List of reptiles of Western Australia

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This is a list of reptiles of Western Australia:

Crocodylia (crocodiles)[]

Crocodylidae
  • Crocodylus johnstoni (freshwater crocodile)
  • Crocodylus porosus (estuarine crocodile, saltwater crocodile)

Testudines (turtles)[]

Chelidae
Cheloniidae
  • Caretta caretta[1] (loggerhead sea turtle)
  • Chelonia mydas[1] (green sea turtle)
  • Eretmochelys imbricata[1] (hawksbill sea turtle)
  • Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle, Pacific ridley sea turtle)
  • Natator depressus[1] (flatback sea turtle)
Dermochelyidae
  • Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle, leathery turtle, lute turtle)

Squamata (lizards)[]

Agamidae (dragons)
  • Amphibolurus norrisi
  • Caimanops amphiboluroides (mulga dragon)
  • Chelosania brunnea (chameleon dragon)
  • Chlamydosaurus kingii (frill-necked lizard, frilled lizard)
  • Cryptagama aurita
  • Ctenophorus caudicinctus (ring-tailed dragon)
  • Ctenophorus clayi
  • Ctenophorus cristatus (crested dragon)
  • Ctenophorus femoralis
  • Ctenophorus fordi (Malle dragon)
  • Ctenophorus isolepis (military dragon)
  • Ctenophorus maculatus (spotted dragon)
  • Ctenophorus mckenziei
  • Ctenophorus nuchalis (central netted dragon)
  • Ctenophorus ornatus (ornate crevice-dragon)
  • Ctenophorus pictus (painted dragon)
  • Ctenophorus reticulatus (western netted dragon)
  • Ctenophorus rufescens
  • Ctenophorus salinarum
  • Ctenophorus scutulatus (lozenge-marked dragon)
  • Ctenophorus yinnietharra (Yinnietharra dragon)
  • Diporiphora albilabris
  • Diporiphora bennettii
  • Diporiphora bilineata (two-lined dragon)
  • Diporiphora convergens
  • Diporiphora lalliae
  • Diporiphora magna
  • Diporiphora pindan
  • Diporiphora reginae
  • Diporiphora superba
  • Diporiphora valens
  • Diporiphora winneckei
  • Lophognathus gilberti (Gilbert's dragon)
  • Lophognathus longirostris (long-nosed water dragon)
  • Lophognathus temporalis (northern water dragon)
  • Moloch horridus (thorny dragon or thorny devil)
  • Pogona microlepidota
  • Pogona minor (bearded dragon)
    • P. m. minor (western bearded dragon)
    • P. m. minima (Abrolhos bearded dragon)
    • P. m. mitchelli
  • Pogona nullarbor
  • Genus Tympanocryptis
    • T. adelaidensis (Queen Adelaide dragon)
    • T. cephalus (blotch-tailed earless dragon)
    • T. intima (gibber earless dragon)
    • T. lineata (lineated earless dragon)
    • T. parviceps (Gnaraloo heath dragon)
    • T. uniformis (even-scaled earless dragon)
Gekkonidae (geckoes)
Bynoe's gecko (Heteronotia binoei), Northern Territory, Australia
Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
  • Aprasia haroldi
  • Aprasia inaurita
  • Aprasia pulchella
  • Aprasia repens
  • Aprasia rostrata
  • Aprasia smithi
  • Aprasia striolata
  • Delma borea
  • Delma concinna
  • Delma elegans
  • Delma fraseri
  • Delma grayii
  • Delma haroldi
  • Delma nasuta
  • Delma pax
  • Delma tincta
  • Lialis burtonis (Burton's legless lizard)
  • Pletholax gracilis
  • Pygopus lepidopodus (common scaly foot)
  • Pygopus nigriceps (black-headed scaly foot)
  • Pygopus steelescotti
Scincidae (skinks)
Varanidae (goannas or monitors)
  • Varanus acanthurus (ridge-tailed monitor)
  • Varanus brevicauda (short-tailed pygmy monitor)
  • Varanus caudolineatus (line-tailed pygmy monitor)
  • Varanus eremius (rusty desert monitor)
  • Varanus giganteus (perentie)
  • Varanus gilleni (pygmy mulga monitor)
  • Varanus glauerti (Glauert's monitor)
  • Varanus glebopalma (long-tailed rock monitor)
  • Varanus gouldii (Gould's goanna, sand monitor)
  • (Centralian sand goanna)
  • Varanus kingorum (pygmy rock monitor)
  • Varanus mertensi (Mertens' water monitor)
  • Varanus mitchelli (Mitchell's water monitor)
  • Varanus panoptes (yellow-spotted monitor)
  • Varanus pilbarensis (Pilbara rock monitor)
  • Varanus rosenbergi (Rosenberg's heath monitor)
  • Varanus storri (Storr's monitor)
  • Varanus timorensis (Timor monitor, spotted tree monitor)
  • Varanus tristis (black-headed monitor, freckled monitor)

Serpentes (snakes)[]

Acrochordidae (file snakes)
  • Acrochordus granulatus (little file snake)
Pythonidae (pythons)
  • Antaresia childreni (Children's python)
  • Antaresia maculosa (spotted python)
  • Antaresia perthensis (pygmy python)
  • Antaresia stimsoni (large-blotched python)
  • Aspidites melanocephalus (black-headed python)
  • Aspidites ramsayi (woma python)
  • Liasis fuscus (water python)
  • Liasis olivaceus (olive python)
    • L. o. barroni (western olive python)
  • Morelia carinata (rough-scaled python)
  • Morelia spilota (carpet python)
  • M. s. imbricata (southwestern carpet python)
  • M. s. variegata (northwestern carpet python)
Colubridae (Colubrids)
  • Boiga irregularis (brown tree snake)
  • Cerberus rhynchops (bockadam)
  • Dendrelaphis punctulata (common tree snake)
  • Fordonia leucobalia (white-bellied mangrove snake)
  • Myron richardsonii (Richardson's mangrove snake)
  • Tropidonophis mairii (keelback or freshwater snake)
Elapidae (Elapids)
  • Acanthophis antarcticus (common death adder)
  • Acanthophis praelongus (northern death adder)
  • Acanthophis pyrrhus (desert death adder)
  • Demansia atra (black whip snake)
  • Demansia olivacea (marble-headed whip snake)
  • Demansia papuensis (Papaun whip snake)
  • Demansia psammophis (yellow-faced whip snake)
  • Demansia simplex (whip snake)
  • Drysdalia coronata (crowned snake)
  • Drysdalia mastersii (Masters' snake)
  • Echiopsis atriceps
  • Echiopsis curta (bardick)
  • Elapognathus minor (little brown snake)
  • Furina ornata (orange-naped snake)
  • Notechis scutatus (eastern tiger snake, mainland tiger snake)
  • Oxyuranus scutellatus (coastal taipan)
  • Oxyuranus temporalis (Central Ranges taipan)
  • Pseudechis australis (king brown, mulga snake)
  • Pseudechis butleri (Butler's snake)
  • Pseudonaja affinis (dugite)
  • Pseudonaja inframacula (peninsula brown snake)
  • Pseudonaja ingrami (Ingram's brown snake)
  • Pseudonaja modesta (ringed brown snake)
  • Pseudonaja nuchalis (western brown snake, gwarder)
  • Pseudonaja textilis (common brown snake, eastern brown snake)
  • Rhinoplocephalus bicolor (Muller's snake)
  • Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps (northern small-eyed snake)
  • Simoselaps anomalus (northern desert banded snake)
  • Simoselaps approximans
  • Simoselaps bertholdi (desert banded snake)
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus (western black-naped snake)
  • Simoselaps calonotus (western black-striped snake)
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus (narrow-banded burrowing snake)
  • Simoselaps littoralis (coastal burrowing snake)
  • Simoselaps minimus
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus (half-girdled snake)
  • Suta fasciata (Rosen's snake)
  • Suta gouldii (black-headed snake)
  • Suta monachus (hooded snake)
  • Suta nigriceps
  • Suta ordensis (Ord curl snake)
  • Suta punctata (little spotted snake)
  • Suta spectabilis
  • Suta suta (myall snake, curl snake)
  • Vermicella annulata (bandy-bandy)
  • Vermicella multifasciata (northern bandy-bandy)
Hydrophiidae (sea snakes)
Typhlopidae (blind snakes)
  • Ramphotyphlops australis
  • Ramphotyphlops diversus
  • Ramphotyphlops endoterus
  • Ramphotyphlops grypus
  • Ramphotyphlops guentheri
  • Ramphotyphlops hamatus
  • Ramphotyphlops howi
  • Ramphotyphlops ligatus
  • Ramphotyphlops margareta
  • Ramphotyphlops micromma
  • Ramphotyphlops pinguis
  • Ramphotyphlops waitii

See also[]

  • Flag of Australia.svg Australia portal
  • Lizardicon.svg Reptiles portal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Rhodin AGJ, Shaffer HB, Bour R]. 2014. Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin AGJ, Pritchard PCH, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (Editors). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7): 000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

Further reading[]

  • Aplin, K. P. & Smith, L. A. (2001). "Checklist of the frogs and reptiles of Western Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement. 63: 51–74.
  • Browne-Cooper, Robert; Brian Bush; Brad Maryan; David Robinson (2007). Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 978-1-920694-74-6.
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the World, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.

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