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Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Garman, S. On certain species of Chelonioidae.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Caretta kempi Mertens, 1940
Lepidochelys olivacea kempii Schmidt, 1953
Testudo bomarii Meyer, 1790
Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798
Testudo viridi-squamosa Lacépède, 1788
Testudo viridisquamosa Bonnaterre, 1789
Thalassochelys kempii Garman, 1880
Homonyms
Lepidochelys kempii Garman, 1880
Common names
Atlantic Ridley in English
Atlantic Ridley in English
Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle in English
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte in German
Bastardskildpadde in Danish
Karibische Bastardschildkröte in German
Kemp's Ridley in English
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle in English
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle in English
Kemp's Ridley turtle in English
Kemp's ridley in English
Kemps Schildkröte in German
Kemps ridley in Danish
Kemp’s Ridley Seaturtle in English
Lora in Spanish
Tortue de Kemp in French
Tortue de Kemp (La) in French
Tortuga-marina escamosa-del Atlántico in Spanish
kemps ridley in English
kemps zeeschildpad in Dutch
tartaruga di Kemp in Italian
Черепаха Кемпа in Ukrainian
Kemp's Ridley in English
Kemp's Ridley in English
Kemps zeeschildpad in Dutch
Atlantic Ridley in English
Atlantic ridley in English
Cotorra in Spanish
Crwban Môr Pendew Kemp in Welsh
Crwbanod Môr Pendew Kemp in Welsh
Gulf Ridley in English
Kemp's Loggerhead Turtle in English
Kemp's Ridley Turtle in English
Kemp's Ridley Turtle in English
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
Lépidochelyde de Kemp in French
Mexican Ridley in English
Ridley de Kemp in French
Tortue de Kemp in French
Tortuga Iora in Spanish
Tortuga Marina Bastarda in Spanish
atlantinė ridlėja in Lithuanian

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Collins, J. T., 1990: null. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third Edition. ii + 41.
  3. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  4. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  5. Garman, S. (1880). On certain species of Chelonioidae. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 6: 123-126.
  6. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  7. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  8. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  9. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  10. O'Boyle, R. 2001. Meeting on turtle by-catch in Canadian Atlantic fisheries, Hayes Boardroom, BIO, 20 March 2001. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat 2001/17. 31 p.
  11. Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
  12. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  13. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  14. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  15. Zug, G. R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1317–1320 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  16. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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