Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschsholtz, 1829)

Kundu, Shantanu, Kumar, Vikas, Murthy, B. H. C. K. & Chandra, Kailash, 2018, Archival sea turtles in National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 39-43 : 42

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/122300

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11237729

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E22B87A4-FFA4-6D51-F140-FC9AE24A31FA

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschsholtz, 1829)
status

 

The Olive Ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschsholtz, 1829) View in CoL

Family CHELONIIDAE View in CoL View at ENA

IUCN status: Vulnerable (A2bd ver 3.1)

Recorded so far in Indian waters: Coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, South Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Andaman Islands, Gulf of Mannar and Lakshadweep Islands.

Registration Number and collection localities: 23972 - Chandbali sea coast, Balasore, Orissa ; 23982 - Konarak sea coast, Puri, Orissa ; 24134 - Digha, West Bengal ; 24536 - North Andaman ; 24713 , Visakhapatnam sea shore - 24972 ; 13567 to 13569 - Trivandrum beach, Kerala ; 895 (36c A.S.B.) - Bay of Bengal ; 23785 - Mandapam.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Testudines

Order

Cryptodira

Family

Cheloniidae

Genus

Lepidochelys

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