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Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Turtles & tortoises

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

VU VulnerableOn Suriname's list of threatened fauna

Names

EnglishOlive Ridley Sea Turtle
DutchWarana
SpanishTortuga olivácea
Chinese丽龟
Sranan Tongowarana
Sranan Tongosekrepatu (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

About this species

The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. L. olivacea is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

This turtle and the related Kemp's ridley sea turtle are best known for their unique synchronised mass nestings called arribadas, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTestudines
FamilyCheloniidae
GenusLepidochelys

In Suriname

37Records in Suriname
1849First record
2020Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Marowijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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