VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE

• Color is olive brown above and yellowish in ventral side
• Presence of 5 or more coastal shields on carapace
• About 25-27 marginal shields are present
• Seen in Gahirmata of Orissa coasts and the large scale gathering of these turtles for the nesting purposes is called as “Arribhadas”