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Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
As recorded: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- Whitney South Seas Exped
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- exact locality unknown
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Chelonia mydas observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 32,935 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.
2026-10-29
Al Bahr al Ahmar, EG
(c) ur6s77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
Maldives
(c) Elina Le Verche, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-29
(c) James Goodsell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
(c) thib59972, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Muscat, OM
(c) Antony, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Muscat, OM
(c) elegaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Chelonia mydas. BPBM 1371. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92828049. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/1371.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 92828049 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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