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List Of Marine Reptiles
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. Crocodiles :*'' Crocodylus'' ::'' Crocodylus acutus'' (American crocodile) ::''Crocodylus porosus'' (Saltwater crocodile) Lizards :*Iguanidae ::*''Amblyrhynchus'' ::::'' Amblyrhynchus cristatus'' (Marine iguana) :*Varanidae ::*'' Varanus'' ::::''Varanus indicus'' (Mangrove monitor) Snakes :*Acrochordidae (Filesnakes) ::*'' Acrochordus'' ::::''Acrochordus arafurae'' (Arafura filesnake) ::::'' Acrochordus granulatus'' (Little filesnake) ::::'' Acrochordus javanicus'' (Javan file snake) :*Dipsadinae ::*'' Farancia'' ::::'' Farancia abacura'' (Mud snake) ::::'' Farancia erythrogrammus'' (Rainbow snake) ::*'' Helicops'' ::::'' Helicops angulatus'' (Brown-banded water snake) ::::'' Helicops infrataeniatus'' ::::'' Helicops scalaris'' ::*'' Hydrops'' ::::''Hydrops triangula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Reptile
Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. The earliest marine reptile mesosaurus (not to be confused with mosasaurus), arose in the Permian period during the Paleozoic era. During the Mesozoic era, many groups of reptiles became adapted to life in the seas, including such familiar clades as the ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs (these two orders were once thought united in the group "Enaliosauria", a classification now cladistically obsolete), mosasaurs, nothosaurs, placodonts, sea turtles, thalattosaurs and thalattosuchians. Most marine reptile groups became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period, but some still existed during the Cenozoic, most importantly the sea turtles. Other Cenozoic marine reptiles included the bothremydids, palaeophiid snakes, a few choristoderes such as ''Simoedosaurus'' and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs. Various types of marine gavialid crocodilians remained widespread as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrochordidae
The Acrochordidae, commonly known as wart snakes, Java wart snakes, file snakes, elephant trunk snakes, or dogface snakes are a monogeneric family created for the genus ''Acrochordus''. This is a group of basal aquatic snakes found in Australia and tropical Asia. Currently, three species are recognized. Description All are entirely aquatic, lacking the broad belly-scales found in most other snakes and possessing dorsally located eyes. Their most notable feature is their skin and scales. The skin is loose and baggy, giving the impression of being several sizes too large for the snake, and the scales, rather than overlapping, are tiny pyramidal projections that led to their common names. These snakes are ambush predators, lurking at the bottom of rivers, streams and estuaries, and waiting for fish to approach, which they grip with their coils. The rough scales allow them to hold the fish despite the mucus coating. Adults grow to between 60 cm and 2.43 m in length. Geog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydrops (snake)
''Hydrops'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America. Species Three species are recognized as being valid. ''Hydrops'' at the . *'' Hydrops caesurus'' *'''' *'''' '' |
Helicops Infrataeniatus
''Helicops infrataeniatus'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ... especially in the south of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay. References * Colubrids Snakes of South America Reptiles of Brazil Reptiles of Paraguay Reptiles of Uruguay Reptiles described in 1865 {{Colubrid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicops Angulatus
The brown-banded water snake (''Helicops angulatus'') is a species of aquatic snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also known as the water mapepire. Description The brown-banded water snake grows to a maximum total length (including tail) of 78 cm (31 inches). Dorsally, it is olive or gray-brown, with dark brown, black-edged crossbands, which narrow at the sides, and are usually confluent with the black crossbands of the belly. There is a large dark rhomboid on the nape. Ventrally, it is yellowish (in alcohol) with black crossbands or black spots. The dorsal scales are strongly keeled, even on the occiput and nape, and are arranged in 19 rows. Ventrals In snakes, the ventral scales or gastrosteges are the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of the body from the neck to the anal scale. When counting them, the first is the anteriormost ventral scale that cont ... are 102–130 in number, the anal scale i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicops (snake)
''Helicops'' is a genus of snakes of the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to South America. Species The following 20 species are recognized as being valid.. *''Helicops acangussu'' *''Helicops angulatus'' *''Helicops apiaka'' *''Helicops boitata'' *''Helicops carinicaudus'' - Wied's keelback *''Helicops danieli'' *''Helicops gomesi'' *''Helicops hagmanni'' *''Helicops infrataeniatus'' *''Helicops leopardinus'' *''Helicops modestus'' *''Helicops nentur'' *''Helicops pastazae'' *''Helicops petersi'' *''Helicops phantasma'' *''Helicops polylepis'' *''Helicops scalaris'' *''Helicops tapajonicus'' *''Helicops trivittatus'' *''Helicops yacu'' ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Helicops''. References Further reading *:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg, Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farancia Erythrogrammus
''Farancia'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. It consists of two species, one commonly referred to as the rainbow snake (''F. erytrogramma'') and the other commonly referred to as the mud snake (''F. abacura''). Both species are native to the southeastern United States. Description Adult specimens of ''Farancia'' species are usually to 36-54 inches (92–137 cm) in total length (including tail). They are usually dark brown or black dorsally, with a brightly colored underside that is red or orange. Rainbow snakes exhibit red striping down their backs. The body of ''Farancia'' species is cylindrical, robust, and muscular. The smooth, shiny, and iridescent dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows at midbody. The tail is short, ending in a spine. Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. . (Genus ''Farancia'', pp. 162-163). Behaviour Snakes of the genus ''Farancia'' are semiaquatic, living in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farancia Abacura
The mud snake (''Farancia abacura'') is a species of nonvenomous, semiaquatic, colubrid snake endemic to the southeastern United States. Description The mud snake usually grows to a total length (including tail) of 40 to 54 inches (1-1.4 m),Missouri Department of Conservation (2013)Western Mud Snake MDC Online. Accessed May 18, 2013 with the record total length being slightly over 80 inches (2 m).The University of Georgia (2008)Mud Snake The University of Georgia: Museum of Natural History. Accessed April 23, 2011. This species is sexually dimorphic in size. Female adults are larger than males in total length. The upperside of the mud snake is glossy black. The underside is red and black, and the red extends up the sides to form bars of reddish-pink. Although, some have a completely black body with slightly lighter black spots instead of the common reddish colors. The heavy body is cylindrical in cross section, and the short tail has a terminal spine. The head scalation is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farancia
''Farancia'' is a genus of colubrid snakes. It consists of two species, one commonly referred to as the rainbow snake (''F. erytrogramma'') and the other commonly referred to as the mud snake (''F. abacura''). Both species are native to the southeastern United States. Description Adult specimens of ''Farancia'' species are usually to 36-54 inches (92–137 cm) in total length (including tail). They are usually dark brown or black dorsally, with a brightly colored underside that is red or orange. Rainbow snakes exhibit red striping down their backs. The body of ''Farancia'' species is cylindrical, robust, and muscular. The smooth, shiny, and iridescent dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows at midbody. The tail is short, ending in a spine. Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. . (Genus ''Farancia'', pp. 162-163). Behaviour Snakes of the genus ''Farancia'' are semiaquatic, living in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dipsadinae
Dipsadinae is a large subfamily of colubroid snakes, sometimes referred to as a family (Dipsadidae). They are found in most of the Americas, including the West Indies, and are most diverse in South America. There are more than 700 species. Dipsadinae are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of mostly small to moderate-sized snakes (typically less than in total length). Some are arboreal, but others are aquatic or terrestrial and may even burrow. Most are oviparous. Many eat frogs or lizards, and some consume mammals and birds. Several genera (e.g. '' Adelphicos'', '' Atractus'', ''Geophis'', ''Dipsas'', ''Ninia'', '' Sibon'', ''Sibynomorphus'', ''Tropidodipsas'') are specialized feeders on gooey and slimy prey, such as frog eggs, earthworms, snails, and slugs. Almost all species are completely harmless to humans, although a few genera (e.g. ''Borikenophis'', '' Cubophis'', ''Heterodon'', ''Hydrodynastes'', ''Philodryas'') have inflicted painful bites with local, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrochordus Javanicus
The elephant trunk snake or the Javan file snake (''Acrochordus javanicus''), is a species of snake in the family Acrochordidae, a family which represents a group of primitive non-venomous aquatic snakes. Description The elephant trunk snake possesses a wide and flat head, and its nostrils are situated on the top of the snout. Those head particularities confer to ''A. javanicus'' a certain resemblance with boas. However, its head is only as wide as its body. Females are bigger than males, and the maximum total length (including tail) of an individual is . The dorsal side of the snake's body is brown, and its ventral side is pale yellow. The skin is baggy and loose giving the impression that it is too big for the animal. The skin is covered with small rough adjacent scales. The skin is also used in the tannery industry. The top of the head has no large shields, but instead is covered with very small granular scales. There are no ventral scales. The body scales are in about 120 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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