Viersamige Wicke vs Green Sea Turtle

Vicia tetrasperma compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• Viersamige Wicke is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Viersamige Wicke	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Reptilia (Reptilien)
Order	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)	Testudines (Schildkröten)
Family	Fabaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Vicia	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Vicia tetrasperma	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Viersamige Wicke

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Viersamige Wicke

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, Taiwan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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:

🇦🇺 Australia