69 cm
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by internal carapace length from anterior to posterior shell endpoints, calibrated; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Adult Female Olive Ridley Sea Turtle
An adult female olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is shown in a strict orthographic top view and calm symmetrical glide. The representative 0.69 m carapace anchor is the rounded midpoint of the independently matching 0.61–0.76 m adult range, while about 43 kg is representative of the published mass range. Its olive-gray heart-shaped shell retains the characteristic variable 5–9 pairs of lateral scutes.
Dimensions
- Height
- 20 cm
- Length
- 69 cm
- Weight
- 43 kg
Quick facts
- Adult length
- 0.61–0.76 m
- Representative anchor
- 0.69 m
- Representative mass
- about 43 kg
- Lateral scutes
- 5–9 pairs
- Scientific name
- Lepidochelys olivacea
Adult Female Olive Ridley Sea Turtle · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement22 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
The shell-length range controls the representative anchor; natural flipper spread is not a fixed width.