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| parent_authority = [[Alexandre Brongniart|Brongniart]], 1800

| genusbullets = Cheloniatrue

| title = |''Testudo mydas'' <br/>{{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}|''Testudo macropus'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Julius Walbaum|Walbaum]], 1782}} <br/>(''[[nomen illegitimum]]'')|''Testudo viridis'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1783}}|''Testudo japonica'' <br/>{{small|[[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunberg]], 1787}}|''Testudo marina vulgaris'' <br/>{{small|[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1788}}|''Testudo viridisquamosa'' <br/>{{small|Lacépède, 1788}}|''Testudo mydas macropus'' <br/>{{small|[[Georg Adolf Suckow|Suckow]], 1798}}|''Chelonia mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Alexandre Brongniart|Brongniart]], 1800}}|''Testudo chloronotos'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Matthäus Bechstein|Bechstein]], 1800}}|''Testudo cepediana'' <br/>{{small|[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1801}}|''Testudo rugosa'' <br/>{{small|Daudin, 1801}}|''Chelone mydas'' <br/>{{small|— Brongniart, 1805}}|''Chelonia japonica'' <br/>{{small|— [[August Friedrich Schweigger|Schweigger]], 1812}}|''Chelonia virgata'' <br/>{{small|Schweigger, 1812}}|''Caretta cepedii'' <br/>{{small|[[Blasius Merrem|Merrem]], 1820}}|''Caretta esculenta'' <br/>{{small|Merrem, 1820}}|''Caretta thunbergii'' <br/>{{small|Merrem, 1820}}|''Caretta mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1826}}|''Caretta virgata'' <br/>{{small|— Fitzinger, 1826}}|''Chelonia lachrymata'' <br/>{{small|[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829}}|''Chelonia maculosa'' <br/>{{small|Cuvier, 1829}}|''Chelonia midas'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830}} <br/>(''[[ex errore]]'')|''Chelonia mydas ''var''. japonica'' <br/>{{small|— [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1831}}|''Chelonia esculenta'' <br/>{{small|— [[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann]] & [[Johann Fiedrich Ruthe|Ruthe]], 1832}}|''Chelonia bicarinata'' <br/>{{small|[[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1834}}|''Chelonia marmorata'' <br/>{{small|[[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1835}}|''Chelonia'' (''Chelonia'') <br/>''cepedeana'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Fitzinger, 1835}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia viridis'' <br/>{{small|— [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]] & [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1835}}|''Mydas mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Jean Théodore Cocteau|Cocteau]], 1838}}|''Mydasea mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Paul Gervais|Gervais]], 1843}}|''Euchelonia mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Johann Jakob von Tschudi|Tschudi]], 1846}}|''Megemys mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel|Gistel]], 1848}}|''Chelonia lacrymata'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Agassiz, 1857}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia formosa'' <br/>{{small|[[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1858}}|''Chelonia tenuis'' <br/>{{small|Girard, 1858}}|''Euchelys macropus'' <br/>{{small|— Girard, 1858}}|''Chelone macropus'' <br/>{{small|— [[Alexander Strauch|Strauch]], 1862}}|''Chelone maculosa'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}|''Chelone marmorata'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}|''Chelone virgata'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}|''Chelone viridis'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}|''Chelonia albiventer'' <br/>{{small|[[Giovanni Domenico Nardo|Nardo]], 1864}}|''Thalassiochelys albiventer'' <br/>{{small|— [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1865}}|''Chelonia agassizii'' <br/>{{small|[[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt]], 1868}}|''Mydas viridis'' <br/>{{small|— Gray, 1870}}|''Chelone midas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1871}}|''Chelonia lata'' <br/>{{small|[[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi]], 1887}}|''Chelone mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1889}}|''Chelonia mydas mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Robert Mertens|Mertens]] & [[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1928}}|''Caretta thunbergi'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1931}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia mydas agassizii'' <br/>{{small|— [[Archie Carr|Carr]], 1952}}|''Chelonia mydas agassizi'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1953}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia mydas carrinegra'' <br/>{{small|[[David K. Caldwell|Caldwell]], 1962}}|''Chelonia agazisii'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Jorge L. Tamayo|Tamayo]], 1962}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Testudo nigrita'' <br/>{{small|Tamayo, 1962}}|''Chelonia agassizi'' <br/>{{small|— Carr, 1967}}|''Chelonia mydus'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Wirot Nutaphand|Nutaphand]], 1979}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia mydas carinegra'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Nutaphand, 1979}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Testudo chloronotus'' [sic] <br/>{{small|H.M. Smith & [[Rozella Pearl Beverly Blood Smith|R.B. Smith]], 1980}} <br/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelone albiventer'' <br/>{{small|— Márquez, 1990}}|''Caretta thumbergii'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma]], 1998}} <nbbkhggjhhkhbr/>(''ex errore'')|''Chelonia mydas viridis'' <br/>{{small|— [[S.A. Karl|Karl]] & [[B.W. Bowen|Bowen]], 1999}}

| species = mydas

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| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])

| synonyms =

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|title=<small>Species synonymy</small>

|''Testudo mydas'' <br/>{{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}

|''Testudo macropus'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Julius Walbaum|Walbaum]], 1782}} <br/>(''[[nomen illegitimum]]'')

|''Testudo viridis'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1783}}

|''Testudo japonica'' <br/>{{small|[[Carl Peter Thunberg|Thunberg]], 1787}}

|''Testudo marina vulgaris'' <br/>{{small|[[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1788}}

|''Testudo viridisquamosa'' <br/>{{small|Lacépède, 1788}}

|''Testudo mydas macropus'' <br/>{{small|[[Georg Adolf Suckow|Suckow]], 1798}}

|''Chelonia mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Alexandre Brongniart|Brongniart]], 1800}}

|''Testudo chloronotos'' <br/>{{small|[[Johann Matthäus Bechstein|Bechstein]], 1800}}

|''Testudo cepediana'' <br/>{{small|[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1801}}

|''Testudo rugosa'' <br/>{{small|Daudin, 1801}}

|''Chelone mydas'' <br/>{{small|— Brongniart, 1805}}

|''Chelonia japonica'' <br/>{{small|— [[August Friedrich Schweigger|Schweigger]], 1812}}

|''Chelonia virgata'' <br/>{{small|Schweigger, 1812}}

|''Caretta cepedii'' <br/>{{small|[[Blasius Merrem|Merrem]], 1820}}

|''Caretta esculenta'' <br/>{{small|Merrem, 1820}}

|''Caretta thunbergii'' <br/>{{small|Merrem, 1820}}

|''Caretta mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1826}}

|''Caretta virgata'' <br/>{{small|— Fitzinger, 1826}}

|''Chelonia lachrymata'' <br/>{{small|[[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1829}}

|''Chelonia maculosa'' <br/>{{small|Cuvier, 1829}}

|''Chelonia midas'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830}} <br/>(''[[ex errore]]'')

|''Chelonia mydas ''var''. japonica'' <br/>{{small|— [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1831}}

|''Chelonia esculenta'' <br/>{{small|— [[Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann|Wiegmann]] & [[Johann Fiedrich Ruthe|Ruthe]], 1832}}

|''Chelonia bicarinata'' <br/>{{small|[[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1834}}

|''Chelonia marmorata'' <br/>{{small|[[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1835}}

|''Chelonia'' (''Chelonia'') <br/>''cepedeana'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Fitzinger, 1835}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia viridis'' <br/>{{small|— [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]] & [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1835}}

|''Mydas mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Jean Théodore Cocteau|Cocteau]], 1838}}

|''Mydasea mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Paul Gervais|Gervais]], 1843}}

|''Euchelonia mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Johann Jakob von Tschudi|Tschudi]], 1846}}

|''Megemys mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Johannes von Nepomuk Franz Xaver Gistel|Gistel]], 1848}}

|''Chelonia lacrymata'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Agassiz, 1857}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia formosa'' <br/>{{small|[[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1858}}

|''Chelonia tenuis'' <br/>{{small|Girard, 1858}}

|''Euchelys macropus'' <br/>{{small|— Girard, 1858}}

|''Chelone macropus'' <br/>{{small|— [[Alexander Strauch|Strauch]], 1862}}

|''Chelone maculosa'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|''Chelone marmorata'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|''Chelone virgata'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|''Chelone viridis'' <br/>{{small|— Strauch, 1862}}

|''Chelonia albiventer'' <br/>{{small|[[Giovanni Domenico Nardo|Nardo]], 1864}}

|''Thalassiochelys albiventer'' <br/>{{small|— [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1865}}

|''Chelonia agassizii'' <br/>{{small|[[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt]], 1868}}

|''Mydas viridis'' <br/>{{small|— Gray, 1870}}

|''Chelone midas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1871}}

|''Chelonia lata'' <br/>{{small|[[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi]], 1887}}

|''Chelone mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1889}}

|''Chelonia mydas mydas'' <br/>{{small|— [[Robert Mertens|Mertens]] & [[Lorenz Müller|L. Müller]], 1928}}

|''Caretta thunbergi'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1931}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia mydas agassizii'' <br/>{{small|— [[Archie Carr|Carr]], 1952}}

|''Chelonia mydas agassizi'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1953}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia mydas carrinegra'' <br/>{{small|[[David K. Caldwell|Caldwell]], 1962}}

|''Chelonia agazisii'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Jorge L. Tamayo|Tamayo]], 1962}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Testudo nigrita'' <br/>{{small|Tamayo, 1962}}

|''Chelonia agassizi'' <br/>{{small|— Carr, 1967}}

|''Chelonia mydus'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Wirot Nutaphand|Nutaphand]], 1979}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia mydas carinegra'' [sic] <br/>{{small|Nutaphand, 1979}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Testudo chloronotus'' [sic] <br/>{{small|H.M. Smith & [[Rozella Pearl Beverly Blood Smith|R.B. Smith]], 1980}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelone albiventer'' <br/>{{small|— Márquez, 1990}}

|''Caretta thumbergii'' [sic] <br/>{{small|[[Ramesh Chandra Sharma|Sharma]], 1998}} <br/>(''ex errore'')

|''Chelonia mydas viridis'' <br/>{{small|— [[S.A. Karl|Karl]] & [[B.W. Bowen|Bowen]], 1999}}

▲ }}

| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Fritz 2007">{{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |year=2007 |author=Fritz, Uwe |author2=Peter Havaš |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=165–167 |doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |s2cid=87809001 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

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The '''green sea turtle''' ('''''Chelonia mydas'''''), also known as the '''green turtle''', '''black (sea) turtle''' or '''Pacific green turtle''',<ref>Swash, A. & Still, R. (2005). Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galápagos Islands. Second Edition. Hampshire, UK:WildGuides Ltd. p.116.</ref> is a [[species]] of large [[sea turtle]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Cheloniidae]]. It is the only [[species]] in the [[genus]] '''''Chelonia'''''.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=173833 |taxon=''Chelonia mydas'' |access-date=February 21, 2007}}</ref> Its range extends throughout [[tropical]] and [[subtropical]] seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean]]s, but it is also found in the [[Indian Ocean]].<ref name="NGeo">{{cite web|url=http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-turtle.html|title=Green Sea Turtle (''Chelonia mydas'')|date=December 29, 2005|publisher=National Geographic Society|work=National Geographic – Animals|access-date=February 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205055313/http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/green-turtle.html|archive-date=2007-02-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book|title=Turtles & Tortoises|last=Ferri|first=Vincenzo|publisher=Firefly Books|year=2002|isbn=978-1-55209-631-4|location=Buffalo, New York|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/tortoisesturtles0000ferrtortoiseyuhhghguyiygygiuguhyhgfuhuoigfutfsturtles0000ferr}}</ref> The common name refers to the usually green [[fat]] found beneath its [[carapace]], not to the color of its carapace, which is olive to black.

The [[Dorsoventral#Dorsal and ventral|dorsoventrally]] flattened body of ''C. mydas'' is covered by a large, teardrop-shaped carapace; it has a pair of large, [[paddle]]-like [[flipper (anatomy)|flippers]]. It is usually lightly colored, although in the eastern Pacific populations, parts of the carapace can be almost black. Unlike other members of its family, such as the [[hawksbill sea turtle]], ''C. mydas'' is mostly [[herbivore|herbivorous]]. The adults usually inhabit shallow [[lagoon]]s, feeding mostly on various species of [[seagrass]]es.<ref name="WildlifeofPakistan"/> The turtles bite off the tips of the blades of seagrass, which keeps the grass healthy.