Green turtle

Scientific name: Chelonia mydas

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0012

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Classification

Names

Common names

绿海龟
সবুজ সামুদ্রিক কচ্ছপ
Suppenschildkröte
Green turtle
Tortuga verde
لاک‌پشت سبز
Tortue verte
हरा समुद्री कछुआ
Penyu hijau
Penyu agar
Tartaruga-verde
Зелёная черепаха
Yeşil deniz kaplumbağası
سبز سمندری کچھوا

Other names

السلحفاة الخضراء

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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Introduction to the biodiversity and habitats of the Arabian Peninsula Marine and coastal habitats

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

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20260927T184451148 · last approved 27 September 2026

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Names from folk tradition, kept apart from the scientific names.

اللجأة"اللجأة" مصطلح عربي كلاسيكي مرادف للسلحفاة البحرية عمومًا؛ تحمل مقالة ويكيبيديا العربية عن السلحفاة الخضراء عنوان "لجأة خضراء"، ويرد المصطلح أيضًا في مقالة السلحفاة البحرية عمومًا. يُقترح اعتماده اسمًا ثقافيًا مرادفًا للسلحفاة الخضراء.

Taxonomy

AnimaliaKingdom
ReptiliaMajor group
Chelonia mydasScientific name

Key facts

The scientific name of the green turtle is Chelonia mydas.

Evidence: SRC-162Statement code: CLM-ENT0012-IDENTITY-01

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5GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)SRC-162

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Green turtle

Classification

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Common names

Other names

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Latest review

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From the same world

From heritage

Taxonomy

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