Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle
As recorded: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia › Chordata › Testudines › Cheloniidae
- Collected by
- J Savory
- Collector number
- Collector Number: --
- Locality
- exact locality unknown
- Island
- Chichi Jima
- Region
- Japan
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Chelonia mydas observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 32,881 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
(c) thib59972, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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)
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Cite this specimen
Chelonia mydas. BPBM 704. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 92827553. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/herp/704.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 92827553 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Type status not recognized
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