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Green sea turtle

Chelonia

Description:

About 1.5m in large, flattened body, paddle-like arms, beak is unhooked and the neck cannot be pulled into the shell, carapace is olive-green coloured, marbled with variegated rays.

Habitat:

Spotted at Flores area, Indonesia. The range of the green sea turtle extends throughout tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

Notes:

C. mydas is listed as endangered by the IUCN and CITES. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Cheloniidae Subfamily: Cheloniinae Genus: Chelonia

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JordiPrats

Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Spotted on Apr 8, 2018
Submitted on Apr 21, 2018

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