Black Tooth vs Green Sea Turtle

Phellodon niger compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Black Tooth is Critically Endangered while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Tooth	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Phellodon	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Phellodon niger	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Black Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Tooth	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Tooth

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Black Tooth

The Black Tooth (Phellodon niger) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.