Special Cover – Olive Ridley Sea Turtle – By India Post
WWF’s Mission:- To stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
Olive ridley – named for its olive green colored shell, Head is quite small. Carapace is bony without ridges and has large scutes (scales) present. Carapace has 6 or more lateral scutes and is nearly circular and smooth. Its body is deeper than the very similar Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle. Both the front and rear flippers have 1 or 2 visible claws. There is sometimes an extra claw on the front flippers. Juveniles are charcoal grey in color, while adults are a dark grey green. Hatchlings are black when wet with greenish sides.
The olive ridley sea turtle nests at several sites in the western Indian Ocean, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The single most important breeding area for olive ridleys in the Indian Ocean along the Bay of Bengal is Orissa.
Date Of Issue:-23.01.2012.
Contributed by :-Mr Mrityunjay Mishra, Kanpur
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