25391
Species Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autor de la combinación posterior:   Schweigger, 1812
 
Nombre común: Tortuga verde

Estatus Válido

Sinonimia:  
Testudo mydas Linnaeus, 1758
Caretta mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euchelonia midas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelone mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelone macropus (Walbaum, 1782)
Euchelys macropus (Walbaum, 1782)
Testudo macropus Walbaum, 1782
Testudo viridis Schneider, 1783
Chelone viridis (Schneider, 1783)
Mydas viridis (Schneider, 1783)
Chelonea viridis (Schneider, 1783)
Chelonia viridis (Schneider, 1783)
Chelonia japonica (Thunberg, 1787)
Testudo japonica Thunberg, 1787
Testudo marina vulgaris Lacépède, 1788
Testudo rugosa Daudin, 1805
Testudo cepediana Daudin, 1805
Chelonia cepediana (Daudin, 1805)
Caretta cepedii (Daudin, 1805)
Caretta virgata (Schweigger, 1812)
Chelonia virgata Schweigger, 1812
Chelone virgata (Schweigger, 1812)
Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820
Caretta thunbergii Merrem, 1820
Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier, 1829
Chelonia maculosa Cuvier, 1829
Chelone maculosa (Cuvier, 1829)
Chelonia bicarinata Lesson, 1832
Chelonia marmorata Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Chelone marmorata (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Chelonia formosa Girard, 1858
Chelonia tenuis Girard, 1858
Chelonia albiventer Nardo, 1864
Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868
Chelonia lata Philippi, 1887
Chelonia mydas carrinegra Caldwell, 1962

Taxonomía
 
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Classis Reptilia
Ordo Testudines
Subordo Cryptodyra
Infraordo Eucryptodira
Superfamilia Chelonioidea
Familia Cheloniidae
Genus Chelonia
Species
Chelonia mydas

Referencia original [Combinación]
 
Schweigger, A.F., 1812
Prodromus Monographia Cheloniorum auctore Schweigger
Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem.
Página de la descripción: 280  
 

Datos de distribución
 

Citas en bibliografía

BACHERE, E., 1981 Le caryotype de la tortue verte, Chelonia mydas L. dans l'Ocean Indien (canal du Mozambique).
Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris.

BICKHAM J.W. BJORNDAL K.A. HAIDUK M.W. & RAINEY W.E., 1980 The karyotype and chromosomal banding patterns of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas).
Copeia. 1980(3): 540-543

BJORNDAL K.A., 1979 Cellulose digestion and volatile fatty acid production in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 63A: 127-133.

BJORNDAL K.A. & CARR A., 1989 Variation in clutch size and egg size in the green turtle nesting population at Tortuguero, Costa Rica.
Herpetologica. 45(2): 181-189

BONNETT B., 1983 The turtles rearing farm (Chelonia mydas) of the company C.O.R.A.I.L. in La Réunion.
Assessment of the biological and economical success of the operation. Centre Universitaire. Réunion. 7 pp.

CARR A., 1975 The Ascension Island Green Turtle Colony.
Copeia. 1975: 547-555

CARR A. & CARR M.H., 1970 Recruitmen and remigration in a green turtle nesting colony.
Biological Conservation. 2: 282-284

CARR A. & HIRTH H.F., 1962 The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 5. Comparative features of isolated green turtle colonies.
American Museum Novitates. 2091: 1-29

CARR A. & OGREN L., 1960 The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 4. The green turtle in the Caribbean Sea.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 121: 1-48

CARR A. CARR M.H. & MEYLAN A., 1978 The ecology and migrations of sea turtles, 7. The west Caribbean green turtle colony.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 162: 1-46

COLLAZO J. BOULON R. & TALLEVAST T., 1992 Abundance and growth patterns of Chelonia mydas in Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Journal of Herpetology. 26(3): 293-300

FERREIRA, M., 1968 Sobre a alimentação da aruana, Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, ao longo da costa do Estado do Ceará.
Arquivos de la Estação Biologica Marinha Universidade Federal de Ceará. 8: 83-86

FRAZER N. & EHRHART L., 1985 Preliminary growth models for green, Chelonia mydas, and loggerhead, Caretta caretta, turtles in the wild.
Copeia. 1985: 73-79

FRICK, J., 1976 Orientation and behavior of hatchling green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the sea.
Animal Behaviour. 24: 849-857

HENDRICKSON J., 1958 The green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linn.), in Malaya and Sarawak.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 130: 455-535

HIRTH H.F., 1971 Synopsis of biological data on the green turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus) 1758.
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) Fisheries Synopsis, 85: 1-75.

HIRTH H.F. & CARR A., 1970 The green turtle in the Gulf of Aden and the Seychelles Islands.
Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeeling Natuurkunde. 58: 1-44

KARL S.A. BOWEN B.W. & AVISE J.C., 1992 Global population structure and male-mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). RFLP analysis of anonymous nuclear DNA regions.
Genetics. 131: 163-173

LÓPEZ-JURADO, L.F.; MATEO, J.A. & ANDREU, A.C., 1997 Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
In: Pleguezuelos, J.M. (ed.). Distribución y Biogeografía de los Anfibios y Reptiles en España y Portugal. Granada. Monografías de Herpetología, vol. 3. Asociación Herpetológica Española y Universidad de Granada.: 438-440

MARGARITOULIS D. ARAPIS T. KORNARAKI E. & MYTILINEOU C., 1986 Three specimens of the green sea turtle Chelonia mydas (L.) recorded in Greece.
Biologia Gallo-Hellenica. 12: 237-243

MENDONÇA M.T., 1981 Comparative growth rates of wild inmature Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta in Florida.
Journal of Herpetology. 15: 447-451

MEYLAN, A.B., 1982 Behavioral ecology of the West Caribbean Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the internesting habitats.
In: Bjorndal, K.A. (ed.). Biology and conservation of sea turtles (Proceedings of the World Conference on Sea Turtle Conservation, 1979).habitats.. Washington D.C.: 67-80

MILLER, J.D. & LIMPUS, C., 1981 Incubation period and sexual differentiation in the green turtle Chelonia mydas L. Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium, Banks, C. y Martin, A. (Eds.). Parkville: 66-73.

PARSONS J., 1962 The green turtle and man.
University of Florida Press. Gainesville. 126 pp.

SPOTILA J. STANDORA E. MORREALE S. & RUIZ G., 1987 Temperature dependent sex determination in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): effects on the sex ratio on a natural nesting beach.
Herpetologica. 43(1): 74-81

WITHAM, P.R., 1976 Evidence for ocean-current mediated dispersal in young green turtles, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus). Master Thesis. University of Oklahoma.

WOOD, F. & WOOD, J., 1993 Growth curve for captive-reared green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas.
Herpetological Journal. 3(2): 49-54



Forma de citar este recurso

Iberfauna. 2008.   Species Chelonia mydas. (Linnaeus, 1758). En: IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). Enlace: http://iberfauna.mncn.csic.es/showficha.aspx?rank=T&idtax=25391
(Fecha de acceso: 26/05/2026).


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