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The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, [4] is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia . [ 5 ]
In contrast to their earth-bound relatives, tortoises, sea turtles do not have the ability to retract their heads into their shells. Their plastron, which is the bony plate making up the underside of a turtle or tortoise's shell, is comparably more reduced from other turtle species and is connected to the top part of the shell by ligaments without a hinge separating the pectoral and abdominal ...
Common name(s) Example species Example image Carettochelyidae Boulenger, 1887: 1: Pig-nosed turtle: Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811: 6: Sea turtles: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Chelydridae Gray, 1831: 2: Snapping turtles: Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870 : 1 ...
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest sea turtle, reaching 1.4 to more than 1.8 m (4.6 to 5.9 ft) in length and weighing between 300 and 640 kg (661 to 1,411 lbs). [11] Other sea turtle species are smaller, ranging from as little as 60 cm (2 ft) long in the case of the Kemp's ridley, which is the smallest sea turtle species, to 120 cm (3.9 ...
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Loggerhead sea turtle: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU [2] Two sightings between 1960 and 2007 [3] Gulf of Alaska: Green sea turtle: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN [4] 15 sightings between 1960 and 2007 [5] Gulf of Alaska: Olive ridley sea turtle: Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz ...
Transient turtle species of Metropolitan France Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status (France) IUCN status (worldwide) Refs. Green sea turtle: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) NA: EN [1] Hawksbill sea turtle: Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) NA: CR [1] Olive ridley sea turtle: Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) VU [14] [15]
“These baby common snappers were recently spotted entering the world,” reads the caption from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service. “Snapping turtles are typically born between August and October.
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is an endangered sea turtle found in tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The common name derives from the usually green fat found beneath its carapace .