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Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Galápagos green turtle (Chelonia agassizii) used to be classified as a subspecies of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) but was changed for a few reasons. One, caudal dimorphism (vertebrae of the same species changing), means that Chelonia agassizii (or "Chelonia agassizi") has a more domed shell. Another is the colour of the shell – Galápagos green turtles have a darker shell colour. It is endemic to the tropical and subtropical waters of the Pacific Ocean. They are often categorized as one population of the east Pacific green turtle. This title is shared with the other green sea turtle nesting populations inhabiting the Pacific Ocean. More specifically they are referred to as the black sea turtle due to their unique dark pigmentation. The Galápagos green turtle is the only populat
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Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
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Attributes

Egg Length [3]  2.165 inches (55 mm)
Egg Width [3]  1.772 inches (45 mm)
Emoji [4]  turtle
Gestation [2]  59 days
Litter Size [2]  150
Litters / Year [5]  2
Maximum Longevity [2]  75 years
Migration [1]  Interoceanic
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  352.741 lbs (160.00 kg)
Birth Weight [3]  24 grams
Female Weight [3]  282.414 lbs (128.10 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  10 years
Male Maturity [2]  10 years

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♦ 4Emoji by Twitter is licensed under CC BY 4.0
♦ 5Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
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♦ 7The Feeding Ecology of the West Caribbean Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Nicaragua, Jeanne A. Mortimer, BIOTROPICA 13(1): 49-58 1981
♦ 8Spatial distribution and diet of Cephalopholis fulva (Ephinephelidae) at Trindade Island, Brazil, Flavio do Nascimento Coelho, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Robson Guimarães dos Santos, Cristiano Queiroz de Albuquerque and Agnaldo Silva Martins, Neotropical Ichthyology, 2012
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♦ 12Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0