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Kemp's ridley sea turtle [4] (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. L. kempii is the rarest species of sea turtle and is the world's most endangered species of sea turtle.
A Kemp's ridley hatchling, an endangered species of sea turtle, reaches the surf at Padre Island National Seashore during a public release on June 28, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The U.S. listed the Kemp’s ridley as endangered in 1970, entitling the turtles to federal protection. An initial binational recovery plan for six species of sea turtles was approved by the U.S ...
The aquarium is currently caring for more than 200 turtles at its sea turtle hospital in Quincy, many of which are the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley species - the most endangered and the ...
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were on the brink of extinction in the 1960s with low numbers of 200 nesting individuals. Due to strict laws that protected their nesting sites in Mexico and altered fishing gear to avoid accidental capture of the Kemp's ridley, their numbers have increased to estimated an 7000–9000 nesting individuals today. The ...
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 93 reptile and amphibian species in the United States are threatened with extinction. [1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses : vulnerable VU , endangered EN , and critically endangered CR .
Kemp’s ridley turtles are federally protected endangered species that are found more often in the Gulf of Mexico than along the South Atlantic coast. They are considered the most endangered of ...
Endangered State endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle: Lepidochelys kempii: Cheloniidae: Endangered State endangered Critically imperiled (S1) Common snapping turtle: Chelydra serpentina: Chelydridae: Secure (S5) Leatherback sea turtle: Dermochelys coriacea: Dermochelyidae: Endangered State endangered Painted turtle: Chrysemys picta: Emydidae ...