Lepidochelys kempii

– Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

REPTILIA

Order:

TESTUDINES

Family:

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

Taxonomic Notes:

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

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

CR A1ab ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Marine Turtle Specialist Group

Justification:

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

History:

1982	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1982)
1986	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Mexico; United States

Uncertain presence and origin:

Colombia

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:	Terrestrial nest sites
System:	Terrestrial; Marine

Bibliography

Bibliography:

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

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

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.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 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 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 September 2008.
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