Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
As recorded: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- DOCARE via SSG
- Identified by
- G Balazs, NOAA MTRPG.H. Balazs →NOAA MTRP →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Chelonia mydas observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 32,873 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
Muscat, OM
(c) elegaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Muscat, OM
(c) elegaer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Australia
(c) Eva Paulus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Okinawa, JP
(c) James Goodsell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
(c) Marilou Werlé, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-27
Green Island, AU
(c) wild_felix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Chelonia mydas. BPBM 43396. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090343338. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/43396.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090343338 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026