SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, Hanauma Bay, Oahu,  Hawaii, (Pacific)
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Odontochelys is also the only turtle known that has teeth, visible here in this skull shot (remember, you're looking at the underside!).
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > This is a specimen of the oldest and most primitive known turtle, Odontochelys.  You're seeing it here in ventral (belly) view; the animal has a plastron (belly shell), but no dorsal (back) shell, unlike any living turtle.  Read more about this beastie here and via other links here.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > GREEN SEA TURTLE--THREATENED, Chelonia mydas. Black sand beach, Punaluu Beach Park, Big Island, Hawaii.  Usually 120-200 lbs.  Worldwide in warm seas. Common name comes from the color of its fat.
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Oahu photo
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Oahu photo
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > green sea turtle or " honu ", Chelonia mydas, 
( an endangered species ) basks in the sun at 
Honokohau, Hawaii ( Central Pacific Ocean )
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SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Khor Kalba bridge, 14.08.2008
© Tommy Pedersen
SmugMug > all-time keyword > chelonia > Khor Kalba bridge, 14.08.2008
© Tommy Pedersen
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, (Pacific)
 > Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, Hanauma Bay, Oahu,  Hawaii, (Pacific)
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, (Pacific)
Photo by: artesub • see photo in gallery

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