Species Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Pacific Ridley
- Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, J.F. von 1829. Zoologischer Atlas, enhaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzbue zweiter Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1823, 24, 25 und 26. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 1 13 pp. pls 6-10. [3, pl. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, (possibly in Museum of Tartu (formerly Dorpat, Estonia)), Manila Bay, Philippines. - Thalassiochelys tarapacona Philippi, R.A. 1887. Vorläufige Nachricht über die chilenischen Seeschildkröten und einige Fische der chilenischen Küste. Zoologische Garten, Frankfurt-am-Main 28: 84-85 [85] [incorrect original spelling, see Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp.].
Type data:
Holotype MNHN (presumed), Iquique, Chile. - Thalassochelys tarapacana Philippi, R.A. 1899. Las tortugas Chilenas. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 104: 725-736 [731] [invalid emendation of Thalassochelys tarapacona Philippi, 1887].
- Testudo mydas minor Suckow, G.A. 1798. Anfangsgründe der theoretischen und angewandten Naturgeschichte der Tiere. Vol. 3. Von den Amphibien. Leipzig : Weidmann. [30] [nom. oblit.].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cap Blanco, Mexico; corrected to Isla Blanquilla, Caribbean Sea.Type locality references:
Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 51: 1-46. - Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Frankfurt. 130 pp. [78] [nom. oblit.].
Type data:
Status unknown, locality unknown. - Chelonia dussumierii Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1835. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 2 680 pp. [557] [unnecessary replacement name for Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1829].
- Chelonia subcarinata Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [53] [ex Rüppell ms; nom. nud. introduced in synonymy].
- Caouana ruppellii Gray, J.E. 1844. Catalogue of the Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Amphibians in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum viii 80 pp. [53] [nom. nud. introduced in synonymy; although Schoepf, J.D. 1801. Historia Testudinum iconibus illustrata. Erlangen : J.J. Palm xii 136 pp. regarded this as a valid name which was applied to one of five varieties of Caouana caretta (the others unnamed), we believe that they are in error and that Gray was simply indicating that his manuscript name had been applied to a particular specimen].
- Caouana dessumierii Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. Reptilia. London : Smith, Elder & Co. [Appendix 2] [errore for Chelonia dussumierii Duméril & Bibron, 1835].
- Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker, P. 1857. Opsomming der soorten van Reptiliën, tot dus verre van het eiland Java bekend geworden. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 4 14: 235-244 [239] [nom. nud.].
Type data:
Syntype(s).Type locality references:
Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 51: 1-46. - Chelonia dubia Gray, J.E. 1864. Notes on certain species of tortoises from the Asiatic islands transmitted to the British Museum by Dr Bleeker. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 11-13 [13] [ex Bleeker ms; nom. nud.].
Secondary source:
Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 51: 1-46. - Cephalochelys oceanica Gray, J.E. 1873. Notes on the genera of turtles (Oiacopodes), and especially on their skeletons and skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 395-411 [408].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1947.3.5.40, 'West coast of America (Mexico)?'; restricted to San Jose del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico. - Chelonia olivaccea Velasco, A.L. 1892. Geografôa y estadôstica del estado de Tamaulipas. Geografôa y estadôstica de la República Mexicana. (Reptiles and Amphibias). México : Secr. Fomento Vol. 12 pp. 78-80. [75] [invalid emendation of Chelonia olivacea Eschscholtz, 1820].
- Thalassochelys controversa Philippi, R.A. 1899. Las tortugas Chilenas. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 104: 725-736 [731].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Quinteros, Chile.Secondary source:
Loveridge, A. & Williams, E.D. 1957. Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 115: 161-557; Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp. - Caretta remivaga Hay, O.P. 1908. On three existing species of sea turtles, one of them (Caretta remivaga) new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34: 183-198 [194, pl. 10 figs 13 pl. 11 fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 09973, Ventosa Bay, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Loveridge, A. & Williams, E.D. 1957. Revision of the African tortoises and turtles of the suborder Cryptodira. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 115: 161-557
- Brongersma, L.D. 1961. Notes upon some sea turtles. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 51: 1-46
- Smith, H.M. & Smith, R.B. 1979. Synopsis of the Herpetofauna of Mexico. Vol. 6. Guide to Mexican Turtles. Bibliographic Addendum 3. North Bennington, Vermont : John Johnson 1044 pp.
- Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [74]
Generic Combinations
- Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also pan-tropical extending into temperate regions; according to Fritz and Havas (2007), '[w]armer parts of Indian and Pacific Oceans and of southern Atlantic'.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Aquatic, continental shelf, coral reef, migratory, noctidiurnal, oceanic, oviparous, piscivore, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Seasonal breeder.
General References
Cogger, H.G. & Lindner, D.A. 1969. Marine turtles in northern Australia. The Australian Zoologist 15: 150-159
Fritz, U. & Havas, P. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57(2): 149-368 [169]
Limpus, C.J. 1975. The Pacific Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz) and other sea turtles in northeastern Australia. Herpetologica 31: 444-445
Mroxovsky, N. & Pritchard, P.C.H. 1971. Body temperatures of Dermochelys coriacea and other sea turtles. Copeia 1971: 624-631
Common Name References
CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Pacific Ridley)
History of changes
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