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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Cheloniidae (modern sea turtles)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Anapsida > Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > Cryptodira

Species native to southern Africa

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)

Chelonia mydas (Green turtle)

 

Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill turtle)

 

 

Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive ridley turtle)