Green Sea Turtle

A green sea turtle glides over algae-covered rocks in the shallow turquoise waters of the Galápagos

Green sea turtle, Galápagos

📍 Galápagos Islands Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) The largest hard-shelled sea turtle in the world, named not for its shell but for the green color of its body fat — tinted by an adult diet of seagrass and algae. Resident year-round in the Galápagos, where the archipelago’s nutrient-rich upwelling supports one of the Eastern Pacific’s most important nesting and foraging populations. Modeled range · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 Wikipedia | iNaturalist | Range map | SWOT Map