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Olive ridley sea turtle
Photo: Thierry Caro · CC BY-SA 3.0

Olive ridley sea turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

Also called Tortuga golfina

Grows to
76 cm (2.5 ft)
Group
Sea turtle
Family
Cheloniidae

Where to see it

Known from Egyptian Red Sea, Galápagos, Hawaii, Maldives, Pacific Costa Rica and Philippines.

Source: GBIF.

Often confused with

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