inhame-de-São vs Green Sea Turtle

Dioscorea esculenta compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• inhame-de-São is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	inhame-de-São	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Dioscorea	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Dioscorea esculenta	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

inhame-de-São

NE — Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	inhame-de-São	Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

inhame-de-São

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

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.

inhame-de-São

The Chinese Yam (Dioscorea esculenta) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

Green Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-verde (Chelonia mydas) é uma das maiores tartarugas marinhas. Seu nome vem da cor verde da cartilagem e gordura, não do casco.