Green turtle

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0012

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Habitat

Where it lives

The green turtle lives in marine environments.

Evidence: SRC-113Statement code: CLM-ENT0012-HABITAT-01

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Sources

3Tanabe, Cochran & Berumen 2023 — Inter-nesting, migration, and foraging behaviors of green turtles in the central-southern Red SeaSRC-113

Conservation status

The project's global assessment uses the Least Concern category following the 2025 reassessment, but this does not mean that pressures have ended for all populations or regional habitats.

Evidence: SRC-116 · SRC-004 · SRC-113 · SRC-114Statement code: CLM-ENT0012-CONS-04

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Sources

1Pilcher et al. 2021 — Satellite Tracking of Post-nesting Green Sea Turtles from Ras Baridi, Red SeaSRC-116
2IUCN Red ListSRC-004
3Tanabe, Cochran & Berumen 2023 — Inter-nesting, migration, and foraging behaviors of green turtles in the central-southern Red SeaSRC-113
4IUCN 2025 Red List update — Green Turtle global status improvementSRC-114
5GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)SRC-162
6NOAA Fisheries — Green TurtleSRC-184
7World Register of Marine SpeciesSRC-009
8The Reptile DatabaseSRC-015