THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE III 





GREEN TURTLE. Chelonia mydas 



Esteemed as an article of diet and well known in the markets. Receives its name from the greenish hue of the fat. Large examples 



weigh 800 pounds. Inhabits all the warmer seas 



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From this species is olit.unnl thr valnaMe "tortoise shell." It is the smallest of the nurme turtles. Found in the warm seas of l>oth 



hemispheres. Easily recognised by the overlapping shields 



