#1497 · 🦎 reptiles
Green Sea Turtle
🇳🇱 Soepschildpad ·Chelonia mydas
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © MARC MARTIN SOLA · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Luis P. B. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Andresvilla92 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. © Kevin Laurie · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Dr Cleeve Robertson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Craig Fujii · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 10. © Esteban Saavedra Del Rayo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), also known as the green turtle , black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle , is a large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia . Its range extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, but it is also found in the Indian Ocean. The common name comes from the usually green fat...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 49,433 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Green Sea Turtle
- Nederlands
- Soepschildpad
- scientific name
- Chelonia mydas
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Testudines
- family
- Cheloniidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 80
- sightings worldwide
- 49,433
- GBIF records in NL
- 40
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cheloniidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 39659, Wikidata Q199458, GBIF 2442225, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.