The Green Sea turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family CHELONIIDAE

IUCN status: Endangered (A2bd ver 3.1)

Recorded so far in Indian waters: Gulf of Kutch, Okha coast, coasts of Maharashtra, entire Kerala coast, entire eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay.

Registration Number and collection localities: 22489- Great Nicobor; 307 (510) - Yangon, Myanmar; 308 (508)- Yangon, Myanmar; 310- Andaman; 3881- Kyaikkami, Myanmar; 295- Bay of Bengal; 18989- South East Satpura Peninsula Channel; 363 to 366 - Diamond Island, Burma; 389 (1404)- Atlantic Ocean; 25988- Port Blair, Andaman; 1068 to 1072 - Andaman; 14543 to 14545, 26087 - Great Nicobor; 1073- No locality information.