List of marine reptiles
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Following is a list of marine reptiles, reptiles which are adapted to life in a marine environment.
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[edit] Extant
The following marine reptiles are species which are currently or recently extant.
- Crocodile
- Marine Iguana
- Sea snake
- Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed Sea Snake)
- Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake)
- Astrotia stokesii (Stoke's Sea Snake)
- 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)
- Hydrophis belcheri (Faint-banded Sea Snake, Belcher's Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis bituberculatus (Peters' Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis brooki
- Hydrophis caerulescens (Dwarf Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis cyanocinctus (Annulated Sea Snake, blue-banded Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis fasciatus (Striped Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis inornatus (Plain Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis klossi (Kloss' Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis lapemoides (Persian Gulf Sea Snake)
- Hydrophis mammilaris (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)
- Kerilia jerdonii (Jerdon's Sea Snake)
- Kolpophis annandalei (Bighead Sea Snake)
- 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)
- Microcephalophis cantoris
- Microcephalophis gracilis (Graceful small-headed Sea Snake, slender Sea Snake)
- Pelamis platurus (Yellowbelly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake)
- Thalassophina viperina
- Thalassophis anomalus (Anomalous Sea Snake)
- Sea turtle
[edit] Extinct
Following are some extinct animals which are believed to have been marine reptiles.
- Aggiosaurus
- Dakosaurus
- Dakosaurus andiniensis
- Enaliosuchus
- Geosaurus
- Mesosaur
- Metriorhynchidae
- Metriorhynchus
- Mosasaur
- Placodont
- Cimoliasauridae
- Cryptoclididae
- Cryptoclidus
- Cyamodus
- Dinocephalosaurus
- Dolichorhynchops
- Edgarosaurus
- Elasmosauridae
- Elasmosaurus
- Futabasaurus
- Henodus
- Hydrotherosaurus
- Keichousaurus
- Kronosaurus
- Lariosaurus
- Libonectes
- Liopleurodon
- List of plesiosaurs
- Macroplata
- Manemergus
- Mauisaurus
- Microcleidus
- Muraenosaurus
- Neuticosaurus
- Nothosaur
- Nothosaurus
- Opallionectes
- Pachypleurosaur
- Peloneustes
- Pistosaurus
- Placodus
- Plesiosaur
- Plesiosauria
- Plesiosaurus
- Pliosaur
- Polycotylidae
- Psephoderma
- Rhomaleosaurus
- Sauropterygia
- Sulcusuchus
- Thalassomedon haningtoni
- Thililua
- Trinacromerum
- Umoonasaurus
- Platecarpus
- Plioplatecarpinae
- Plotosaurus
- Prognathodon
- Russellosaurus
- Selmasaurus
- Tylosaurinae
- Tylosaurus
- Neustosaurus
- Purranisaurus
- Sea turtle
- Teleidosaurus
- Teleosauridae
- Teleosaurus
- Thalattosuchia