Lepidochelys olivacea

Lepidochelys olivacea

Distribution of Lepidochelys olivacea. Red circles are major nesting grounds; yellow circles are minor nesting beaches.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelonioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Pantestudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Chelonioidea

Familia: Cheloniidae
Subfamilia: Carettinae
Genus: Lepidochelys
Species: Lepidochelys olivacea

Name

• Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Holotype: USNM 243393 [Caretta remivaga]

References

• Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H. (compilers) 2009: New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. P. 542 in:
• King, C.M., Roberts, C.D., Bell, B.D., Fordyce, R.E., Nicoll, R.S., Worthy, T.H., Paulin, C.D., Hitchmough, R.A., Keyes, I.W., Baker, A.N., Stewart, A.L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R.M., Holdaway, R.N., McPhee, R.P., Schwarzhans, W.W., Tennyson A.J.D., Rust, S. & McCadie, I. 2009. Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. Pp. 431–551 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-877257-72-8 Reference page. 

Links

• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Lepidochelys olivacea. The Reptile Database.
• IUCN: Lepidochelys olivacea  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

čeština: Kareta zelenavá
Deutsch: Oliv-Bastardschildkröte
English: Olive ridley sea turtle
magyar: Olajzöld fattyúteknős
日本語: ヒメウミガメ
português: Tartaruga-oliva
ไทย: เต่าหญ้า, เต่าสังกะสี

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