1 Ch. 9: Marine Reptiles, Birds, & Mammals Marine Reptiles
2 I) Origins A)Vertebrates invaded land ~350 MYA 1)Evolved from fish-like ancestors with lungs & two pairs of limbs a)Tetrapods: four-footed B)Descendants include classes Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, & Mammalia
3 II) Marine Reptiles A)Class Reptilia includes ~7,000 lizards, snakes, turtles, & crocodiles B)Dry skin covered with scales to prevent H 2 O loss C)Poikilotherms & ectotherms 1)Cold-blooded D)Descendents also include birds & mammals
4 III) Sea Turtles
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6 A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
7 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
8 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
9 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
10 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
11 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
12 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
13 III) Sea Turtles A)Order Testudinae B)Reptiles with bodies enclosed in a carapace (armor-like shell) fused to backbone C)Legs modified into flippers D)All return to land to lay eggs, but breed at sea 1)Females return to beach they were born E)Eight species 1)Family Cheloniidae a)Black, Green, Flatback, Hawksbill, Kemps Ridley, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley 2)Family Dermochelyidae a)Leatherback
14 IV) Other Marine Reptiles
15 IV) Other Marine Reptiles A)Order Squamata 1)Sea Snakes a)Highly poisonous; related to cobras b)Dorsoventrally flattened c)Ovoviviparous
16 IV) Other Marine Reptiles
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18 IV) Other Marine Reptiles A)Order Squamata 2)Marine Iguanas a)Pacific coast of South America
19 IV) Other Marine Reptiles
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26 IV) Other Marine Reptiles B)Order Crocodilia 1)Saltwater crocodiles 2)Mangrove swamps of Eastern Indian Ocean, Australia, & some Pacific islands 3)Most aggressive of all marine animals
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