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This is a list of the reptiles found in Portugal. Turtles. Family: Cheloniidae Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Madeiran wall lizards fighting for food in the Desertas Islands. The Madeiran wall lizard (Teira dugesii), being the only species in the genus Teira, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae with four recognized subspecies. The species is endemic to the Madeira Archipelago, Portugal.
• Sea snake (bottom right) Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas, sea snakes, sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. [1]
This is a list of reptiles of Europe. It includes all reptiles currently found in Europe . It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe , except where there is some doubt about this, nor (with few exceptions) does it currently include species introduced in recent decades.
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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
Long ago in the skies above the shallow Eromanga Sea, which once covered what is now arid inland Australia, soared a formidable pterosaur - flying reptile - boasting a bony crest at the tip of its ...
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to live and forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. It can dive over 10 m (33 ft) deep and mainly lives on the rocky coasts, but can also be spotted in marshes and mangrove beaches.