What is Kemp's ridley sea turtle?
[[File:Lepidochelys kempii.jpg|thumb|250px|Kemp's ridley sea turtle]] [[File:The-Head-and-Neck-Anatomy-of-Sea-Turtles-(Cryptodira-Chelonioidea)-and-Skull-Shape-in-Testudines-pone.0047852.s003.ogv|thumb|thumbtime=26|250px|[[Computed tomography]]-based model of a ''Lepidochelys kempii'' skull, with selected muscles highlighted.]] '''Kemp's ridley sea turtle''' (''Lepidochelys kempii''), also called the '''Atlantic ridley sea turtle'''.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Rhodin AG, van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB |year=2010 |title=Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy and Synonymy |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |journal=Chelonian Research Monographs |doi=10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010 |pages=85–164 |publisher=Chelonian Research Foundation and the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group of [[IUCN Species Survival Commission]] |veditors=Rhodin AG, Pritchard PC, van Dijk PP, Saumure AR, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA |access-date=2015-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717125632/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v3_2010.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-17}}</ref> is the rarest [[species]] of [[sea turtle]] and is [[endangered species|critically endangered]]. It is one of two living species in the [[genus]] ''[[Ridley sea turtle|Lepidochelys]]'' (the other one being ''L. olivacea'', the [[olive ridley sea turtle]]). == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Turtles]]