Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Category: Sea Turtles
Scientific Name: Lepidochelys kempii
Size: Up to 28 in, (70 cm)  
Distribution: Florida, Gulf of America, Bahamas, Yucatan peninsula
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Tetrapoda (Megaclass) Tetrapod
  └Reptilia (Superclass) Reptiles
   └Testudines (Order) Turtles
    └Chelonioidea (Superfamily) Sea Turtles
     └Cheloniidae (Family)
      └Lepidochelys (Genus)
       └L. kempii (Species)
WoRMS ID: 137208🔗
iNaturalist ID: 73844🔗

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