Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
CommonPhoto: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Reptileherbivore
The green turtle is a big ocean reptile that cruises warm seas across the globe. Unlike most sea turtles, it gets its name from the greenish fat under its shell, which comes from munching seagrass all day.
- Its shell color ranges from olive to nearly black.
- It lives in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
- The only member of its genus, Chelonia.
OceanCoral reefWorldwide
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Chelonia mydas
- Habitat
- Ocean, Coral reef
- Regions in this directory
- Worldwide
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
