Green turtle  (Chelonia mydas)

Cross section of nest showing green turtle laying eggs into chamber
Cross section of nest showing green turtle laying eggs into chamber
© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com		 Green turtle eggs
Green turtle eggs
© Javed Jafferji / www.osfimages.com		 Green turtle hatchlings emerge from nest site
Green turtle hatchlings emerge from nest site
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Green turtle hatchling
Green turtle hatchling
© Steven D. Miller / naturepl.com		 Mass of green turtle hatchlings on beach
Mass of green turtle hatchlings on beach
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com		 Green turtle hatchlings heading towards the sea
Green turtle hatchlings heading towards the sea
© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com
Hood mocking birds predating hatchling green turtle
Hood mocking birds predating hatchling green turtle
© Peter Steyn / www.ardea.com		 Green turtle hatching being predated on by land crab
Green turtle hatching being predated on by land crab
© Haroldo Palo Jr / www.nhpa.co.uk		 Green turtle
Green turtle
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Green turtle swimming
Green turtle swimming
© Brandon Cole / naturepl.com		 Green turtle
Green turtle
© Jurgen Freund / naturepl.com		 Back view of green turtle swimming
Back view of green turtle swimming
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Green turtle, ventral view
Green turtle, ventral view
© Masa Ushioda / SeaPics.com		 Green turtle swimming, dorsal view
Green turtle swimming, dorsal view
© David Fleetham / www.osfimages.com		 Green turtle resting amongst coral
Green turtle resting amongst coral
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Green turtle rubbing against sponge
Green turtle rubbing against sponge
© Georgette Douwma / naturepl.com		 Green turtle swimming over reef
Green turtle swimming over reef
© Richard Hermann / www.osfimages.com		 Green turtle swimming
Green turtle swimming
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Male green turtle swimming
Male green turtle swimming
© Jeff Rotman / naturepl.com		 Male green turtle tail
Male green turtle tail
© Kathie Atkinson / www.osfimages.com		 Close-up showing claw on front flipper of green turtle
Close-up showing claw on front flipper of green turtle
© Doug Perrine / naturepl.com
Green turtles mating
Green turtles mating
© Doc White / naturepl.com		 Green turtles mating at surface
Green turtles mating at surface
© Jeff Rotman / naturepl.com		 Green turtle copulation
Green turtle copulation
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / www.nhpa.co.uk
Green turtle taking air at surface
Green turtle taking air at surface
© Michael Pitts / naturepl.com		 Green turtle grazes on rock surface
Green turtle grazes on rock surface
© Tobias Bernhard / www.osfimages.com		 Green turtle feeding on jellyfish
Green turtle feeding on jellyfish
© Gavin Parsons / www.ardea.com
Green turtle being cleaned by yellow tang and goldring surgeonfish
Green turtle being cleaned by yellow tang and goldring surgeonfish
© Masa Ushioda / WaterFrame / StillPictures.com		 Green turtle with turtle barnacles
Green turtle with turtle barnacles
© Doug Perrine / SeaPics.com		 Adult albino green turtle
Adult albino green turtle
© Régis Cavignaux / Biosphoto
Green turtle digging nest with flippers
Green turtle digging nest with flippers
© Ingo Arndt / naturepl.com		 Female green turtle digging nest
Female green turtle digging nest
© Paul Brough / www.nhpa.co.uk		 Female green turtle returns to sea after egg laying
Female green turtle returns to sea after egg laying
© Kathie Atkinson / www.osfimages.com
Female green turtle returning to sea
Female green turtle returning to sea
© Steven D. Miller / naturepl.com		 Female green turtle returning to sea after laying eggs
Female green turtle returning to sea after laying eggs
© Fletcher & Baylis		 Green turtle nesting beach showing tracks and covered nest
Green turtle nesting beach showing tracks and covered nest
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Green turtle carcass being scavanged by tiger shark
Green turtle carcass being scavanged by tiger shark
© Doug Perrine / naturepl.com		 Female green turtle trying to find a suitable site to lay eggs among the debris on a nesting beach
Female green turtle trying to find a suitable site to lay eggs among the debris on a nesting beach
© Fletcher & Baylis		 Green turtle with fibropapilloma
Green turtle with fibropapilloma
© Gregory Ochocki / lakecitysilverlynx.com
Green sea turtle with severe fibropapilloma tumors on head
Green sea turtle with severe fibropapilloma tumors on head
© Doug Perrine / SeaPics.com		 Green turtle trapped in a 'ghost' (lost) fishing net
Green turtle trapped in a 'ghost' (lost) fishing net
© Doug Perrine / naturepl.com		 Green sea turtle shells, butchered alive for blood and meat
Green sea turtle shells, butchered alive for blood and meat
© Michael Aw / SeaPics.com