EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Lepidochelys
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Cheloniidae (Marine Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Lepidochelys (Ridley Turtles)
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- Original Description
- Fitzinger 1843 : 30
- Common Name
- Ridley Turtles
- Distribution
- Tropical and subtropical seas; not in the Mediterranean
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979)
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