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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 52, February 45, March 40, April 97, May 45, June 25, July 46, August 45, September 59, October 86, November 105, December 90.
Mexico735
United States270
Oaxaca262
Hawaii233
Costa Rica225
India188
Provincia Guanacaste141
Baja California Sur139
Andhra Pradesh87
Guerrero81

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyTypical Sea Turtles · Cheloniidae
GenusRidley Sea Turtles · Lepidochelys

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