单词 | kemp's ridley turtle |
释义 | > as lemmasKemp's ridley turtle Used in the genitive to designate the smallest of the sea turtles, Lepidochelys kempii, which is found chiefly in the West Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico but is now critically endangered. Now chiefly as Kemp's ridley, Kemp's ridley turtle. Also called Atlantic ridley.Formerly thought to be a hybrid of the loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) with another species, hence the earlier name of bastard turtle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] angel1880 Kemp1880 1880 S. W. Garman in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zoöl. Harvard 6 i. 124 The habitat suggests the name Colpochelys... This will give to this species the name Colpochelys Kempii, Kemp's Gulf Turtle. 1907 R. L. Ditmars Reptile Bk. i. ii. 8 (heading) Kemp's Loggerhead Turtle. Thalassochelys kempii, (Garman). 1933 Copeia No. 1. 12 Caretta kempii (Garman), Kemp's bastard-turtle.—Is often confused with the preceding species [sc. the Atlantic loggerhead]. 1971 Biol. Conservation 4 78 The leather trade..has virtually wiped out the highly-endangered Kemp's Ridley, which is found only in the Gulf of Mexico. 1992 Sci. Amer. Jan. 102/1 Kemp's ridley turtles remain in Atlantic waters, and flatbacks inhabit the South Pacific, near Australia. 2008 Nature of Scotl. Summer 43/2 Only 35 Kemp's Ridleys have ever been found on British shores, with just two of them appearing in Scotland. < as lemmas |
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