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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 .
Kemp’s ridley turtles, first discovered in the 1880s, are the smallest sea turtles, the DNR says. They typically weigh about 100 pounds. Kemp’s ridleys have drab olive shells when they are ...
A female Kemp's ridley sea turtle tamps her nest down after laying a clutch about 110 eggs at Padre Island National Seashore, May 6, 2024, in Corpus Christi, Texas. A reflective pole marks 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 ...
Many of the sea turtles are the critically endangered Kemp’s ridley.
In 2011, the Kemp's ridley sea turtle was on track to lose the "endangered" label by 2024. But population growth has stalled. In 2011, the Kemp's ridley sea turtle was on track to lose the ...
Kemp's ridley sea turtles are an endangered species that live and nest in the Gulf of Mexico. National Park Service/WikimediaCommons“Help! I’m fishing and just caught a huge sea turtle. She ...
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8] Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9] Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10] Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Vagrant [10] Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Vagrant [10] Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Vagrant [11]