page_title: Olive ridley sea turtle
section_title: Ecology and behavior
hierarchical_section_title: Olive ridley sea turtle / Ecology and behavior
context_page_description: The olive ridley sea turtle, also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. Lepidochelys olivacea is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
  This turtle and the related Kemp's ridley turtle are best known for their unique mass nesting called arribada, where thousands of females come together on the same beach to lay eggs.
caption: An olive ridley sea turtle laying eggs
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