Back

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Classification

Order

The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), 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.

Distribution

(c) Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 647Spain · 80Peru · 67France · 13Italy · 7United Kingdom · 6