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  1. Dermatochelys coriacea (Blainville) = Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
  2. Caretta imbricata (Gray) = Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
  3. Hydromeda tectifera (Wagler) = Hydromedusa tectifera Cope, 1869
  4. Chelys fimbriata (Duméril) = Geochelone nigra (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  5. Testudo geometrica (Linné) = Psammobates geometricus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Testudo elephantina (Duméril) = Dipsochelys dussumieri Gray, 1831
  7. Chelydra serpentina (Schweigger) = Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)

English:
1: Leatherback Turtle
2: Hawksbill Turtle
3: Argentine Snake-necked Turtle
4: Mata mata
5: Geometric Tortoise
6: Galápagos Tortoise

7: Common Snapping Turtle
Date
Source Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 89: Chelonia (see here, here and here)
Author
Ernst Haeckel  (1834–1919)  wikidata:Q48246 s:en:Author:Ernst Haeckel q:en:Ernst Haeckel
 
Ernst Haeckel
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Birth name: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel; Haeckel; Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
Description German naturalist, philosopher and artist
Date of birth/death 16 February 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1919 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Potsdam Edit this at Wikidata Jena Edit this at Wikidata
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current04:37, 1 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 04:37, 1 March 20062,342 × 3,285 (2.62 MB)RagesossThe 89th plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' (1904), depicting organisms classified as Chelonia. Category:Ernst Haeckel

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