Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
As recorded: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- C H Kishinami
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- Honolulu, Kahala Beach
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2629, -157.7830
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Still here: Chelonia mydas observed near this locality
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 898 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Hawaii, US
(c) filjon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-21
Hawaii, US
(c) diegocast286, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Hawaii, US
(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
Hawaii, US
(c) Sam Buswell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-08
Hawaii, US
(c) Sarah Wilhelm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-30
Hawaii, US
(c) josiah_nativio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Chelonia mydas. BPBM 6737. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92826726. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/6737.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 92826726 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
Spot an error? Let the Vertebrate Zoology department know — corrections flow back to GBIF.