Drooping Tonguefern vs Green Sea Turtle

Elaphoglossum herminieri compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• Drooping Tonguefern is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drooping Tonguefern	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)	Reptilia (Reptilien)
Order	Polypodiales (Tüpfelfarnartige)	Testudines (Schildkröten)
Family	Dryopteridaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Elaphoglossum	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Elaphoglossum herminieri	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Drooping Tonguefern

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drooping Tonguefern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.

Green Sea Turtle

The green sea turtle is one of the largest sea turtles. They are named for the green color of their cartilage and fat, not their shells.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil