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:	ATLANTIC RIDLEY (Eng) GULF RIDLEY (Eng) KEMP'S RIDLEY (Eng) MEXICAN RIDLEY (Eng) LÉPIDOCHELYDE DE KEMP (Fre) RIDLEY DE KEMP (Fre) TORTUE DE KEMP (Fre) COTORRA (Spa) TORTUGA IORA (Spa) TORTUGA MARINA BASTARDA (Spa)
Taxonomic Notes:	The specific name was incorrectly spelt on earlier Red Lists as kempi.

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)

Countries:

Native:

Mexico; United States

Uncertain presence and origin:

Colombia

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

Citation:	Marine Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Lepidochelys kempii. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 May 2008.
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