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Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
ReptileverifiedEndangered

Chelonia mydas

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Green Sea Turtle

Also known as: Green Turtle, Sea Turtle, Black Turtle, Common Green Sea Turtle, Common Green Turtle, Pacific Green Sea Turtle

Verified againstWoRMS
Taxonomy
Class

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Order

Testudines

Family

Cheloniidae

Where to find it

common

AustraliaAustralia (East Coast)Australia (Great Barrier Reef)Australia (Ningaloo)BruneiCosta RicaEcuadorEcuador (Galápagos)FranceFrance (Réunion)Indonesia (Gili & Lombok)Japan (Okinawa)KenyaMalaysiaMalaysia (Borneo)Malaysia (Peninsular)OmanRéunionSri LankaTaiwanTanzaniaUnited Arab Emirates

occasional

AnguillaArubaCyprusJapan

rare

Colombia (Pacific)CuraçaoIndonesia (Komodo)IranSint EustatiusUnited States (Hawaii)
Other species in Cheloniidae
Sea Turtle (Natator depressus)

Natator depressus

Sea Turtle

Olive Ridely (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridely

Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

Lepidochelys kempii

Atlantic Ridley

Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)

Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Image: © Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble (CC-BY) · iNaturalist (CC-BY) · source

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