| Accepted scientific name: |
| Lepidochelys kempii GARMAN 1880 (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
| Chelonia dussumierii DUMÉRIL 1835 (ambiguous synonym) |
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| Lepidochelys kempi ENGELMANN 1993 (synonym) |
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| Lepidochelys olivacea kempi SCHMIDT 1953 (synonym) |
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| Testudo mydas minor SUCKOW 1798 (synonym) |
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| Testudo viridisquamosa LACÉPÈDE 1788 (synonym) |
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| Thalassochelys kempii BOULENGER 1889 (synonym) |
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| Thalassochelys (colpochelys) kempii GARMAN 1880 (synonym) |
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
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| Atlantic Ridley, Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle |
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| Classification: |
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Animalia |
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| Phylum |
Chordata |
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| Class |
Reptilia |
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| Order |
Testudines |
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| Family |
Cheloniidae |
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| Genus |
Lepidochelys |
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| Distribution: |
Carribean Sea, Atlantic Ocean (EC/NE/NW/WC), occasionally on the coasts of France, Spain, England; SE Mexico (Yucatan) Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)], USA (chiefly gulf of Mexico: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Atlantic coast as far north as |
| Additional data: |
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) was thought to have been a hybrid of the loggerhead (Caretta) and either the hawks-bill (Eretmochelys) or green (Chelonia) sea turtles (see Carr, 1942). Today we know that L. kempii is a distinct and valid species (Bowen, Meylan & Avise). However, BARBER et al. (2003) confirmed natural hybridization between a Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) by molecular analysis. Chelonia mydas has temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD, STANDORA & SPOTILA 1986, SARRE et al. 2004).
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| Source database: |
TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007 |
| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Uetz P., |
| Online resource: |
http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Lepidochelys&species=kempii
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
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