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Reptilia
Testudines
Cheloniidae
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
(Garman, 1880)
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Bastard Logerhead
(
Thalassochelys kempi
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Kemp's Loggerhead
(
Colpochelys kempi
: Brimley, Clement S.
1915
. List of reptiles and amphibians of North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 30(4):195-206);
Ridley
(
Lepidochelys olivacea kempi
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Atlantic Ridley
(
Lepidochelys olivacea kempi
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Bastard Turtle
(
Lepidochelys olivacea kempi
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1880
Garman, Samuel. On certain species of Chelonidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (6):123-126
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