Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
As recorded: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- Gerry (DAR Hilo)
- Locality
- Pohoiki
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 19.4580, -154.8410
- Identified by
- G Balazs, NOAA MTRPG.H. Balazs →NOAA MTRP →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Chelonia mydas observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 24 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-05-15.
2026-05-15
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Christie Ritter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-23
United States
(c) Ehoarn Bidault, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-03
United States
(c) Alena Webber, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-16
United States
(c) damiano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-03
United States
(c) anidraper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-07-03
United States
(c) jtav2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chelonia mydas. BPBM 43290. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090304152. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/43290.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090304152 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026