Green turtle
Chelonia mydas
Sighting evidence at Kinondo Reef, Diani / Shimoni
Photo: MARC MARTIN SOLA · CC BY-NC
Green turtles are the most frequently encountered megafauna at Kinondo, grazing on the extensive seagrass beds immediately inshore of the reef and resting under large coral heads on the slope. Adults reach 150 kg and return to nest on the same beaches where they were born, a magnetic imprinting system accurate to within a few kilometres. Diani Beach's nesting population is monitored annually by Local Ocean Conservation, making encounters here part of a wider, trackable conservation story.
Evidence at this site
No confirmed records on file at this site
Green turtle is listed as a curated species here based on historical reports.