Following is a list of marine reptiles, reptiles which are adapted to life in marine or brackish environments.
Extant
The following marine reptiles are species which are currently extant or recently extinct.
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- Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile)
- Crocodylus porosus (Saltwater crocodile)
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- Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Marine iguana)
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- Varanus indicus (Mangrove monitor)
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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
- Hydrops triangularis
- Leptodeira rubricata (Costa Rican cat-eyed snake)
- Pseudoeryx relictualis
- Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
- Tretanorhinus variabilis
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- Grayia smythii (Smith's African water snake)
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- Cerberus australis
- Cerberus dunsoni
- Cerberus microlepis
- Cerberus rynchops
- Cerberus schneiderii
- Myrrophis bennettii (Bennett's mud snake)
- Myron karnsi
- Myron resetari
- Myron richardsonii
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- Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed sea snake)
- Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake)
- Disteira major (Olive-headed or greater sea snake)
- Disteira nigrocincta
- Disteira walli (Wall's sea snake)
- 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
- Lapemis curtus (Shaw's sea snake)
- Lapemis hardwickii (Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake)
- Laticauda colubrina (Colubrine sea krait, yellow-lipped sea krait)
- Laticauda laticaudata (Blue-lipped sea krait)
- Thalassophis anomalus (Anomalous sea snake)
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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:
- Stereosternum
- Mesosaurus
- Mystriosuchus
- Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous
- Adriosaurus
- Dolichosaurus
- Judeasaurus
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- Opetiosaurus
- Aigialosaurus
- Portunatasaurus
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- Carinodens
- Clidastes
- Dallasaurus
- Globidens
- Kaikaifilu
- Mosasaurus
- Plotosaurus
- Prognathodon
- Thalassotitan
- Eonatator
- Halisaurus
- Hainosaurus
- Tylosaurus
- Taniwhasaurus
- Platecarpus
- Plioplatecarpus
- Selmasaurus
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- Eupodophis
- Haasiophis
- Pachyophis
- Pachyrhachis
- Archaeophis
- Palaeophis
- Pterosphenus
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- Pleurosaurus
- Palaeopleurosaurus
- Vadasaurus?
- Derasmosaurus?
- Cyamodus
- Henodus
- Palatodonta
- Paraplacodus
- Placochelys
- Placodus
- Psephoderma
- Protenodontosaurus
- Glyphoderma
- Psephosauriscus
- Psephochelys
- Pararcus
- Parahenodus
- Sinocyamodus
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- Ceresiosaurus
- Germanosaurus
- Lariosaurus
- Nothosaurus
- Silvestrosaurus
- Simosaurus
- Anarosaurus
- Dactylosaurus
- Keichousaurus
- Neusticosaurus (Pachypleurosaurus)
- Dawazisaurus
- Diandongosaurus
- Dianmeisaurus
- Hanosaurus
- Honghesaurus
- Majiashanosaurus
- Panzhousaurus
- Qianxisaurus
- Wumengosaurus
- Dianopachysaurus
- Luopingosaurus
- Odoiporosaurus
- Prosantosaurus
- Serpianosaurus
- Chusaurus
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- Cryptoclidus
- Microcleidus
- Muraenosaurus
- Elasmosaurus
- Futabasaurus
- Hydrotherosaurus
- Kimmerosaurus
- Libonectes
- Mauisaurus
- Morturneria
- Thalassomedon
- Tuarangisaurus
- Dolichorhynchops
- Edgarosaurus
- Manemergus
- Sulcusuchus
- Thililua
- Trinacromerum
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- Kronosaurus
- Liopleurodon
- Pliosaurus
- Macroplata
- Peloneustes
- Rhomaleosaurus
- Umoonasaurus
- Sachicasaurus
- Ichthyosaurus
- Ichthyotitan
- Mixosaurus
- Ophthalmosaurus
- Shastasaurus
- Shonisaurus
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- Eoneustes
- Teleidosaurus
- Zoneait
- Aggiosaurus
- Dakosaurus
- Enaliosuchus
- Geosaurus
- Metriorhynchus
- Neustosaurus
- Purranisaurus
- Teleidosaurus
- Machimosaurus
- Pelagosaurus
- Platysuchus
- Teleosaurus
- Steneosaurus
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- Elosuchus
- Oceanosuchus
- Terminonaris
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- Arambourgisuchus
- Atlantosuchus
- Dyrosaurus
- Guarinisuchus
- Phosphatosaurus
- Rhabdognathus
- Eothoracosaurus
- Thoracosaurus
- Eosuchus
- Argochampsa
- Eogavialis
- Ikanogavialis
- Piscogavialis
- Siquisiquesuchus
- Gryposuchus
- Aktiogavialis
- Allopleuron
- Archelon
- Pneumatoarthrus
- Protostega
- Araripemys
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Murphy, J. C. (10 May 2012). "Marine Invasions by Non-Sea Snakes, with Thoughts on Terrestrial-Aquatic-Marine Transitions". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 52 (2): 217–226. doi:10.1093/icb/ics060. 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.
