Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Kemp's ridley sea turtle

  FAMILY -               Cheloniidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Lepidochelys kempii

  SYNONYMS - Thalassochelys kempii, Garman, 1880

  REFERENCES - 2 and 1
  

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.