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Reptiles of Cape York Peninsula (CYP) bioregion

Total number of species: 241

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Family
Scientific Name
Common Name
Superseded
NCA
EPBC
End.
Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q
Elapidae Acanthophis sp. C QAI
Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Aipysurus mosaicus mosaic sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q
Elapidae Brachyurophis semifasciatus half-girdled snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C Q
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI
Elapidae Demansia papuensis greater black whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia sp. C QAI
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina sp. C QAI
Elapidae Furina tristis brown-headed snake C QI
Elapidae Hydrelaps darwiniensis black-ringed mangrove sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis caerulescens dwarf sea snake C QI I
Elapidae Hydrophis curtus spine-bellied sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis elegans elegant sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis kingii spectacled sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis major olive-headed sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis ornatus spotted sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis pacificus Pacific sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis peronii horned sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis platurus yellow-bellied sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis sp. C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis stokesii Stokes's sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis zweifeli Australian beaked sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis papuanus Papuan black snake C QI
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
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Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded C QA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 sp. C QA
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA
Elapidae Vermicella parscauda Cape York bandy-bandy C Q
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Cerberus australis bockadam C QA I
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis sp. C QAI
Colubridae Fordonia leucobalia white-bellied mangrove snake C QAI I
Colubridae Pseudoferania polylepis Macleay's water snake C QAI I
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I
Colubridae Stegonotus sp. C QAI
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Acrochordidae Acrochordus arafurae Arafura file snake C QAI I
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus little file snake C QAI I
Boidae Antaresia childreni children's python C QA
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Antaresia papuensis Papuan spotted python C QI
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Liasis fuscus water python C QAI
Boidae Morelia sp. C QAI
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Morelia viridis green python NT QAI
Boidae Simalia amethistina amethystine python (New Guinean form) C QI
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios broomi faint-striped blind snake C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios chamodracaena Cape York striped blind snake C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios leucoproctus Cape York blind snake C QI
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios robertsi Roberts' blind snake C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios wiedii brown-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Indotyphlops braminus flowerpot blind snake II
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Bellatorias major land mullet C QA
Scincidae Carlia crypta C Q
Scincidae Carlia dogare sandy rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia longipes closed-litter rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia longipes sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia quinquecarinata Eastern Torres rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rimula crevice rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis sensu lato red-throated rainbow-skink Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sexdentata Macleay's rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus fuhni Fuhn's snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis coastal snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus ragged snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus brevipes short-footed ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus inornatus bar-shouldered ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus nullum nullum ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus quinkan Quinkan ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus rawlinsoni Cape heath ctenotus E Q
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V Q
Scincidae Emoia atrocostata atrocostata littoral whiptail-skink NT QI
Scincidae Emoia atrocostata australis littoral whiptail-skink C Q
Scincidae Emoia longicauda shrub whiptail-skink C QI
Scincidae Eremiascincus isolepis northern bar-lipped skink C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus pardalis lowlands bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Eugongylus rufescens bar-lipped sheen-skink C QI
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus Cape York mulch-skink C QAI
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis black-tailed bar-lipped skink C QAI
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus nyanchupinta McIlwraith bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus pumilus dwarf mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri sensu lato rainforest sunskink Superseded C Q
Scincidae Lerista anyara Olkola slider skink C Q
Scincidae Lerista ingrami Ingram's lerista V Q
Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C QA
Scincidae Lerista zonulata girdled slider C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus artemis Bamboo Range rock skink C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus coensis Coen rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus scirtetis Black Mountain rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus large-disced litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus laevis rainforest edge litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani translucent litter-skink C QAI
Scincidae Lygisaurus malleolus firedart litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus parrhasius fire-tailed rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus sesbrauna Eastern Cape litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Lygisaurus tanneri Endeavour River litter-skink NT Q
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia maini northern dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia sp. C QA
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Proablepharus tenuis northern soil-crevice skink C QA
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus koshlandae fine-browed dwarf skink C Q
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus czechurai wedge-snouted shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus lewisi Cooktown shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus saltus Cape Melville shade skink C Q
Scincidae Sepsiscus pluto Cape York worm-skink C Q
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides intermedia northern bluetongue CR CE QA
Varanidae Varanus acanthurus ridge-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus doreanus blue-tailed monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus indicus mangrove monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus keithhornei canopy goanna C Q
Varanidae Varanus mertensi Mertens' water monitor E E QA I
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus prasinus emerald monitor NT QAI
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus semiremex rusty monitor C Q
Varanidae Varanus sp. goanna C QAI
Varanidae Varanus storri Storr's monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora jugularis black-throated two-pored dragon C Q
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded C QA
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Agamidae Tropicagama temporalis swamplands lashtail C QAI
Pygopodidae Delma labialis striped-tailed delma C Q
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
Pygopodidae Pygopus robertsi Cape York scaly-foot C Q
Pygopodidae Pygopus steelescotti northern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Carphodactylus laevis chameleon gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Orraya occultus McIlwraith leaf-tailed gecko CR CE Q
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius eximius Cape Melville leaf-tailed gecko CR CE Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia capensis Cape York zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer sensu lato zigzag velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus platyurus eastern fat-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus sp. C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium microplax southern sandplain gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura argentea silver-eyed velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura jowalbinna Quinkan velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Pseudothecadactylus australis giant tree gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus hoskini Hoskin's ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus pronarus McIlwraith ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus tuberculated ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra baliola short-tailed dtella C QI
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra einasleighensis Einasleigh rock dtella C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra mutilata skin-shedding dtella C IU
Gekkonidae Gehyra oceanica oceanic gecko C VI
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus pumilus slender chained gecko NT QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cf. pelagicus C QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Nactus eboracensis Cape York bent-toed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Nactus galgajuga Black Mountain gecko C Q
Chelidae Chelodina canni Cann's longneck turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina rugosa northern snake-necked turtle C QAI I
Chelidae Chelodina sp. C QAI
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I
Chelidae Emydura sp. C QAI
Chelidae Emydura subglobosa angkibaanya Jardine River turtle CR CE Q I
Chelidae Emydura subglobosa worrelli diamond head turtle NT QA I
Chelidae Emydura tanybaraga northern yellow-faced turtle C QA I
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
Cheloniidae Caretta caretta loggerhead turtle E E QAI
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI
Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI
Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivacea olive ridley turtle E E QAI
Cheloniidae Natator depressus flatback turtle V V QAI
Crocodylidae Crocodylus johnstoni Australian freshwater crocodile C QA I
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I
Crocodylidae Crocodylus sp. C QAI

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 Cape York Peninsula (CYP) bioregion, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 March 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=bioregion-cape-york-peninsula-cyp&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals