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Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's ridley turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys kempii is commonly referred to as Kemp's ridley turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Foto: Bon Secou, Alabama, USA

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lexID:
14331 
AphiaID:
137208 
Scientific:
Lepidochelys kempii 
German:
Atlantik-Bastardschildkröte, Kemp's Bastardschildkröte, Karibik-Bastardschildkröte, Kemp's-Ridley-Schildkröte 
English:
Kemp's Ridley Turtle, Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle 
Category:
Reptiles 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Lepidochelys (Genus) > kempii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Garman, 1880 
Occurrence:
West Sahara, Azores, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Danmark, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, Florida, France, Gulf of Mexico, Madeira, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 37 Meter 
Size:
up to 29.53" (75 cm) 
Weight:
60 kg 
Temperature:
18,3 °F - 27,3 °F (18,3°C - 27,3°C) 
Food:
Aquatic plant, Carnivore, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Herbivorous, Hydrozoa polyps, Mysis, Snails, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 
Red List:
Critically endangered (CR) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-12-23 08:46:52 

Info

Lepidochelys kempii also eats the poisonous Portuguese Galley (Physalia physalis)!

External links

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  2. Karibik-Bastardschildkröte (de). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  3. Movement patterns of immature and adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtles in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  4. NOAA Fisheries (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  5. Reptil Database (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  6. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 22.12.2021.

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Foto: Bon Secou, Alabama, USA

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