List of reptiles of Western Australia

This is a list of reptiles of Western Australia:

Crocodylia (crocodiles)

Crocodylidae

Testudines (turtles)

Chelidae
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
  • Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback turtle, leathery turtle, lute turtle)

Squamata (lizards)

Agamidae (dragons)
Gekkonidae (geckoes)
Bynoe's gecko (Heteronotia binoei), Northern Territory, Australia
Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
  • Aclys concinna
  • Aprasia haroldi
  • Aprasia inaurita
  • Aprasia pulchella
  • Aprasia repens
  • Aprasia rostrata
  • Aprasia smithi
  • Aprasia striolata
  • Delma borea
  • Delma elegans
  • Delma fraseri
  • Delma grayii
  • Delma haroldi
  • Delma nasuta
  • Delma pax
  • Delma tinct
  • Lialis burtonis (Burton's legless lizard)
  • Pletholax gracilis
  • Pygopus lepidopodus (common scaly foot)
  • Pygopus nigriceps (black-headed scaly foot)
  • Pygopus steelscotti
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)
  • Varanus gouldii flavirufus (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)
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 pallidi (Northern Small-eyed Snake)
  • Simoselaps anomalus (Northern Desert Banded Snake)
  • Simoselaps approximans
  • Simoselaps bertholdi (Desert Banded Snake)
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus (Weatern 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 bitubercu
  • Ramphotyphlops diversus
  • Ramphotyphlops endoterus
  • Ramphotyphlops grypus
  • Ramphotyphlops guentheri
  • Ramphotyphlops hamatus
  • Ramphotyphlops howi
  • Ramphotyphlops kimberley
  • Ramphotyphlops leptosoma
  • Ramphotyphlops ligatus
  • Ramphotyphlops margareta
  • Ramphotyphlops micromma
  • Ramphotyphlops pinguis
  • Ramphotyphlops troglodyt
  • Ramphotyphlops unguirost
  • Ramphotyphlops waitii
  • Ramphotyphlops yampiensi

References

  1. 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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