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Reptiles of Our Region
There are more than 230 species of reptiles in the dry tropics region.
The following is a list of these species. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.
| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name |
|---|---|---|
| Acrochordidae | Acrochordus granulatus | little file snake |
| Agamidae | Amphibolurus burnsi | |
| Agamidae | Amphibolurus gilberti | Gilbert's dragon |
| Agamidae | Amphibolurus muricatus | jacky lizard |
| Agamidae | Amphibolurus nobbi | |
| Agamidae | Chlamydosaurus kingii | frilled lizard |
| Agamidae | Ctenophorus nuchalis | central netted dragon |
| Agamidae | Diporiphora australis | |
| Agamidae | Diporiphora bilineata | two-lined dragon |
| Agamidae | Diporiphora sp. | |
| Agamidae | Hypsilurus boydii | Boyd's forest dragon |
| Agamidae | Physignathus lesueurii | eastern water dragon |
| Agamidae | Pogona barbata | bearded dragon |
| Agamidae | Pogona vitticeps | |
| Agamidae | Tympanocryptis lineata | lined earless dragon |
| Boidae | Antaresia childreni | children's python |
| Boidae | Antaresia maculosa | spotted python |
| Boidae | Antaresia sp. | |
| Boidae | Antaresia stimsoni | Stimson's python |
| Boidae | Aspidites melanocephalus | black-headed python |
| Boidae | Liasis mackloti | water python |
| Boidae | Morelia amethistina | amethystine python (New Guinean form) |
| Boidae | Morelia kinghorni | amethystine python (Australian form) |
| Boidae | Morelia spilota | carpet python |
| Chelidae | Chelodina canni | Cann's longneck turtle |
| Chelidae | Chelodina longicollis | eastern snake-necked turtle |
| Chelidae | Chelodina rugosa | northern snake-necked turtle |
| Chelidae | Chelodina sp. | |
| Chelidae | Elseya irwini | Irwin's turtle |
| Chelidae | Elseya irwini (Johnstone) | Johnstone River snapping turtle |
| Chelidae | Elseya sp. | |
| Chelidae | Emydura macquarii krefftii | Krefft's river turtle |
| Chelidae | Emydura macquarii macquarii | Murray turtle |
| Chelidae | Wollumbinia latisternum | saw-shelled turtle |
| Cheloniidae | Chelonia mydas | green turtle |
| Cheloniidae | Lepidochelys olivacea | olive ridley turtle |
| Cheloniidae | Natator depressus | flatback turtle |
| Colubridae | Boiga irregularis | brown tree snake |
| Colubridae | Dendrelaphis calligastra | northern tree snake |
| Colubridae | Dendrelaphis punctulata | common tree snake |
| Colubridae | Stegonotus cucullatus | slaty-grey snake |
| Colubridae | Tropidonophis mairii | freshwater snake |
| Crocodylidae | Crocodylus johnstoni | Australian freshwater crocodile |
| Crocodylidae | Crocodylus porosus | estuarine crocodile |
| Dermochelyidae | Dermochelys coriacea | leatherback turtle |
| Elapidae | Acanthophis antarcticus | common death adder |
| Elapidae | Acanthophis praelongus | northern death adder |
| Elapidae | Aipysurus duboisii | Dubois's sea snake |
| Elapidae | Aipysurus eydouxii | spine-tailed sea snake |
| Elapidae | Aipysurus laevis | olive sea snake |
| Elapidae | Astrotia stokesii | |
| Elapidae | Cacophis churchilli | |
| Elapidae | Cacophis harriettae | white-crowned snake |
| Elapidae | Cacophis krefftii | dwarf crowned snake |
| Elapidae | Cacophis squamulosus | golden crowned snake |
| Elapidae | Demansia papuensis | Papuan whip snake |
| Elapidae | Demansia psammophis | yellow-faced whip snake |
| Elapidae | Demansia rimicola | |
| Elapidae | Demansia sp. | |
| Elapidae | Demansia torquata | collared whip snake |
| Elapidae | Demansia vestigiata | black whip snake |
| Elapidae | Denisonia maculata | ornamental snake |
| Elapidae | Disteira kingii | spectacled sea snake |
| Elapidae | Disteira major | |
| Elapidae | Enhydrina schistosa | |
| Elapidae | Furina barnardi | yellow-naped snake |
| Elapidae | Furina diadema | red-naped snake |
| Elapidae | Furina ornata | orange-naped snake |
| Elapidae | Hemiaspis signata | black-bellied swamp snake |
| Elapidae | Hoplocephalus bitorquatus | pale-headed snake |
| Elapidae | Hydrophis elegans | |
| Elapidae | Hydrophis gracilis | |
| Elapidae | Hydrophis macdowelli | |
| Elapidae | Hydrophis ornatus | |
| Elapidae | Lapemis curtus | |
| Elapidae | Oxyuranus scutellatus | coastal taipan |
| Elapidae | Pelamis platurus | yellow-bellied sea snake |
| Elapidae | Pseudechis australis | king brown snake |
| Elapidae | Pseudechis porphyriacus | red-bellied black snake |
| Elapidae | Pseudonaja guttata | speckled brown snake |
| Elapidae | Pseudonaja nuchalis | western brown snake |
| Elapidae | Pseudonaja textilis | eastern brown snake |
| Elapidae | Rhinoplocephalus boschmai | Carpentaria whip snake |
| Elapidae | Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens | eastern small-eyed snake |
| Elapidae | Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus | black-striped snake |
| Elapidae | Simoselaps australis | coral snake |
| Elapidae | Simoselaps sp. | |
| Elapidae | Simoselaps warro | robust burrowing snake |
| Elapidae | Suta dwyeri | |
| Elapidae | Suta suta | myall snake |
| Elapidae | Vermicella annulata | bandy-bandy |
| Gekkonidae | Diplodactylus conspicillatus | fat-tailed diplodactylus |
| Gekkonidae | Diplodactylus vittatus | wood gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Gehyra catenata | |
| Gekkonidae | Gehyra dubia | |
| Gekkonidae | Gehyra nana | |
| Gekkonidae | Gehyra sp. | |
| Gekkonidae | Gehyra variegata | tree dtella |
| Gekkonidae | Hemidactylus frenatus | house gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Heteronotia binoei | Bynoe's gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Lucasium steindachneri | Steindachner's gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Lucasium stenodactylum | crowned gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Nactus pelagicus | pelagic gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Nephrurus asper | spiny knob-tailed gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura castelnaui | northern velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura coggeri | northern spotted velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura lesueurii | Lesueur's velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura marmorata | marbled velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura monilis | |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura rhombifer | zig-zag gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura robusta | robust velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura sp. | |
| Gekkonidae | Oedura tryoni | southern spotted velvet gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Phyllurus amnicola | |
| Gekkonidae | Phyllurus gulbaru | Gulbaru gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Phyllurus nepthys | |
| Gekkonidae | Rhynchoedura ornata | beaked gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Saltuarius cornutus | northern leaf-tailed gecko |
| Gekkonidae | Strophurus williamsi | soft-spined gecko |
| Pygopodidae | Delma labialis | striped-tailed delma |
| Pygopodidae | Delma mitella | |
| Pygopodidae | Delma tincta | |
| Pygopodidae | Lialis burtonis | Burton's legless lizard |
| Pygopodidae | Paradelma orientalis | brigalow scaly-foot |
| Pygopodidae | Pygopus lepidopodus | common scaly-foot |
| Pygopodidae | Pygopus nigriceps | hooded scaly-foot |
| Pygopodidae | Pygopus schraderi | |
| Scincidae | Anomalopus brevicollis | |
| Scincidae | Anomalopus gowi | |
| Scincidae | Bellatorias frerei | major skink |
| Scincidae | Calyptotis lepidorostrum | |
| Scincidae | Carlia amax | |
| Scincidae | Carlia jarnoldae | |
| Scincidae | Carlia munda | |
| Scincidae | Carlia pectoralis | |
| Scincidae | Carlia rhomboidalis | |
| Scincidae | Carlia rostralis | |
| Scincidae | Carlia rubrigularis | |
| Scincidae | Carlia schmeltzii | |
| Scincidae | Carlia sp. | |
| Scincidae | Carlia storri | |
| Scincidae | Carlia vivax | |
| Scincidae | Coeranoscincus frontalis | |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis | coastal snake-eyed skink |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus metallicus | metallic snake-eyed skink |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus pannosus | ragged snake-eyed skink |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus sensu lato | |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus sp. | |
| Scincidae | Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus arcanus | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus brevipes | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus capricorni | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus eutaenius | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus hebetior | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus ingrami | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus leonhardii | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus nullum | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus pantherinus | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus robustus | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus sp. | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus spaldingi | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus strauchii | |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus taeniolatus | copper-tailed skink |
| Scincidae | Ctenotus terrareginae | |
| Scincidae | Cyclodomorphus gerrardii | pink-tongued lizard |
| Scincidae | Egernia hosmeri | Hosmer's skink |
| Scincidae | Egernia rugosa | yakka skink |
| Scincidae | Egernia striolata | tree skink |
| Scincidae | Eremiascincus fasciolatus | narrow-banded sand swimmer |
| Scincidae | Eremiascincus richardsonii | broad-banded sand swimmer |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus amplus | |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus brachysoma | |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus luteilateralis | |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus quoyii | eastern water skink |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus sokosoma | |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus sp. | |
| Scincidae | Eulamprus tenuis | |
| Scincidae | Glaphyromorphus cracens | |
| Scincidae | Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis | |
| Scincidae | Glaphyromorphus mjobergi | |
| Scincidae | Glaphyromorphus punctulatus | |
| Scincidae | Glaphyromorphus sp. | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis adonis | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis coggeri | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis delicata | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis mirabilis | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis robertsi | |
| Scincidae | Lampropholis sp. | |
| Scincidae | Lerista allanae | Allan's lerista |
| Scincidae | Lerista cinerea | |
| Scincidae | Lerista colliveri | |
| Scincidae | Lerista fragilis | |
| Scincidae | Lerista karlschmidti | |
| Scincidae | Lerista punctatovittata | |
| Scincidae | Lerista sp. | |
| Scincidae | Lerista timida | |
| Scincidae | Lerista vittata | Mount Cooper striped lerista |
| Scincidae | Lerista wilkinsi | |
| Scincidae | Lerista zonulata | |
| Scincidae | Liburnascincus mundivensis | |
| Scincidae | Lygisaurus aeratus sensu lato | |
| Scincidae | Lygisaurus foliorum | |
| Scincidae | Lygisaurus laevis | |
| Scincidae | Lygisaurus sesbrauna | |
| Scincidae | Lygisaurus zuma | |
| Scincidae | Menetia greyii | |
| Scincidae | Menetia sadlieri | |
| Scincidae | Menetia sp. | |
| Scincidae | Menetia timlowi | |
| Scincidae | Morethia boulengeri | |
| Scincidae | Morethia sp. | |
| Scincidae | Morethia taeniopleura | fire-tailed skink |
| Scincidae | Notoscincus ornatus | |
| Scincidae | Proablepharus tenuis | |
| Scincidae | Saproscincus basiliscus | |
| Scincidae | Saproscincus hannahae | |
| Scincidae | Saproscincus tetradactylus | |
| Scincidae | Tiliqua multifasciata | Centralian blue-tongued lizard |
| Scincidae | Tiliqua scincoides | eastern blue-tongued lizard |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops affinis | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops braminus | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops diversus | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops ligatus | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops proximus | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops sp. | |
| Typhlopidae | Ramphotyphlops unguirostris | |
| Varanidae | Varanus acanthurus | ridge-tailed monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus gouldii | sand monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus mertensi | Mertens' water monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus panoptes | yellow-spotted monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus scalaris | spotted tree monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus semiremex | rusty monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus sp. | goanna |
| Varanidae | Varanus storri | Storr's monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus tristis | black-tailed monitor |
| Varanidae | Varanus varius | lace monitor |
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