Archival sea turtles in National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India Author Kundu, Shantanu Zoological Survey of India, M - Bolck, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; vikaszsi 77 @ gmail. com Author Kumar, Vikas Zoological Survey of India, M - Bolck, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; vikaszsi 77 @ gmail. com Author Murthy, B. H. C. K. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode - 673006, Kerala, India Author Chandra, Kailash Zoological Survey of India, M - Bolck, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; vikaszsi 77 @ gmail. com text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2018 2018-01-01 118 1 39 43 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/122300 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/122300 2581-8686 10913693 The Olive Ridley turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschsholtz, 1829) Family CHELONIIDAE IUCN status : Vulnerable (A2bd ver 3.1) Recorded so far in Indian waters : Coastal areas of Maharashtra , Goa, Kerala , South Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Odisha , Andaman Islands , Gulf of Mannar and Lakshadweep Islands. Registration Number and collection localities : 23972 - Chandbali sea coast, Balasore, Orissa ; 23982 - Konarak sea coast, Puri, Orissa ; 24134 - Digha, West Bengal ; 24536 - North Andaman ; 24713 , Visakhapatnam sea shore - 24972 ; 13567 to 13569 - Trivandrum beach, Kerala ; 895 (36c A.S.B.) - Bay of Bengal ; 23785 - Mandapam.