Credits
Image: Turtle (Green) by Philippe Guillaume
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2015), Chelonia mydas [online],
Available from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/4615/0 [accessed 21/08/2015].
Green Turtles are found in all the warmer oceans and in the Mediterranean. They have thick, heavy, bony shells, covered in plate-like scales.