THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

IMPORTANT NOTICE - DUE TO THE TIME INVOLVED IN UPDATING THE LIST OF REPTILE SPECIES FOR EACH STATE THIS LIST IS PROBABLY NO LONGER ACCURATE AND SHOULD BE USED AS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY

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TASMANIAN REPTILE SPECIES LIST

SEA TURTLES
Family: Cheloniidae

Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

FRESHWATER TURTLES

AGAMIDS (DRAGONS)

Agamidae

SKINKS

Scincidae

ELAPIDS

Elapidae

Front Fanged Land Snakes

True Sea Snakes

There are no Colubrid Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Mud Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no File Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Crocodiles found in Tasmania

There are no Monitor Lizards (Goannas) found in Tasmania

There are no Geckos found in Tasmania

There are no Legless Lizards found in Tasmania

There are no Blind Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Pythons found in Tasmania

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

IMPORTANT NOTICE - DUE TO THE TIME INVOLVED IN UPDATING THE LIST OF REPTILE SPECIES FOR EACH STATE THIS LIST IS PROBABLY NO LONGER ACCURATE AND SHOULD BE USED AS A ROUGH GUIDE ONLY

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SEA TURTLES Family: Cheloniidae Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

Common Name

Scientific Name (Subgenus in parentheses)

Distribution

Caretta caretta

(All States)

Chelonia mydas japonica

(All States)

Eretmochelys imbricata bissa

(NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic)

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

Common Name

Scientific Name

Distribution

Chelodina longicollis

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic (Tas - introduced)

AGAMIDS (DRAGONS)

Agamidae

Common Name

Scientific Name

Distribution

Rankinia diemensis (was in the genus Ctenophorus & Tympanocryptis)

NSW, ACT, Tas, Vic

SKINKS

Scincidae

COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

DISTRIBUTION

Acritoscincus duperreyi

NSW, ACT, Vic, SA, Tas

Cyclodomorphus casuarina

Tas

Liopholis (was Egernia) whitii (includes skinks previously known as Egernia whitii tenobrosa)

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic (Note that skinks previously called L. margaretae from NSW are now called L. whitii)

Lampropholis delicata

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic

Lerista bougainvillii

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic

Alpine Cool-skink or Northern snow skink

Tas

Carinascincus (was Niveoscincus) metallicus (was metallicum and metallica)

Tas, Vic

Southern Snow Skink

Tas

Ocellated Skink or Spotted Skink

Tas

Heath Cool-skink or Mountain skink*

Tas

Red-Throated Skink or Pedra Branca skink

Tas (Pedra Branca Rock)

Tasmanian Tree Skink

Tas

Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT

Tussock Skink

NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT

Glossy Grass Skink

NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic, ACT

Tiliqua nigrolutea

NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic

ELAPIDS Elapidae Front Fanged Land Snakes

Common Name

Scientific Name

Distribution

Austrelaps superbus

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic

Drysdalia coronoides

NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic

Now called Notechis scutatus humphreysi (was Notechis ater humphreysi)

Tas

True Sea Snakes

Common Name

Scientific Name

Distribution

Ocellated Sea Snake

NSW, NT, Tas, Qld, WA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

SEA TURTLES
Family: Cheloniidae

Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

Rankinia diemensis
(was in the genus Ctenophorus & Tympanocryptis)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)

Liopholis (was Egernia) whitii
(includes skinks previously known as Egernia whitii tenobrosa)

Tas
(Pedra Branca Rock)

ELAPIDS

Elapidae

Front Fanged Land Snakes

Now called Notechis scutatus humphreysi
(was Notechis ater humphreysi)

There are no Colubrid Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Mud Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no File Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Crocodiles found in Tasmania

There are no Monitor Lizards (Goannas) found in Tasmania

There are no Geckos found in Tasmania

There are no Legless Lizards found in Tasmania

There are no Blind Snakes found in Tasmania

There are no Pythons found in Tasmania

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

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