Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Olive Ridley

  FAMILY -               Chelonidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Lepidochelys olivacea

  REFERENCES - 1

  National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status    Reference

  Reported in error from Belize but in literature            1

   - Comments on Status

  1 * Reported by Smith et. al. 1992.  Not expected to reach Belize.

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  Smith, G.W., K.L. Eckert and J.P. Gibson. 1992.  WIDECAST sea turtle
     recovery action plan for Belize. CEP Technical report no. 18. UNEP
     Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 86.pp.