Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Chelonia mydas
- Class
- Reptile
- Order
- Turtle
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- Day and night
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Ocean
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It is named for the green colour of its body fat, not its brownish shell.
- Females return as adults to lay eggs on or near the beach where they hatched.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q199458 · All animals · All entries