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Green turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Photo by Little_Betty
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Field Notes

Notes:

this is a giant turtle, i have never seen one so huge , if you look at the pic with the diver in the turtle is looking at him resting under the overhanging rocks and you can see they are not very different in size !

Species ID Suggestions

/Leatherback_sea_turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

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Comments (2)
chebeague7
Maybe you want to put the second photo as the cover photo cause the turtle is not very visale in first photo anyway greeat spotting!
PatriciaPi
sorry but this is not a leatherback sea turtle, is a green turtle (Chelonia mydas)
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PublishedNovember 23, 2011

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