To note, two tumor samples from one turtle (Table 3: Lk16FPT6, Lk16FPT7) were not included in the phylogenetic analysis due to extremely low viral reads, and only two of the remaining six Kemp’s ridley sequence samples had sufficient reads for phylogenetic analysis (Table 3: Lk15FPT5, Lk14FPT8) of the ChHV5 UL30 gene. This evidence concerns the gene RPL7 and neoplasm.