29+ Kemp Ridley Sea Turtle Characteristics Pictures. Kemp's ridley sea turtles are considered the smallest marine turtles in the world and are also the most endangered. A kemp's ridley sea turtle ready to be returned to the wild after being cleaned and rehabilitated during an oil spill.
Kemp's ridley sea turtles inhabit the coastal and open waters of the atlantic ocean, ranging from bermuda up to nova scotia. Kemp's ridley sea turtle (lepidochelys kempii), or atlantic ridley sea turtle is the rarest sea turtle and is critically endangered. Kemp found the first documented specimen of this turtle.
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The kemp's ridley turtle is the world's most endangered sea turtle. It is one of two living species in the genus lepidochelys (the other one being l. Kemp's ridley turtles have 5 central scutes and 5 lateral scutes. Olivacea, the olive ridley sea turtle).