Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

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

Name

Synonyms: Caretta kempi Mertens, 1940; Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Lepidochelys kempi Engelmann Et Al, 1993; Lepidochelys olivacea kempi Schmidt, 1953; Testudo bomarii Meyer, 1790; Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798; Testudo mynas minor Suckow, 1798; Testudo viridisquamosa Lacépède, 1788; Thalassochelys kempii Boulenger, 1889; Thalassochelys kempii Garman, 1880
Homonyms: Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880
Common names: Atlantic Ridley in English; Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle in English; Atlantic ridley in English; Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte in language.; Karibische Bastardschildkröte in German; Kemp's Ridley in English; Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle in English; Kemp's ridley in English; Kemps Schildkröte in German; Kemps ridley in Danish; Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle in English; Tortue de Kemp in French; kemps ridley in English; kemps zeeschildpad in Dutch; Kemps zeeschildpad in Dutch; Kemp's ridely in English; Kemp's ridley in English; Kemp's ridley sea turtle in English; Kemp's ridley turtle in English; Kemp's zeeschildpad in Dutch; Kemp's zeeschildpad in Dutch; Kemps Schildkröte in German; Kemps ridley in Danish; Kemps schildpad in Dutch; atlantinė ridlėja in Lithuanian; atlanto ridlėja in Lithuanian; atlantska morska želva in Slovenian; crwban môr pendew Kemp in Welsh; orta Amerika nehir kaplumbağası in Turkish; tartaruga bastarda in Italian; tartaruga di Kemp in Italian; tortue de Kemp in French; tortuga golfina in Spanish; Θαλασσοχελώνa του Kemp in Greek, Modern (1453-); Атлантична черепаха Рідлі in Ukrainian; Черепаха атлантична Ридлея in Ukrainian; морская черепаха кемпа in Russian

Bibliographic References

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