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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 24 extinct species, 17 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of reptile. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Turtles and tortoises
Titanoboa (/ ˌ t aɪ t ə n ə ˈ b oʊ ə /; lit. ' titanic boa ') is an extinct genus of giant boid (the family that includes all boas and anacondas) snake that lived during the middle and late Paleocene.
A diagram showing the estimated lengths of Gigantophis garstini compared to other large snakes.. Jason Head, of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, has compared fossil Gigantophis garstini vertebrae to those of the largest modern snakes, and concluded that the extinct snake could grow from 9.3 to 10.7 m (30.5 to 35.1 ft) in length.
Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes) Southern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon simus) VU; Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) EN; Rim rock crown snake (Tantilla oolitica) EN; Giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas) VU
Madtsoiidae is an extinct family of mostly Gondwanan snakes with a fossil record extending from early Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) to late Pleistocene strata located in South America, Africa, India, Australia and Southern Europe. Madtsoiidae include very primitive snakes, which like extant boas and pythons would likely dispatch their prey by ...
There are 97 species and one subspecies of snake assessed as endangered. Pseudoxyrhophiids ... List of recently extinct reptiles; List of data deficient reptiles;
Palaeophis ('ancient snake') is an extinct genus of marine snake that is the type genus of the extinct snake family Palaeophiidae.. Described species within this genus lived in the Eocene epoch, with some unnamed or questionable records from Cenomanian and Maastrichtian. [1]
Vasuki is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snake from the Middle Eocene Naredi Formation of India. The genus contains a single species, V. indicus, known from several vertebrae. Vasuki has an estimated body length between 10.9–15.2 m (36–50 ft), making it the largest known madtsoiid.