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Marine reptile. 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]
Range of sea snakes shown in lime green, except the widespread, pelagic yellow-bellied sea snake. Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas ...
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)
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which makes up almost all of its diet. [ 3 ]
Sea snakes (4 C, 5 P) T. Sea turtles (31 P) Pages in category "Marine reptiles" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, [3] are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback , green , hawksbill , leatherback , loggerhead , Kemp's ridley , and olive ridley .
The yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake from the subfamily Hydrophiinae (the sea snakes) found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, it was placed in the monotypic genus Pelamis, but recent molecular evidence indicates it lies within the genus Hydrophis.
Spine-bellied sea snake. The spine-bellied sea snake ( Hydrophis hardwickii), also commonly known as Hardwicke's sea snake [2] and Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean .