Lepidochelys kempii

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	TESTUDINES	CHELONIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Lepidochelys kempii

Species Authority:

(Garman, 1880)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Atlantic Ridley, Gulf Ridley, Kemp's Ridley, Mexican Ridley
French	–	Lépidochelyde de Kemp, Ridley de Kemp, Tortue de Kemp
Spanish	–	Cotorra, Tortuga Iora, Tortuga Marina Bastarda

Synonym/s:

Thalassochelys kempii Garman, 1880

Taxonomic Notes:

The specific name was incorrectly spelt on earlier Red Lists as kempi.

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A1ab ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Marine Turtle Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Documentation about the rationale for listing, habitats, threats, etc. is not yet available.

History:

1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Countries:	Native: Mexico; United States
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Habitat and Ecology:	Terrestrial nest sites
Systems:	Terrestrial; Marine

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Marine Turtle Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. 1982. The IUCN Amphibia-Reptilia Red Data Book, Part 1: Testudines, Crocodylia, Rhynocehapalia. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Marine Turtle Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website

Citation:	Marine Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Lepidochelys kempii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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