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Distribution: Africa.

Literature
Addison, D.S. 1996. Mean annual nest frequency for renesting loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta on the southwest coast of Florida. Marine Turtle Newsl., 75: 13-15.
 
 
Frazer, N.B. 1983. Survivorship of adult Female Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, Nesting on Little Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA. Herpetologica, 39(4): 436-447.
Frazer, N.B. 1984. A Model for Assessing mean Age-Specific Fecundity in Sea Turtle Populations. Herpetologica, 40(3): 281-291.
Frazer, N.B. 1986. Survival from Egg to Adulthood in a declining population of Loggerhead Turtles, Caretta caretta. Herpetologica, 42(1): 47-55.
Frazer, N.B. 1987. Preliminary Estimates of Survivorship for Wild Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta). J. Herpetol., 21(3): 232-235.
Frazer, N.B. & J.I. Richardson. 1985. Annual Variation in Clutch Size and Frequency for Loggerhead Turtles, Caretta caretta, Nesting at Little Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA. Herpetologica, 41(3): 246-251.
Frazer, N.B. & J.I. Richardson. 1986. The Relationship of Clutch Size and Frequency to Body Size in Loggerhead Turtles, Caretta caretta. J. Herpetol., 20(1): 81-84.
 
 
 
Hanson, J., T. Wibbels & R. Martin. 1998. Predicted female bias in sex ratios of hatchling loggerhead sea turtles from a Florida nesting beach. Can. J. Zool., 76: 1-12.
Heppell, S.S., C.J. Limpus, D.T. Crouse, N.B. Frazer & L.B. Crowder. 1996. Population model analysis for loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, in Queensland. Wildl. Res., 23: 143-159.
 
Marcovaldi, M.Â., M.H. Godfrey & N. Mrosovsky. 1997. Estimating sex ratios of loggerhead turtles in Brazil from pivotal incubation durations. Can. J. Zool., 75: 755-770.
 
Wibbels, T., D.W. Owens, C.J. Limpus, P.C. Reed & M.S. Amoss. 1990. Seasonal changes in serum gonadal steroids associated with migration, mating, and nesting in the Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta). Gen. Comp. Endocrin., 79: 154-164.
Wibbels, T., E. Martin, D.W. Owens & M.J. Amoss. 1991. Female-biased sex ratio of immature Loggerhead Sea Turtles inhabiting the Atlantic coastal waters of Florida. Can. J. Zool., 69: 2973-2977.