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Lepidochelys olivacea (Pacific Ridley; Olive Ridley Sea Turtle; olive Ridley sea turtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a medium-sized species of sea turtle found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Lepidochelys olivacea

Attributes

Gestation [2]  55 days
Litter Size [3]  110
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  36 years
Migration [1]  Intraoceanic
Water Biome [1]  Coastal
Adult Weight [2]  224.873 lbs (102.00 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  20 grams
Female Weight [2]  256.399 lbs (116.30 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  10 years
Male Maturity [2]  10 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Lactoria diaphana (Transparent boxfish)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0