Green sea turtle

Green turtle
Chelonia mydas swimming above a Hawaiian coral reef.
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	Chelonia
Binomial name
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is a large sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in its genus. It is one of the seven marine turtles, which are all endangered.

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