Green Sea Turtle vs Small-leaf climbing fern

Chelonia mydas compared with Lygodium microphyllum

Key Differences

Green Sea Turtle is Endangered while Small-leaf climbing fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Sea Turtle	Small-leaf climbing fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Reptilia (réptil)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Testudines (Tartaruga)	Schizaeales (Schizaeales)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Lygodiaceae
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Lygodium
Species	Chelonia mydas	Lygodium microphyllum

Conservation Status

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Small-leaf climbing fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green Sea Turtle	Small-leaf climbing fern
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	80 years	—
Average Length	1.2 m	—
Average Weight	200.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic 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.

Small-leaf climbing fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Guinea), Asia (Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Palau, Solomon Islands), and South America (Guyana).