Green turtle  (Chelonia mydas)

Cross section of nest showing green turtle laying eggs into chamber

Green turtle eggs

Green turtle hatchlings emerge from nest site

Green turtle hatchling

Mass of green turtle hatchlings on beach

Green turtle hatchlings heading towards the sea

Hood mocking birds predating hatchling green turtle

Green turtle hatching being predated on by land crab

Green turtle

Green turtle swimming

Green turtle

Back view of green turtle swimming

Green turtle, ventral view

Green turtle swimming, dorsal view

Green turtle resting amongst coral

Green turtle rubbing against sponge

Green turtle swimming over reef

Green turtle swimming

Male green turtle swimming

Male green turtle tail

Close-up showing claw on front flipper of green turtle

Green turtles mating

Green turtles mating at surface

Green turtle copulation

Green turtle taking air at surface

Green turtle grazes on rock surface

Green turtle feeding on jellyfish

Green turtle being cleaned by yellow tang and goldring surgeonfish

Green turtle with turtle barnacles

Adult albino green turtle

Green turtle digging nest with flippers

Female green turtle digging nest

Female green turtle returns to sea after egg laying

Female green turtle returning to sea

Female green turtle returning to sea after laying eggs

Green turtle nesting beach showing tracks and covered nest

Green turtle carcass being scavanged by tiger shark

Female green turtle trying to find a suitable site to lay eggs among the debris on a nesting beach

Green turtle with fibropapilloma

Green sea turtle with severe fibropapilloma tumors on head

Green turtle trapped in a 'ghost' (lost) fishing net

Green sea turtle shells, butchered alive for blood and meat