{"id":2549,"date":"2007-07-30T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-07-30T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/30\/lepidochelys-kempii-kemps-ridley-turtle\/"},"modified":"2020-03-10T12:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:09:09","slug":"lepidochelys-kempii-kemps-ridley-turtle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/lepidochelys-kempii-kemps-ridley-turtle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kemp’s ridley turtle fact sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lepidochelys kempii <\/em>|\u00a0Kemp’s ridley\u00a0turtle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Kemp’s ridley turle is the smallest and rarest sea turtle. They are greyish-green in colour, with the colouration changing as they age. Young individuals are almost completely dark grey to black, whereas adults have a yellowish green or white plastron (ventral part of the shell) and a grey to green shell. Kemp’s ridley turtles feed on molluscs, crustaceans, jellyfish, algae, seaweed and sea urchins. They are considered to have the most restricted range of all sea turtles. Adults are found scattered almost exclusively throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Young and sub-adults are mostly seen along the whole coastline of the tropical western Atlantic, but they are also occasionally carried away by the Gulf Stream to Newfoundland in Canada, or to the coasts of Europe and North Africa. Kemp’s ridley turtles prefer shallow water habitats with muddy and sandy bottoms. During nesting all the females dig their nests in Mexico, with 95% of these nests occuring in a beach at Rancho Nuevo during the period of April to August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length:\u00a0<\/strong>
\u2022\u00a0Up to\u00a070 cm
\u2022\u00a0Carapace: 72 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight:\u00a0<\/strong>Up to\u00a038 kg\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global population:<\/strong> c.1,000 females at\u00a0reproductive\u00a0age<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Status:\u00a0<\/strong>Critically Endangered\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diet:\u00a0<\/strong>Molluscs, Crustaceans,\u00a0jellyfish,\u00a0algae\u00a0or\u00a0seaweed\u00a0and\u00a0sea\u00a0urchins\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longevity:\u00a0<\/strong>30 – 60 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breeding age:\u00a0<\/strong>20 \u2013 50\u00a0years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of eggs:\u00a0<\/strong>c. 100<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incubation:\u00a0<\/strong>45 – 60\u00a0days<\/p>\n\n\n

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In other languages<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Portuguese: Tartaruga-de-Kemp<\/span>
Spanish: Tortuga bastarda, tortuga golfina<\/span>
French:\u00a0<\/span>Tortue de Kemp<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Ridley de Kemp<\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Tortue b\u00e2tarde<\/span><\/span>
Italian: Tartaruga di Kemp<\/span>
German: Atlantik-bastardschildkr\u00f6te<\/span>
Dutch: Kemps schildpad<\/span>
Swedish: Atlantisk bastardsk\u00f6ldspadda<\/span>
Norwegian: –<\/span>
Danish: –<\/span>
Finnish: Bastadikilpikonna<\/span><\/div>\n
Polish:\u00a0\u017b\u00f3\u0142w zatokowy<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lepidochelys kempii |\u00a0Kemp’s ridley\u00a0turtle \u00a0The Kemp’s ridley turle is the smallest and rarest sea turtle. 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