Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii · described by GARMAN 1880
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Lepidochelys kempii
- First described
- GARMAN 1880
- Also called
- Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Turtles and Tortoises (Testudines)
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Lepidochelys
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.