The geographic range of one species, Pelamis platurus, is wider than that of any other reptile species, except for a few species of sea turtles.
Single GAPD sequences were discovered for all examined birds, reptiles except lizards, amphibians, lancelet, echinoderms, acorn worm, Xenoturbella bocki, as well as for the remaining cartilaginous fishes, jawless vertebrates, tunicates and most examined non-deuterostomes.
The latter, uncommon among fishes, amphibians, and birds, are present in all reptiles (except Sphenodon) and mammals.
In summary, "marine reptiles" in the current context are all reptiles except birds that feed almost exclusively in the sea.
Do not use a reptile tank designed for terrestrial (land-living) reptiles.
Except for the freakish exceptions.
The media reptiles fall for it: we go wild.
Living marine reptiles are tropical to subtropical in their distribution, except for some sea turtles that are distributed into the colder waters, such as the gigantic leatherback turtle (Márquez 1990).
Live birth is probably a useful feature for marine reptiles but not essential for invading marine environments three of the four living marine reptile lineages lay eggs on land, and there is no evidence to suggest that the most basal members within each Mesozoic marine reptile group, including sauropterygians and ichthyopterygians, gave live birth, except for mosasaurs.
Above the fish-and-slug level, in reptiles, birds and mammals, hermaphroditism is almost unheard of, except for rare genetic accidents.
