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Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Photo by moralcoral
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Description:

Large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. Possesses a dorsoventrally flattened body covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace and a pair of large, paddle-like flippers. C. mydas is listed as endangered by the IUCN and CITES and is protected from exploitation in most countries. It is illegal to collect, harm or kill them. In addition, many countries have laws and ordinances to protect nesting areas. However, turtles are still in danger because of several human practices.

Notes:

Photo was taken while diving from a liveaboard within the Wakatobi marine national park in Indonesia, of the coast of South East Sulawesi

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Comments (6)
moralcoral
The colours came out incredible though, my underwater camera is really hit or miss, so i was lucky with this one!
moralcoral
The Photo was taken while diving from a liveaboard within the Wakatobi marine national park in Indonesia, of the coast of South East Sulawesi, cant quite remember the exact dive site, think it was Table city, a site dominated by large table corals!
Carol Snow Milne
Great photo and turtle. I don't recognize where the photo was taken. I love the photo. Congrats!
LauraMaria
I like that it looks like the turtle is sitting on the corals :) Super pic, can't believe you saw so many turtles this summer!
Elsa
Love the colours in this picture!!
Palaimon
Beutiful animal and a very good picture too! Thsi turtle is really nice painted! Did you take this picture on a dive? Very good work!

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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PublishedOctober 25, 2011

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