Field Guide of Marine Turtles - Cheloniidae / Dermochelyidae Families
Below is a selection of Green and Hawksbill Turtles from the surrounding waters of Sipadan and Mabul of the Celebes Sea, Tunku Abdul Rahman Park - South China Sea and the Maldives Islands.

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle Feeding on Sponge Coral

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Divers can easily come face to face with Green Turtles at Sipadan

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Resting Green Turtle

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Silhouette

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Green Turtle

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Turtle returns from open sea Covered in Algae and Parasites

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Green Turtle

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle - Cheonia mydas 

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Green Turtle

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Green Turtle

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Green Turtle

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Divers can observe many Green and Hawkbill Turtles at Sipadan

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Green Turtle

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Green Turtle

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Green Turtle

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Dead Turtle - killed by a Speedboat Engine

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Dead Turtle at Mamutik Island - TARP

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Carapace of a deceased Turtle found in an underwater Cave below Sipadan Island