Species
- Ridley's Bat, Myotis ridleyi, a species of vesper bat found in Indonesia and Malaysia
- Ridley's Leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposideros ridleyi, a bat species found in Malaysia and Singapore
- Ridley's worm lizard, Amphisbaena ridley, a reptile species
- Ridley sea turtle, a genus of sea turtles with two species:
- Olive ridley sea turtle
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the rarest sea turtle and is critically endangered
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