Kemp's ridley sea turtle [4] (Lepidochelys kempii), also called commonly the Atlantic ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley turtle, and Kemp's ridley, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. L. kempii is the rarest species of sea turtle and is the world's most endangered species of sea turtle.

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the smallest sea turtle in the world. The species is named after Richard M. Kemp, a fisherman from Key West, Florida, who first submitted the species for identification in 1906.

Found primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, but also as far north as Nova Scotia, Kemp’s ridleys are among the smallest sea turtles, reaching only about 2 feet in shell length and weighing up to 100...

Decades of intensive egg collection, killing of nesting females, and bycatch and drowning in the commercial and recreational fisheries of the U.S. and Mexico had resulted in the once thriving species being nearly wiped out throughout its range. How much did they decline?

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are considered the smallest marine turtles in the world and are also the most endangered. The Kemp's ridley has a triangular-shaped head and a slightly hooked beak with large crushing surfaces.

The Kemp's ridley turtle is the smallest of the sea turtles, with adults reaching about 2 feet in length and weighing up to 100 pounds. The adult Kemp's ridley has an oval carapace that is almost as wide as it is long and is usually olive-gray in …

The Kemp's ridley is the smallest species of sea turtle, weighing only 85 to 100 pounds and measuring 2 to 2.5 feet in length of their shell. It has an olive-gray circular upper shell and a large beak-like head.

The Kemp's ridley turtle is the most endangered sea turtle in the world, despite females nesting more often than other animals. Learn more and how to protect them.

Kemp’s ridleys are the smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species. Adults are 2 feet long and weigh only 70-100 pounds. In Texas, Kemp’s ridley sea turtles occur in nearshore Gulf of Mexico waters, bays, and passes, where they feed mostly on crabs, and occasionally fish, sea jellies, and mollusks.

The Kemp’s ridley is a small sea turtle, weighing less than 45 kg as adults, with a carapace length of 65 cm. The shell is almost as wide as it is long. Hatchlings are 42–48 mm long and weigh 15–20 g. The carapaces of adult Kemp’s ridley turtles are light grey or olive, and the plastrons are creamy white or yellow.