List of marine reptiles
Following is a list of
marine or brackish
environments.
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Extant
The following marine reptiles are species which are currently
extant
or recently extinct.
Crocodiles
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- Crocodylus acutus(American crocodile)
- Crocodylus porosus(Saltwater crocodile)
Lizards
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- Amblyrhynchus
- Amblyrhynchus cristatus(Marine iguana)
- Varanus
- Varanus indicus(Mangrove monitor)
Snakes
- Acrochordidae (Filesnakes)[1]
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- Acrochordus arafurae (Arafura filesnake)
- Acrochordus granulatus (Little filesnake)
- Acrochordus javanicus(Javan file snake)
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- Farancia abacura(Mud snake)
- Farancia erythrogrammus (Rainbow snake)
- Helicops angulatus(Brown-banded water snake)
- Helicops infrataeniatus
- Helicops scalaris
- Leptodeira rubricata (Costa Rican cat-eyed snake)
- Grayiinae[1]
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- Grayia smythii(Smith's African water snake)
- Homalopsidae (Bockadams)[1]
- Bitia hydroides(Keel-bellied water snake)
- Cantoria violacea (Cantor's water snake)
- Cerberus (Dog-faced water snakes)
- Djokoiskandarus annulata(Banded water snake)
- Myrrophis
- Myrrophis bennettii (Bennett's mud snake)
- Fordonia leucobalia(White-bellied mangrove snake)
- Myron
- Hydrophiinae (Sea snakes)
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- Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed sea snake)
- Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake)
- Astrotia stokesii(Stoke's sea snake)
- Disteira
- Disteira major(Olive-headed or greater sea snake)
- Disteira nigrocincta
- Disteira walli(Wall's sea snake)
- Enhydrina schistosa(Beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, Valakadyn sea snake)
- Enhydrina zweifeli(Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake)
- Hydrophis
- Hydrophis belcheri (Faint-banded sea snake, Belcher's sea snake)
- Hydrophis bituberculatus (Peters' sea snake)
- Hydrophis brooki
- Hydrophis caerulescens (Dwarf sea snake)
- Hydrophis cantoris
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated sea snake, blue-banded sea snake)
- Hydrophis fasciatus (Striped sea snake)
- Hydrophis gracilis(Graceful small-headed sea snake, slender sea snake)
- Hydrophis inornatus (Plain sea snake)
- Hydrophis klossi (Kloss' sea snake)
- Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf sea snake)
- Hydrophis mamillaris (Bombay sea snake)
- Hydrophis melanocephalus (Slender-necked sea snake)
- Hydrophis obscurus (Russell's sea snake)
- Hydrophis ornatus (Ornate reef sea snake)
- Hydrophis semperi (Garman's sea snake)
- Hydrophis spiralis (Yellow sea snake)
- Hydrophis stricticollis (Collared sea snake)
- Hydrophis viperinus
- Kerilia jerdonii(Jerdon's sea snake)
- Kolpophis annandalei(Bighead sea snake)
- Lapemis
- Lapemis curtus(Shaw's sea snake)
- Lapemis hardwickii(Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake)
- Laticauda
- Laticauda colubrina(Colubrine sea krait, yellow-lipped sea krait)
- Laticauda laticaudata(Blue-lipped sea krait)
- Pelamis platurus(Yellowbelly sea snake, pelagic sea snake)
- Thalassophis
- Thalassophis anomalus(Anomalous sea snake)
Sea turtles
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- Dermochelys coriacea(leatherback sea turtle)
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- Caretta caretta(Loggerhead sea turtle)
- Lepidochelys kempii(Kemp's ridley)
- Lepidochelys olivacea(Olive ridley)
- Chelonia mydas(Green sea turtle)
- Eretmochelys imbricata(Hawksbill sea turtle)
- Natator depressus(Flatback sea turtle)
Extinct
From the Permian to the present day there have been numerous groups of extinct reptiles that adapted to life in the marine realm:
Mesosaurs
Phytosaurs
- Pseudopalatinae: Late Triassic
Squamates
- Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous
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- Mosasauridae
- Simoliophiidae: Late Cretaceous
- Palaeophiidae: Late Cretaceous - Eocene
- Archaeophis
- Palaeophis
- Pterosphenus
- Sphenodontia
- Pleurosauridae Early - Late Jurassic (-Early Cretaceous?)
Tanysauria
- Dinocephalosaurus: Middle Triassic
- Tanystropheus: Middle Triassic
Sauropterygians
- Placodonts: Triassic
- Nothosauroidea: Triassic
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- Simosauridae
- Pachypleurosaurs: Triassic
- Pistosaurus:Middle Triassic
- Plesiosaurs: Early Jurassic- Late Cretaceous
- Plesiosauroids: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
- Plesiosaurus
- Cimoliasauridae
- Cryptoclididae
- Pliosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
Ichthyosaurs
Choristoderes
- Champsosaurus
- Simoedosaurus
- ?thalattosaur[2])
- ?Actiosaurus
Crocodylomorphs
- Thalattosuchia: Early Jurassic - Early Cretaceous
- Tethysuchia: Middle Jurassic - Early Eocene
- Pholidosauridae: Middle Jurassic - Late Cretaceous
- Dyrosauridae: Late Cretaceous - Early Eocene
- Gavialoidea: Late Cretaceous - Recent
- Eothoracosaurus
- Thoracosaurus
- Eosuchus
- Argochampsa
- Eogavialis
- Ikanogavialis
- Piscogavialis
- Siquisiquesuchus
- Gryposuchus
- Aktiogavialis
Testudines
- Chelonioidea
Thalattosaurs
- Agkistrognathus
- Anshunsaurus
- Askeptosaurus
- Concavispina[3]
- Clarazia
- Endennasaurus
- Gunakadeit
- Hescheleria
- Miodentosaurus
- Nectosaurus
- Paralonectes
- Thalattosaurus
- Wapitisaurus
- Wayaosaurus
- Xinpusaurus
See also
References
- ^ PMID 22576813.
- ^ Silvio Renesto (2005). "A possible find of Endennasaurus (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) with a comparison between Endennasaurus and Pachystropheus". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. Jg. 2005 (2): 118–128.
- ^ Liu, J., L.-J. Zhao, C. Li, and T. He. 2013. Osteology of Concavispina biseridens (Reptilia, Thalattosauria) from the Xiaowa Formation (Carnian), Guanling, Guizhou, China Journal of Palaeontology 87:341-350.