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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 864, February 730, March 882, April 543, May 426, June 409, July 590, August 425, September 488, October 575, November 605, December 848.
United States18,836
Hawaii11,178
Australia926
Texas825
Ecuador755
Galápagos740
Mexico592
Queensland525
New York429
Brazil402

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyTypical Sea Turtles · Cheloniidae
GenusGreen Sea Turtles · Chelonia

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