Cutleaf Spleenwort vs Green Sea Turtle

Asplenium abscissum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• Cutleaf Spleenwort is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cutleaf Spleenwort	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Aspleniaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Asplenium	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Asplenium abscissum	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Cutleaf Spleenwort

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cutleaf Spleenwort

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

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇧🇷 Brazil