Species details : Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Accepted scientific name:
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Lepidochelys olivacea  (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Synonyms:
Caouana dessumierii Smith, 1849 (synonym)
Caouana olivacea Gray, 1844 (synonym)
Caouana ruppelli Gray, 1844 (synonym)
Caretta caretta Smith, 1931 (synonym)
Caretta olivacea Rüppell, 1835 (synonym)
Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908 (synonym)
Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835 (synonym)
Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
Chelonia subcarinata Rüppell In Gray, 1844 (synonym)
Lepidochelys dussumierii Girard, 1858 (synonym)
Lepidochelys olivacea Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 (synonym)
Thalssochelys olivacea Strauch, 1862 (synonym)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Oliv-Bastardschildkröte - - Click here to show the literature
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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle En - Click here to show the literature
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Pacific Ridley En - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Testudines ReptileDB
Family Cheloniidae ReptileDB
Genus Lepidochelys ReptileDB
Distribution: ANG-OO; BAN-OO; CMN-OO; COS-OO; ELS-OO; ERI-OO; FRG-OO; GGI-PR; GST-UA; GUA-OO; GUY-OO; HON-OO; KEN-OO; MDG-OO; MOZ-OO; MYA-OO; NIC-OO; NTA-OO; NWG-PN; OMA-OO; PAK-OO; PAN-OO; PER-OO; QLD-QU; SEN-OO; SEY-OO; SOM-OO; SRL-OO; SUR-OO; TAN-OO; THA-OO; TRT-OO; VEN-OO; WAU-WA
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lepidochelys&species=olivacea
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fe9030cd-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401