First Record of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea

Il-Hun Kim; Chang-Ho Yi; Jeong-Hyun Lee; Daesik Park; In-Young Cho; Dong-Jin Han; Min-Seop Kim

doi:10.5358/hsj.38.153

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Il-Hun Kim,^1,* Chang-Ho Yi,^1,2,* Jeong-Hyun Lee,³ Daesik Park,⁴ In-Young Cho,¹ Dong-Jin Han,⁵ Min-Seop Kim^1,**

¹1National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Chungnam 33662, KOREA
²5Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, KOREA
³2National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Chungnam 33657, KOREA
⁴3Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Kangwon 24341, KOREA
⁵4Hanwha Aqua Planet Yeosu, Yeosu 59744, KOREA

^*† these authors contributed equally
^** Corresponding author. Tel: +82-(0)41-950-0702; Fax: +82-(0)41-950-0708; E-mail address: lizard4755@mabik.re.kr

Abstract

We report Lepidochelys olivacea from coastal waters of South Korea for the first time on the basis of two specimens (one male and one female) whose taxonomic identities were verified on morphological and molecular grounds. Four species of sea turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta, and Eretmochelys imbricata. have been recorded from South Korean waters, and present findings add another species to the sea turtle fauna of this region.

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Il-Hun Kim, Chang-Ho Yi, Jeong-Hyun Lee, Daesik Park, In-Young Cho, Dong-Jin Han, and Min-Seop Kim "First Record of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea," Current Herpetology 38(2), 153-159, (31 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.38.153

Accepted: 15 July 2019; Published: 31 August 2019

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