Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle at Crowdy Head, NSW
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| Chelonia mydas | PatrickCampbell2 | 6 Apr 2025 | |
| Chelonia mydas | MB | 15 Jun 2024 |
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2 comments
6 Apr 2025
@MB Was the turtle dead or badly injured?
It looks like propeller lacerations on the carapace.
It looks like propeller lacerations on the carapace.
Location information
- Places Crowdy Head, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MB Recorded by
- Deceased Animal health
Collections
- MB NatureMapr Hunter Region NSW Government Priority Species Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 Priority Species Chelonia mydas Turtles Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Chelonia mydas Scientific name
- Green Sea Turtle Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 24.3m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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