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Reptiles of Simpson Desert biogeographic subregion

Total number of species: 88

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Brachyurophis fasciolatus narrow-banded snake C QA
Elapidae Demansia cyanochasma desert whip snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja mengdeni Mengden's brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja modesta ringed brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis western brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Elapidae Suta punctata little spotted snake C QA
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Boidae Antaresia childreni children's python C QA
Boidae Aspidites ramsayi woma NT QA
Typhlopidae Anilios diversus northern blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios endoterus interior blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus ariadnae Ariadna's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus calurus blue-tailed finesnout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus dux fine side-lined ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus inornatus bar-shouldered ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus joanae black-soil ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus lateralis gravelly-soil ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus leae orange-tailed finesnout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus leonhardii Leonhardi's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus pantherinus leopard ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus piankai coarse sands ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus pulchellus red-sided ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus schomburgkii Schomburgk's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus septenarius massive-gibber ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus strauchii eastern barred wedgesnout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniatus ribbon ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus fasciolatus narrow-banded sand swimmer C Q
Scincidae Eremiascincus phantasmus ghost skink C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus richardsonii broad-banded sand swimmer C QA
Scincidae Lerista aericeps desert plain slider C QA
Scincidae Lerista desertorum Central Deserts robust slider C QA
Scincidae Lerista labialis southern sandslider C QA
Scincidae Lerista xanthura yellow-tailed plain slider C QA
Scincidae Liopholis inornata desert skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia ruficauda lined firetail skink C QA
Scincidae Notoscincus ornatus ornate soil-crevice skink C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua multifasciata Centralian blue-tongued lizard C QA
Varanidae Varanus brevicauda short-tailed pygmy monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus eremius rusty desert monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus giganteus perentie C QA
Varanidae Varanus gilleni pygmy mulga monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus isolepis military dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus nuchalis central netted dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus pictus painted dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus slateri Slater's ring-tailed dragon C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora winneckei canegrass dragon C QA
Agamidae Gowidon longirostris long-nosed dragon C QA
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded C QA
Agamidae Moloch horridus thorny devil C QA
Agamidae Pogona vitticeps central bearded dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis intima gibber earless dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis sp. C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Eyrean earless dragon C QA
Pygopodidae Delma borea rusty-topped delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma butleri unbanded delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma nasuta sharp-snouted legless lizard C QA
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
Pygopodidae Pygopus nigriceps hooded scaly-foot C QA
Pygopodidae Pygopus nigriceps sensu lato hooded scaly-foot Superseded C QA
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus eromanga Eromanga Basin knob-tail gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus levis three-lined knob-tail C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus conspicillatus variable fat-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus laevis desert fat-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus tessellatus tessellated gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium byrnei Byrne's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium damaeum beaded gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium microplax southern sandplain gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura eyrensis Eyre Basin beaked gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ornata sensu lato beaked gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus ciliaris spiny-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus elderi jewelled gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra nana northern spotted rock dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra purpurascens purplish dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DETSI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Reptiles of Simpson Desert biogeographic subregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 25 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=biogeographic-subregion-simpson-desert&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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