THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
This site covers Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards, Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia.

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COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHON SNAKES - Pythonidae

ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

SEA SNAKES - Hydrophiinae Laticaudidae Sea Kraits

FILE SNAKES - Acrochordidae

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

 

Colubrids & Mud Snakes

Pythons

 

 

Elapid Snakes

 

Sea
Snakes
& Sea
Kraits

File Snakes

 

Blind Snakes

 

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKO LIZARDS Gekkonidae

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

SKINK LIZARDS Scincidae

CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

Turtles Tortoises

Dragons Agamas

Geckos

 

Legless Lizards

Monitor Lizards

Skinks

 

Crocodiles

 

(NOT VENOMOUS)


GREEN TREE PYTHON
SOUTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON
AUSTRALIAN GREEN PYTHON

Morelia (Chondropython) viridis


FROM AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHERN NEW GUINEA


and


NORTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON

Morelia (Chondropython) azureus
(status uncertain)

FROM NORTHERN NEW GUINEA (INCLUDES BIAK)
ALTHOUGH THE NORTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON DOES NOT OCCUR NATURALLY IN AUSTRALIA IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE PET TRADE (AS BIAK GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis).


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis

 

 distribution mep - GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis - Reptiles of Australia
This shows Australian distribution of Morelia viridis only.
both species of Green Pythons occur in New Guinea /Indonesia


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis
Southern Green Python Morelia viridis Adult.


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis juvenile
Southern Green Tree Python Morelia viridis Juvenile.

Click here for more information about Green Tree Pythons

GREEN TREE PYTHON VARIETIES
Green Tree Pythons UK


LINKS OF INTEREST

Click here for a complete list of Australian Pythons


INFORMATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN PYTHONS
Australianherpetology.com

PYTHON SPECIES OF THE WORLD
by John Fowler

BOA SPECIES OF THE WORLD
by John Fowler

Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia 7th Edition.jpg A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia 5th edition Edition

OTHER LINKS

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