Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Girard, Charles F. United States Exploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Vol. 20. Herpetology. C. Sherman & Son, Philadelphia, xv, 492 pages [see note in Zhao and Adler 1993: 369]. (1858).

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Testudines: family
Cheloniidae: genus
Lepidochelys: species
Lepidochelys olivacea

Name

Synonyms: Caouana dessumierii Smith, 1849; Caouana olivacea Gray, 1844; Caouana rüppelli Gray, 1844; Caretta caretta olivacea Smith, 1931; Caretta olivacea Rüppell, 1835; Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908; Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829; Chelonia subcarinata Rüppell In Gray, 1844; Lepidochelys dussumierii Girard, 1858; Lepidochelys olivacea olivacea; Lepidochelys olivacea remivaga (Hay, 1908); Thalssochelys olivacea Strauch, 1862
Homonyms: Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Common names: Bastardschildkröte in German; Oliv-Bastardschildkröte in German; Olive Ridley in English; Olive Ridley Sea Turtle in English; Olive Ridley Sea Turtle in English; Olive ridley turtle in English; Pacific Ridley in English; Pacific Ridley Sea Turtle in English; Pacific ridley in English; Tortue olivâtre in French; Tortuga golfina in Spanish; Tortuga-marina escamosa-del Pacífico in Spanish; warana in Dutch; 欖蠵龜 in Chinese; 欖蠵龜 in Chinese; 麗龜 in Chinese; Olive Ridley in English; Olive Ridley Turtle in English; Warana in Dutch; Pacific Ridley in English; Pacific ridley turtle in English; Pacific ridley turtle in English; Ridley du Pacifique in French; Tartaruga-comum in Portuguese; Tartaruga-oliva in Portuguese; Tartaruga-pequena in Portuguese; Tortue Bâtarde in French; Tortue Olivâtre in French; Tortue de Ridley in French; Tortuga Carpintera in Spanish; Tortuga Golfina in Spanish; Tortuga Guaraguá in Spanish; Tortuga Lora in Spanish; Tortuga Manila in Spanish; Tortuga Mulato in Spanish; Tortuga Olivacea in Spanish; Tortuga Parlama in Spanish; olive ridely in English; olive ridely in English; warana in Dutch; warana in Dutch; zeytin renkli kaplumbaga in Turkish; zeytin renkli kaplumbaga in Turkish; الزيتونية ريدلي سلحفاة in Arabic; ヒメウミガメ in Japanese; ヒメウミガメ in Japanese

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