance. If distribution data are not complete, or not known to be complete, this is indicated. Global distribution maps are available for each taxon.
Click here to show BRUs. Portugal : Azores
, Equatorial Guinea : Bioko
, Netherlands Antilles : Bonaire
, British Virgin Islands : British Virgin Is
, Spain : Canary Is
, Netherlands Antilles : Curaçao
, Ecuador : Ecuador
, Galapagos
, Portugal : Madeira
, Netherlands Antilles : Netherlands Leeward Is
, Malaysia : Peninsular Malaysia
, Portugal : Portugal
, Malaysia : Sabah
, Spain : Spain
, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) : Venezuelan Antilles
Aquatic Distribution
Atlantic - eastern central, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central, Indian Ocean - eastern, western, Mediterranean and Black Sea, Pacific - eastern central, northwest, southeast, southwest, western central
Critically Endangered
(CR - A1abd+2bcd)
Marine Turtle Specialist Group
Two appeals against the 1996 listing of this species were received from G. Webb and N. Mrosovksy in May 2000. These are being dealt with by a formal petitions process.
RedList 1996:
Critically Endangered
(CR - A1abd+2bcd) Marine Turtle Specialist Group
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)
03/07/78
On behalf of HK
I
04/02/77
Included with E. imbricata
I/r
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)
31/10/76
On behalf of HK
I
01/07/75
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Citation
: UNEP-WCMC. 9 February, 2010.
UNEP-WCMC Species Database: CITES-Listed Species
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