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Olive Ridley Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Chelonia »  family Cheloniidae - sea turtles

Scientific synonyms

Caouana olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Caouana rüppelli Gray, 1844
Caretta caretta olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Caretta olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908
Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829
Lepidochelys olivacea olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Lepidochelys olivacea remivaga (Hay, 1908)
Thalssochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Other names

= Olive Ridley
= Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
= Pacific Ridley
= Pacific Ridley Turtle

IUCN category:Vulnerable

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Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [11534] [as Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
CZ Moravec J. (2008): České názvy živočichů VII. Plazi (Reptilia) 1. Želvy (Testudines), krokodýli (Crocodylia), haterie (Rhynchocephalia)., Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 39 pp. [as Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)]

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