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Lepidochelys olivacea
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species of turtle
Species
Vulnerableolive ridely
Lepidochelys olivacea
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyCheloniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,547
- With media
- 58
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, ICML-UNAM, MHN-UABCS, MVZ
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, India, Dr Congo, Indonesia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Ridley sea turtle
- Image
- Lepidochelys olivacea.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- taxon name
- Lepidochelys olivacea
- Commons category
- Lepidochelys olivacea
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- Lepidochelys olivacea
- taxon common name
- 太平洋丽龟
- litter size
- 110
- longest observed lifespan
- 36
- CITES Appendix
- Appendix I of CITES
- taxon author citation
- (Eschscholtz, 1829)
- taxon range
- Maracanã
- diel cycle
- cathemeral
- short name
- L. olivacea
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Encyclopedic overview
The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. L. olivacea is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
This turtle and the related Kemp's ridley sea turtle are best known for their unique synchronised mass nestings called arribadas, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.
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