Green Sea Turtle vs prostrate cinquefoil

Chelonia mydas compared with Potentilla supina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green Sea Turtle	prostrate cinquefoil
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Plantae (thực vật)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Reptilia (động vật bò sát)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Testudines (Bộ Rùa)	Rosales (bộ Hoa hồng)
Family	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)	Potentilla
Species	Chelonia mydas	Potentilla supina

Conservation Status

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

prostrate cinquefoil

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green Sea Turtle	prostrate cinquefoil
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.

prostrate cinquefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, and temperate coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Israel, Japan), Europe (12 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.