🐢Olive ridley sea turtle
The olive ridley sea turtle, also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. L. olivacea is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2008.
- Body mass
- 33 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 41 years
Everything we know about the Olive ridley sea turtle
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass33 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 43 kgSeaLifeBasev25.04SeaLifeBase populates Weight independently of Length; the two are not guaranteed to describe the same individual. Verify before publishing.
Maximum lifespan41 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Foraging modeACTReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Carapace length0.75 mtypical adult, carapace lengthSeaLifeBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.76 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Snout–vent length0.61 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l33 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classTestudines
- ›familyCheloniidae
- ›genusLepidochelys
- ›speciesLepidochelys olivacea
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyCheloniidae
- genusLepidochelys
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- orderTurtles & tortoises · Testudines
- suborderCryptodira
- superfamilyChelonioidea
- familyCheloniidae
- genusLepidochelys
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