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Lepidochelys kempii
Kemp's ridley sea turtle

Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), also called the Atlantic ridley sea turtle. is the rarest species of sea turtle and is critically endangered.

It is one of two living species in the genus Lepidochelys (the other one being L. olivacea, the olive ridley sea turtle).

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