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COMMON NAME: Green Turtle
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chelonia mydas

FAMILY: Cheloniidae

LENGTH: 120cm
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Listed as Vulnerable (regionally)
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Overall green colour carapace and white plastron
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High domed carapace, rounded head
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Seen throughout the region and dominant in the Red Sea, Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea
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