● The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Pacific ridley sea turtle) is the smallest of all marine turtle species.
● Distribution: They are found in warm and tropical waters of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
● Threats: Unsustainable egg collection, slaughtering nesting females on the beach, and direct harvesting adults at sea for commercial sale of both the meat and hides, coastal development, natural disasters, climate change, beach erosion.
Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable
- WPA: Schedule I
- CITES: Appendix I
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