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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

Never saw much more than the head, he was just popping up for air off the jetty every now and then. Either a green or loggerhead, just not sure which one.

Habitat:

On the jetty at the beach.

Reference Links:

Green sea turtle

Species ID Suggestions

Green Sea Tutle

Chelonia mydas
pevans01
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Comments (8)
pevans01
With the pattern on the sides and top of the head and face, and with the shape of the front beak, I would probably say it's a Green Sea Turtle. Loggerheads are similar but have a more pointy beak usually.
jamiewgoodspeed
oh wow you are totally right it probably is green i really screwed up on the ID... sorry...
AshleyT
Did you not think putting a link to that photo was a good idea then? Because you've done nothing to convince me you're right so far
jamiewgoodspeed
oh because right after i found a loggerhead photo and decided that was what it was. :)
AshleyT
Wondering why you gave an ID suggestion to loggerhead after you just said you don't know which one it is?
AshleyT
I'm figuring green as well, but there was also a loggerhead in the area I wasn't able to get photos of. I've asked some other people on this site who dive a lot and are more familiar with sea turtles to look at it, thanks for weighing it too!
jamiewgoodspeed
could it be a green sea turtle its defiantly not a leatherback or a ridley probably not a hawksbill... so green or maybe loggerhead.

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