| LC control no. | sh 85076059 |
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| LC classification | QL666.C536 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Olive ridley turtle |
| Variant(s) | Chelonia olivacea Lepidochelys olivacea Olive loggerhead turtle Olive ridley sea turtle Pacific ridley turtle Ridley turtle, Olive Ridley turtle, Pacific Testudo mydas minor |
| See also | Lepidochelys |
| Found in | Random House (ridley 2. Also called olive ridley, Pacific ridley, L. olivacea) Recovery plan for U.S. Pacific populations of the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), 1998: p. 5 (This species was originally described as Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798, later renamed Chelonia olivacea Fitzinger, 1843. The etymology of the English vernacular name "ridley" is unclear. Although the L. o. remivaga has been proposed the eastern Pacific populations, there are no currently accepted named subspecies.) AltaVista, July 7, 1998: EuroTurtle (Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea) |
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