Lepidochelys olivacea | CMS

Assessment information
CMS Instruments	CMS, IOSEA Marine Turtles, Atlantic Turtles
IUCN Status	Vulnerable
Date of entry in Appendix I	1985
Date of entry in Appendix II	1979

Geographic range
Countries	Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Costa Rica, Cuba, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen

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Common names
English	Ridley Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle
French	Tortue Batarde
Spanish	Tortuga olivácea
German	Bastardschildkröte

Taxonomy
Class	Reptilia
Order	Testudinata
Family	Cheloniidae
Scientific name	Lepidochelys olivacea
Author	(Eschscholtz, 1829)
Standard reference	Eckert, K.L., Bjorndal, K.A., Abreu-Grobois, F.A. and Donnelly, M. (Eds) (1999). Research and management techniques for the conservation of sea turtles. IUCN/SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group Publication No.4.

Other details
Additional notes	All migratory Cheloniidae spp.

Related content

Title	Start date	Status	Country	CMS Instrument
7th Meeting of Signatories	08.09.2014	Concluded	Germany	IOSEA Marine Turtles

Publication	Publisher	Type	Published Date
Conservation Measures for Marine Turtles of the Atlantic Coast of Africa - TS No. 5	UNEP/CMS Secretariat	Technical Series	11 2000
Conservation of Sea Turtles along the Coast of Peru	APECO & GTM-Perú	Technical Reports	2005
Fact Sheet on Illegal Trade in Marine Turtles	IOSEA Marine Turtles, WWF	Fact Sheet
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Socio-Economic and Cultural Implications of Marine Turtles Use and Conservation	IOSEA	Technical Reports	08 2014
Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project	FAO/BOBME Project	Technical Reports	12 2011
Global Distribution of Two Fungal Pathogens Threatening Endangered Sea Turtles		Scientific Article	2014
Effects of Rising Temperature on the Viability of an Important Sea Turtle Rookery		Scientific Article	2014
A Global Gap Analysis of Sea Turtle Protection Coverage		Scientific Article	2014
A Summary of Sea Turtle Genetic Studies in the Indian Ocean and Southeast		Scientific Article	2014
A Summary of the Leatherback Turtle Red List Asessments in the Indian Ocean	Indian Ocean Newsletter	Newsletter	2014
Marine Turtle Interaction with Purse-seine Fishery in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans: Lessons for Management		Scientific Article	2014
Marine Turtle Nesting at St. Martin's Island, Bangladesh		Newsletter	2002
The Olive Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, in the Persian Gulf: A Review of the Observations, Including the First Nesting of the Species in the Area		Scientific Article	2015
The Olive Ridley Turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea, in the Persian Gulf: A Review of the Observations, Including the First Nesting of the Species in the Area		Scientific Article	2015
Report On Illegal Take and Trade of Marine Turtles in the Indian Ocean Region		Newsletter	2015
Risk Analysis Reveals Global hotspots for Marine Debris Ingestion by Sea Turtles		Scientific Article	2015
Stomach Contents of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys Olivacea) Occurring in Gahirmatha, Odisha Coast of India		Scientific Article	2015
Marine Turtle Mortalities Along the Tamil Nadu Coast of India and the Need for Turtle-Friendly Fisheries		Scientific Article	2015
Consequence of Cyclonic Storm Phailin on Coastal Morphology of Rushikulya Estuary: an Arribada Site of Vulnerable Olive Ridley Sea Turtles Along the East Coast of India.	Research Gate	Scientific Article	2015
Fisheries Impact on Breeding of Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) Along the Gahirmatha coast, Bay of Bengal, Odisha, India		Scientific Article	2016
Beach Dynamics and Impact of Armouring on Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Nesting at Gahirmatha Rookery of Odisha Coast, India		Scientific Article	2016
Monitoring of Nesting Sites of Olive Ridleys and Identification of Future Potential Mass Nesting sites Along the Gahirmatha Rookery, Odisha, East Coast of India		Scientific Article	2016
Satellite Tracking in Sea Turtles: How Do We Find Our Way to the Conservation Dividends?		Scientific Article	2016
Incidental Catch of Seabirds and Sea Turtles by Taiwanese Longline Fleets in the Pacific Ocean		Scientific Article	2016

Document Number	Title	Publish date	CMS Instrument
COP1 I/15	Olive Ridley Turtle - Lepidochelys olivacea		Atlantic Turtles, CMS, IOSEA Marine Turtles