List of reptiles of the Atlantic Ocean

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The reptiles that inhabit the Atlantic Ocean include six species of sea turtles.[1] In addition, two species of crocodiles regularly venture into saltwater thanks to lingual glands that allow them to excrete salt.[2][3]

Finally, some other species of crocodilians, caimans, and alligators that live in the freshwater and brackish coastal waters of the Americas and Africa can temporarily enter the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean.[4]

Order: Testudines

Family: Dermochelyidae

Leatherback sea turtle.

Family: Cheloniidae

Loggerhead sea turtle.

Order: Crocodilia

Family: Crocodylidae

American crocodile.

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