GALLERIES > REPTILES AND HERPS > GALAPAGOS GREEN TURTLE
[Chelonia mydas] ↝ plot images on map NEW! Location: Black
Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island, GalápagosGPS: -0.5W, -90.3N MAP
Date: May 23, 2008 ID : 7C2V4075 [3888 x 2592] Location: San
Cristóbal Island, GalápagosGPS: -0.8W, -89.5N MAP Date: May 17,
2008 ID : 7C2V0237 [3888 x 2592] The Galápagos Green Turtle is a
subspecies of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas). The Galápagos
Green Turtle is a subpopulation of the Green Sea Turtle,
Chelonia mydas. It is endemic to the tropical and subtropical
waters of the Pacific Ocean (Koch, 2007). They are often
categorized as one population of the east Pacific Green Turtle
(Seminoff, 2002). This title is shared with the other Green Sea
Turtle nesting populations inhabiting the Pacific Ocean. More
specifically they are referred to as the Black Sea Turtle due to
their unique dark pigmentation (Koch, 2007). The Galápagos Green
Turtle is the only population of Green Sea Turtle to nest on the
beaches of the Galápagos Islands