Kemp's ridley sea turtle

See also: Olive ridley sea turtle and Ridley sea turtle

Kemp's ridley sea turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Lepidochelys
Species:
L. kempii
Binomial name
Lepidochelys kempii
(Garman, 1880)
Synonyms
Computed tomography-based model of a Lepidochelys kempii skull, with selected muscles highlighted.

Kemp's ridley sea turtle[4] (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. L. kempii is the rarest species of sea turtle and is the world's most endangered species of sea turtle. It is one of two living species in the genus Lepidochelys (the other one being L. olivacea, the olive ridley sea turtle). The species L. kempii primarily occupies habitat around the Gulf of Mexico, though its migrations into the Atlantic Ocean are being affected by rising temperatures.[5][6] Kemp's ridley sea turtle is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and conservation efforts are attempting to rebuild population numbers.[7] Human activity, including but not limited to habitat destruction, climate change, and oil spills, threaten populations.[8][6]

  1. ^ Wibbels, T.; Bevan, E. (2019). "Lepidochelys kempii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T11533A155057916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T11533A155057916.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149-368. (Lepidochelys kempii, pp. 168-169).
  4. ^ Rhodin AG, van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shafer HB (2010). Rhodin AG, Pritchard PC, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (eds.). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. Chelonian Research Foundation and the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group of IUCN Species Survival Commission: 85–164. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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