The Pacific Ridley Turtle is a kind of sea turtle. It is small in size and highly recognizable. It doesn't matter if you don't know it, because this popular science article can show you about it~

I. Basic information

Chinese name: Pacific Ridley

Foreign name: Olive Ridley

Alias: Olive Ridley, Ridley Turtle

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Reptile

Subclass: Apoporia

Order: Turtles

Suborder: Turtles

Family: Turtles

2. Morphological characteristics

1. The body shape of the Pacific Ridley tortoise is round, the length of the carapace is about 500-640 mm, and the width is 450-610 mm mm, and the height is around 165-230 mm.

2. The back of the Pacific Ridley turtle is olive green and the plastron is pale orange. It has two pairs of forehead scales and 6-9 pairs of ribs, of which the first pair of ribs is connected to the neck shield Yes, the two jaws are hooked to each other, and the upper jaw is more prominent than the lower jaw.

3. The limbs of the Pacific Ridley turtle are flat, the length of the front edge of the forelimb is about 375-435 mm, and the tip is as long as a scissor; the length of the front edge of the hind limb is about 180-335 mm, and the end is as long as spade.

Three. Distribution range

The Pacific Ridley turtle is mainly distributed in Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia , Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, C?te d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras and India.

VII. Racial status

The Pacific Ridley turtle is a protected animal and has been included in several protected lists, as follows:

1. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Vulnerable (VU)

2. CITES Appendix I of the Washington Convention to protect animals.

3. China National Key Protected Wildlife List Level 1.

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