Green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas · Cheloniidae

The green sea turtle, also known as the green turtle, black sea turtle, and Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia. Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it is also found in the Indian Ocean.

Where the Green sea turtle lives

Recorded in Ashmore and Cartier Is., United States of America, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Mexico and Taiwan (Oceania, North America, South America and Asia).

Most records fall in Hawaii, Galápagos, New South Wales, Florida, Queensland and Western Australia.

See the Green sea turtle’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 249,433 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.