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Green Sea Turtle

Educational resources on Green Sea Turtle


Links from educational and academic institutions for Green Sea Turtle:

ADW: Chelonia mydas: Information: Subphylum Vertebrata Class Reptilia Order Testudines Family Cheloniidae Species Chelonia mydas. Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle). ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/chelonia/c._mydas$narrative.html 1

Green Sea Turtle: Turtles of Georgia and South Carolina - Photos by JD Willson unless otherwise noted. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas. ... Range of the Green Sea Turtle in our region ...
http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/turtles/chemyd.htm 2

Green Sea Turtle, Honu: Marine Life Profile For: Green Sea Turtle, Honu. get acrobat reader, This Profile is available in the following formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF preferred format. HTML ...
http://waquarium.otted.hawaii.edu/MLP/search/sea_turtle.html 3

Green Sea Turtle: Fun Stuff. Watch a Green Sea Turtle movie! Play a Green Sea Turtle game! Buy a Green Sea Turtle puzzle! Green Sea Turtle. Introduction. ...
http://www.earlham.edu/~klostma/greenseaturtle.htm 5

Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Conservation: This image courtesy of SEMARNAT Swimming green sea turtle. ... This image courtesy of Turtle Trax A nesting female green sea turtle lays her eggs. ...
http://www.earlham.edu/~breckme/green_sea_turtles.htm 6

Green Sea Turtle: Green Sea Turtle. Chelonia mydas. ... The Green Sea Turtle can be distinguished by a single pair of scutes behind their eyes. They have ...
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2004/Cecala/Greenturtle.htm 7

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle: Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle. (Chelonia mydas). Description. The Green Sea Turtle gets its name from the green layer of fat in its body. ...
http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/L/lbeers/green_sea_turtle.htm 8

Nesting Green Sea Turtles: That means the Green Sea Turtle travels thousands of miles to return to her origional birthplace and lay her eggs, yet she never sees her young. ...
http://photo2.si.edu/turtles/nesting.html 9



Links from organizations for Green Sea Turtle:



GREEN SEA TURTLES: GREEN SEA TURTLES. Green Sea Turtle on beach at French Frigate Shores. I. BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY Green sea turtles are reptiles ...
http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/turtles.html 1

ThinkQuest : Library : Adventures of Lilo the Green Sea Turtle: Adventures of Lilo the Green Sea Turtle. Our visitors will explore the adventures of Lilo the green sea turtle of Hawaii. They will ...
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?lib_id=2970&team_id=6067 2

CCC & STSL :: Green Sea Turtle Information & Map: Species Fact Sheet : Green Sea Turtle. Common Name: Green sea turtle - named for the green color of the fat under its shell. (In ...
http://www.cccturtle.org/green.htm 3

Turtle Trax - A Sea Turtle Page: Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean, by Osha Gray Davidson, published by PublicAffairs Press, can now be bought from ...
http://www.turtles.org/ 4

Turtle Happenings--Sea Turtle News & Information: January 1, 2005. Thanks to resources like Google News, this news summary has gradually become redundant. It is therefore with sadness ...
http://www.turtles.org/happen.htm 5

Sea Turtles: Green: (Chelonia mydas) The green sea turtle usually lives among sea grass and measures 36 to 43 inches and weighs 200 to 300 pounds. ...
http://www.npca.org/marine_and_coastal/marine_wildlife/seaturtles.asp 6

Green Turtle: Green Turtle. Class: Reptilia: Reptiles, Diet: Seaweed. Order: Chelonia: Turtles and Tortoises. Size: 1 - 1.2 m (3 1/4 - 4 ft). Family ...
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/coral/animals/green.html 7

Green Sea Turtle Fact Sheet: Green Sea Turtle. Green sea turtles get their name from the green-colored fat tissue in its body. The green sea turtle's Latin name is Chelonia mydas. ...
http://www.pacificwhale.org/childrens/fsgreensea.html 8

Green Sea Turtle: Green Sea Turtle. (Chelonia mydas). These large turtles can reach up to 500 - 600 pounds and approximately 4 - 6 feet in length. A ...
http://www.cresli.org/cresli/turtles/greentur.html 9



Links from government agencies for Green Sea Turtle:

NOAA - Office of Protected Resources: Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Threatened Species. ... The green sea turtle was listed as endangered/threatened on July 28, 1978. ...
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/species/turtles/green.html 1

NOAA - Office of Protected Resources - sea turtles: NOAA Fisheries or the National Marine Fisheries Service strategic plan contains three goals; rebuild and maintain sustainable fisheries, promote the recovery of ...
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/PR3/Turtles/turtles.html 2

PI-Endangered Species: Green Sea Turtle: Green Sea Turtle / Chelonia mydas. The threatened ... brown. Habitat & Behavior: The Green Sea Turtle is found world wide in warm seas. In ...
http://pacificislands.fws.gov/wesa/grnturtindex.html 3

Impact of exotic invasive plants on selected reptiles -- green sea ...: Impact of exotic invasive plants on selected reptiles -- green sea turtle. ... The green sea turtle is an herbivorous species that is endangered world-wide. ...
http://www.werc.usgs.gov/hq/invasive/seaturtle.html 4

Green Sea Turtle, Cape Lookout National Seashore: This document contains a brief statement about the green sea turtles.
http://www.nps.gov/calo/greensea.htm 5

Green: The Green Sea Turtle. The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is not actually green in color, but mottled brown. The name is derived from ...
http://www.nps.gov/pais/myweb2/green.htm 6

Malachi's Sea Turtles: ...illegal products. Pittsburgh AquaZoo Staff, Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas [online image] available Pittsburgh AquaZoo. SIZE:/WEIGHT ...
http://www-ed.fnal.gov/help/97/peretz/endangered/malachi/Malachi's_Sea_Turtles.html 7

#630: 11-18-03 MAN CHARGED FOR KILLING SEA TURTLE IN WASHINGTON: ...and Natural Resources Division, today announced the filing of charges in Tacoma, Washington against an individual who collected a green sea turtle from a beach ...
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/November/03_enrd_630.htm 8

#337: 05-18-04 MAN SENTENCED FOR KILLING A SEA TURTLE: ...and Natural Resources Division, announced today the sentencing of Bert E. Jenkins in Tacoma, Washington, who had collected a green sea turtle from a beach in ...
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2004/May/04_enrd_337.htm 9





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