1. PHYLUM CORDATA: THE VERTEBRATES
MARINE REPTILES
COLD BLOODED – FOUND IN TROPICS
LAY LEATHERY EGGS ON LAND
AIR BREATHING – HAVE LUNGS
SCALY SKIN REDUCES WATER LOSS
SALT GLANDS REMOVE SALT FROM BODY

2. SEA TURTLES LEGS ARE FLATTENED FLIPPERS FOR SWIMMING
STRONG BEAK-LIKE JAWS
EAT ALGAE, SPONGES,
SEA GRASSES, FISH & JELLYFISH
8 SPECIES – ALL ARE ENDANGERED or THREATENED
COLLECTED FOR SHELLS, EGGS, MEAT
CAUGHT IN SHRIMP NETS & DRIFT NETS WHERE THEY DROWN & ARE SOLD ON THE BLACK MARKET

3. GREEN SEA TURTLE

4. LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE

5. LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE

6. HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLE

7. Loggerhead Sea Turtle video 3:30

8. MARINE IGUANA ONLY FOUND ON GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
EAT SEAWEEDS ON ROCKY BEACHES
CAN DIVE UP TO 40 FEET TO FIND SEAWEEDS TO EAT

9. MALE IGUANAS – RED FOR MATING

10. IGUANA FEEDING UNDERWATER

11. MARINE IGUANA SWIMMING

12. MARINE IGUANA BASKING

13. Marine Iguana video 2:50
Iguana video

14. SALTWATER CROCODILE FOUND IN SOUTH PACIFIC & INDIAN OCEANS
LIVE ON TROPICAL COASTLINES IN MANGROVES & ESTUARIES
EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE PREDATORS
CAN REACH LENGTHS OVER 20 FEET

15. SALT WATER CROCODILE

17. SEA SNAKES 55 SPECIES – SOUTH PACIFIC ONLY
FLATTENED BODY & TAIL FOR SWIMMING
MOST GIVE BIRTH TO LIVE YOUNG IN THE WATER
CARNIVORES – EAT FISH
BREATHE AIR OR ABSORB OXYGEN THROUGH THEIR SKIN
EXTREMELY VENOMOUS – (NON-AGGRESSIVE)
HUNTED FOR THEIR SKINS

18. PELAGIC SEA SNAKE

19. BANDED SEA SNAKE

20. OLIVE SEA SNAKE

21. OLIVE SEA SNAKE

22. YELLOW-BELLIED SEA SNAKE