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SpeciesCheloniidae
Reptiles

🐢Olive ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Lepidochelys olivacea, la tortue olivâtre est une espèce de tortues marines de la famille des Cheloniidae. Elle doit son nom à la couleur olive de sa carapace. Cette espèce est en voie de régression et fait l'objet localement d'un plan de restauration.

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Also called
Lepidochelys olivacea, Olive Ridley, Olive ridley turtle, Pacific Ridley
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
33 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
41 years
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Everything we know about the Olive ridley sea turtle

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Body mass
33 kgmaximum recorded
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  • 43 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Maximum lifespan
41 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Foraging mode
ACT
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Venomous
No
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Carapace length
0.75 mtypical adult, carapace length
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  • 0.76 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Snout–vent length
0.61 mmaximum recorded
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Volume l
33 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Olive ridley sea turtle yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyCheloniidae
  5. ›genusLepidochelys
  6. ›speciesLepidochelys olivacea
Full lineage
  1. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  2. superfamilyChelonioidea
  3. familyCheloniidae
  4. genusLepidochelys
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
  10. suborderCryptodira
  11. superfamilyChelonioidea
  12. familyCheloniidae
  13. genusLepidochelys
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Lepidochelys olivacea (es), Tortue olivâtre (fr), 丽龟 (zh), olajzöld fattyúteknős (hu), tortuga olivàcia (ca), kareta zelenavá (cs) … and 22 more languages
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