Olive Ridley
Lepidochelys olivacea
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Cheloniidae
- Genus
- Lepidochelys
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 13 countries and 7 regions.
- Coral Sea, Australia - 390 records
- South Australia, Australia - 3 records
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 20 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 38 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 13 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 50 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 8 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 4 records
- Dubai & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 2 records
- Fujairah, United Arab Emirates - 1 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 2 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 1526 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 16 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 3 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 6 records