List of marine reptiles

Following is a list of marine reptiles, reptiles which are adapted to life in a marine environment.

Contents 1 Extant 1.1 Crocodiles 1.2 Lizards 1.3 Sea snakes 1.4 Sea turtles 2 Extinct 2.1 Mesosaurs 2.2 Lizards 2.3 Prolacertiformes 2.4 Sauropterygians 2.5 Ichthyosaurs 2.6 Tanystropheus 2.7 Crocodilians 2.8 Sea turtles

Extant

The following marine reptiles are species which are currently extant or recently extinct.

Crocodiles

American Crocodile

Saltwater Crocodile

Lizards

Marine Iguana

Hybrid Iguana

Sea snakes

• Aipysurus

Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed Sea Snake)

Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake)

• Astrotia stokesii (Stoke's Sea Snake)
• Disteira

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

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

Lapemis curtus (Shaw's Sea Snake)

Lapemis hardwickii (Hardwicke's spine-bellied Sea Snake)

• Laticauda

Laticauda colubrina (Colubrine sea krait, yellow-lipped sea krait)

Laticauda laticaudata (Blue-lipped sea krait)

• Microcephalophis

Microcephalophis cantoris

Microcephalophis gracilis (Graceful small-headed Sea Snake, slender Sea Snake)

• Pelamis platurus (Yellowbelly Sea Snake, Pelagic Sea Snake)
• Thalassophina

Thalassophina viperina

Thalassophis anomalus (Anomalous Sea Snake)

Sea turtles

Flatback Turtle

Green sea turtle

Hawksbill turtle

Kemp's Ridley

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Olive Ridley

Ridley sea turtle

((yellow bellied turtles))

((musk/stinkpot turtles))

Extinct

From the Permian to the present day there have been numerous groups of extinct reptiles that have adapted to life in the marine realm:

Mesosaurs

• Mesosauridae: Early Permian

Stereosternum

Mesosaurus

Lizards

• Aigialosauridae: Late Cretaceous

• Dolichosauridae: Late Cretaceous

Adriosaurus

Dolichosaurus

Judeasaurus

• Kaganaias: Late Cretaceous

• Mosasaurs: Late Cretaceous

• Mosasaurinae

Carinodens

Clidastes

Dallasaurus

Globidens

Mosasaurus

Plotosaurus

Prognathodon

• Halisaurinae

Eonatator

Halisaurus

• Tylosaurinae

Hainosaurus

Tylosaurus

Taniwhasaurus

• Plioplatecarpinae

Platecarpus

Plioplatecarpus

Selmasaurus

Prolacertiformes

• Dinocephalosaurus: Middle Triassic

Sauropterygians

• Placodonts: Triassic

Cyamodus

Henodus

Paraplacodus

Placochelys

Placodus

Psephoderma

• Nothosaurs: Triassic

Lariosaurus

Nothosaurus

• Pachypleurosaurs: Triassic

Anarosaurus

Dactylosaurus

Keichousaurus

Neuticosaurus

• Pistosaurus:Middle Triassic

• Plesiosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous

• Plesiosaurus
• Cimoliasauridae
• Cryptoclididae

Cryptoclidus

Microcleidus

Muraenosaurus

• Elasmosauridae

Elasmosaurus

Futabasaurus

Hydrotherosaurus

Libonectes

Mauisaurus

Thalassomedon

• Polycotylidae

Dolichorhynchops

Edgarosaurus

Manemergus

Sulcusuchus

Thililua

Trinacromerum

• Pliosaurs: Early Jurassic - Late Cretaceous

Kronosaurus

Liopleurodon

Macroplata

Peloneustes

Rhomaleosaurus

Umoonasaurus

Ichthyosaurs

Tanystropheus

Crocodilians

• Thalattosuchia: Early Jurassic - Early Cretaceous

• Metriorhynchidae

Aggiosaurus

Dakosaurus

Enaliosuchus

Geosaurus

Metriorhynchus

Neustosaurus

Purranisaurus

Teleidosaurus

• Teleosauridae

Machimosaurus

Pelagosaurus

Platysuchus

Teleosaurus

Steneosaurus

Sea turtles

• • Allopleuron
  • Archelon
  • Pneumatoarthrus
  • Protostega