Kemp's ridley sea turtle [4] (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. L. …
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the smallest sea turtle in the world. The species is named after Richard M. Kemp, a fisherman from Key West, Florida, who first submitted the species for …
Decades of intensive egg collection, killing of nesting females, and bycatch and drowning in the commercial and recreational fisheries of the U.S. and Mexico had resulted in the once thriving …
The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is the smallest species of sea turtle and is the most endangered turtle in the world. This species reaches a length of 2-2.5 feet (70-76 centimeters) and a weight of …
5 天之前 · There are only seven species of sea turtle in the world, five of which have ranges in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Each one is threatened to varying degrees, but the …