Green Sea Turtle vs shaggy wood fern

Chelonia mydas compared with Dryopteris cycadina

Key Differences

• Green Sea Turtle is Endangered while shaggy wood fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Sea Turtle	shaggy wood fern
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Tracheophyta
Class	Reptilia (สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Testudines (เต่า)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Dryopteridaceae
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Dryopteris
Species	Chelonia mydas	Dryopteris cycadina

Conservation Status

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

shaggy wood fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green Sea Turtle	shaggy wood 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.

shaggy wood fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Taiwan, and United Kingdom.

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.