Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Testudines

Family

Cheloniidae

Genus

Chelonia

Wikipedia

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 119 diving areas across 56 countries and 11 regions.

• Coral Sea, Australia - 2401 records
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 57 records
• Lord Howe Island, Australia - 274 records
• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2399 records
• South Australia, Australia - 4 records
• Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 485 records
• Victoria, Australia - 3 records
• Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
• Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 4 records
• Sandy Island, Anguilla - 2 records
• Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
• Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
• Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 14 records
• Abaco, Bahamas - 8 records
• Bimini, Bahamas - 19 records
• Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 1 records
• Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 1 records
• Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 7 records
• Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 303 records
• Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
• Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
• Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 2 records
• Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 11 records
• Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
• Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
• María la Gorda, Cuba - 1 records
• Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 130 records
• Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 1 records
• Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 1 records
• Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 3 records
• Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
• Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
• Carriacou, Grenada - 1 records
• Southwest Coast, Grenada - 1 records
• Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 3 records
• Montego Bay, Jamaica - 12 records
• Negril, Jamaica - 18 records
• Diamond Rock, Martinique - 1 records
• Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 1 records
• Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 109 records
• La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
• Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
• St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 5 records
• St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
• Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 1 records
• St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 59 records
• St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 67 records
• Ambergris Caye, Belize - 55 records
• Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 28 records
• Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 13 records
• Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 46 records
• Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 10 records
• Lake Atitlan, Guatemala - 2 records
• Roatán, Honduras - 24 records
• Utila, Honduras - 28 records
• Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 17 records
• Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 1 records
• Kerama Islands, Japan - 457 records
• Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 453 records
• Jeju Island, South Korea - 5 records
• Grande Comore, Comoros - 1 records
• Moheli, Comoros - 1 records
• Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 329 records
• Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 266 records
• Baa Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
• North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
• North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
• Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
• South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
• South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
• Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
• Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 146 records
• Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 1 records
• Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 3 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
• Dar es Salaam & Offshore Islands, Tanzania - 96 records
• Mafia Island, Tanzania - 401 records
• Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 92 records
• Larnaca, Cyprus - 21 records
• Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 4 records
• Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 1 records
• Azores, Portugal - 18 records
• Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 2 records
• Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 2 records
• Cozumel, Mexico - 208 records
• Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 278 records
• Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 5 records
• Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 73 records
• Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 433 records
• Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 693 records
• Fernando de Noronha, Brazil - 28 records
• Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 54 records
• Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 9 records
• Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 1220 records
• Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 779 records
• Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 340 records
• Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 26 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
• Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
• Halmahera, Indonesia - 2 records
• Komodo, Indonesia - 40 records
• Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
• Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 5 records
• Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 4 records
• Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 69 records
• Redang Island, Malaysia - 78 records
• Sipadan, Malaysia - 12 records
• Tioman Island, Malaysia - 15 records
• Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
• Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
• Palawan, Philippines - 32 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
• Southern Islands, Singapore - 23 records
• Koh Tao, Thailand - 2 records
• Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 1 records
• Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 2 records