Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Sighting evidence at Turtle Point, Apo Island
Photo: MARC MARTIN SOLA · CC BY-NC
Turtle Point hosts one of the most concentrated green turtle populations in the Philippines. Decades of community protection under Apo Island's marine sanctuary have allowed nesting females to return reliably and juveniles to recruit into the population. Turtles here are so accustomed to divers they allow close observation without behavioral change — a condition achieved only where human pressure has been consistently low for multiple generations of animals.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Green Sea Turtle is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.