Stock Photo - Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas at cleaning station at Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA MORE INFO The range of this species extends throughout tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans They are green because of their fat underneath their shell carapace As a species recognized as endangered by the IUCN and CITES, Chelonia mydas is protected from exploitation in most countries worldwide It is illegal to collect, harm or kill individual turtles in the Hawaiian Islands

Stock Photo: Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas at cleaning station at Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA MORE INFO The range of this species.

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