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Kemp's ridley is the smallest of all sea turtle species, reaching maturity at 58–70 cm (23–28 in) carapace length and weighing only 36–45 kg (79–99 lb). [13] Typical of sea turtles, it has a dorsoventrally depressed body with specially adapted flipper-like front limbs and a beak .
Sizes among the seven species of sea turtles range from 71 to 213 cm; [2] for example, the smallest turtle species in the family Cheloniidae, the Kemp's Ridley, only has a shell size of about 75 cm and a weight of 50 kg. All species have a distinct hardened shell.
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 ...
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.
Nearly all Kemp’s ridley sea turtles nest along one stretch of beach in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. In 1947, an estimated 40,000 turtles nested on Rancho Nuevo beach in just one day.
Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley) Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive ridley) Chelonia mydas (Green sea turtle) Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill sea turtle)
Kemp's ridley sea turtle: Caribbean: critically endangered: Lepidochelys olivacea: Olive ridley sea turtle: Pacific & Caribbean coasts: vulnerable: Chelonia mydas: Green sea turtle: Pacific & Caribbean coasts: endangered: Eretmochelys imbricata: Hawksbill sea turtle: Pacific & Caribbean coasts: critically endangered: Sea turtles ...
Kemp's ridley sea turtle; O. Olive ridley sea turtle; R. Ridley sea turtle This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 05:41 (UTC). Text is available under the ...