173840173840173840IUCN Red List: Vulnerable (VU A2bd). CITES: Appendix I, as Cheloniidae spp. (Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (2021))748122024-08-16 10:07:30.0S.N. Alexander, ITIS Data Development Specialist2024-08-16173840Pacific RidleyEnglish173840Olive RidleyEnglish173840Tortuga-marina escamosa-del PacíficoSpanish173840Olive Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840Pacific Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840173840220173840TWG standards met220valid173840TWG standards met1738402201738401996-06-13 14:51:08.02024-08-16173840U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research CenterRoy W. McDiarmidLepidochelys olivacea1738402004-08-16173840Middle America2001-06-11North America1997-10-27Oceania1997-10-27Africa2005-05-09Australia2005-05-09Caribbean2005-05-09East Pacific2005-05-09Eastern Atlantic Ocean2005-05-09Indo-West Pacific2005-05-09South America2005-05-09Southern Asia2005-05-09Western Atlantic Ocean2005-05-09173840Lepidochelys173838SpeciesLepidochelys olivacea173840Continental USNative2005-05-09HawaiiNative2005-05-09MexicoNative2005-05-091738405Animalia 1738402001-06-21Lepidochelys olivacea173840Tortuga-marina escamosa-del PacíficoSpanish173840Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la BiodiversidadCONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)database2005-05-09undefined2000-10-07Lepidochelys olivacea173840Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la BiodiversidadCONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)database2005-05-09undefined1996-07-29Lepidochelys olivacea173840NODC Taxonomic Codedatabase2010-01-148.01996-07-29Lepidochelys olivacea173840U. S. Dept. Interiordatabase2009-09-0111738401738381738401990-07-010-916984-21-41990-07-01ii + 41Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians and Reptiles, Third EditionSt. Louis, Missouri, USASociety for the Study of Amphibians and ReptilesCollins, J. T.Lepidochelys olivacea1738402025-09-191987-01-011987-01-0179Resource Publication, no. 166Washington, D.C., USAUnited States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife ServiceBanks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. GardnerLepidochelys olivacea173840Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada2026-07-282012-08-0197809169848542012-08-011-92Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.phpHerpetological Circular, no. 39Shoreview, Minnesota, USASociety for the Study of Amphibians and ReptilesCrother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al.Lepidochelys olivacea173840Olive Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.2024-08-161961-01-011961-01-01Schildkroten, Krokodile BruckenechsenGermanyVEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, JenaWermuth, H. and R. MertensLepidochelys olivacea1738402024-08-162021-11-151088-71052021-11-15x + 472doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]Olive RidleyEnglish173840Olive Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840Lepidochelys olivacea173840Pacific RidleyEnglish173840Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)2024-08-161992-01-010-9617431-0-51992-01-01xiii + 363A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the WorldRichmond, IndianaPrivately PrintedIverson, John B.Lepidochelys olivacea1738402024-08-162014-06-161088-71052014-06-16329-479doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]Olive Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840Lepidochelys olivacea173840Pacific Ridley Sea TurtleEnglish173840Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status2024-08-161993-01-290-911239-42-11993-01-29iv + 73Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USACarnegie Museum of Natural HistoryFlores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.Lepidochelys olivacea173840Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies2025-09-19173840(Eschscholtz, 1829)Lepidochelys olivaceaLepidochelys olivacea173840Chelonia olivacea208668Lepidochelys olivacea remivaga208669Caretta remivaga208670Chelonia multiscutata949193Chelonia dussumierii949194Cephalochelys oceanica949195Thalassiochelys tarapacona949196Thalassochelys controversa9491971738405Animalia 220Species 173840(Eschscholtz, 1829)2001-06-11173840173840valid