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Reptiles of Townsville local government area

Total number of species: 164

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q
Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned 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 barnardi yellow-naped snake C Q
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA 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 macdowelli small-headed 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 platurus yellow-bellied sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis stokesii Stokes's sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis zweifeli Australian beaked sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Microcephalophis gracilis slender sea snake C VI I
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus little file snake C QAI I
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Liasis fuscus water python C QAI
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Indotyphlops braminus flowerpot blind snake II
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Carlia decora elegant rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rhomboidalis blue-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis red-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia martini dark bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia sokosoma stout bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus adamsi Adams' 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 plagiocephalus sensu lato Superseded C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus brevipes short-footed ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus eutaenius black-backed yellow-lined ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus terrareginae Hinchinbrook ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Mt Elliot skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus cracens slender mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis elliotensis C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis mirabilis saxicoline sunskink NT Q
Scincidae Lampropholis similis C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop 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 sesbrauna Eastern Cape litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus zuma sun-loving litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Praeteropus gowi speckled worm-skink C Q
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus sadlieri Magnetic Island dwarf skink C Q
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA
Varanidae Varanus acanthurus ridge-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
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 nobbi nobbi C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA
Pygopodidae Delma labialis striped-tailed delma C Q
Pygopodidae Delma mitella Atherton delma NT V 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 schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus amnicola Mount Elliot broad-tailed gecko V Q
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus gulbaru Gulbaru gecko CR CE Q
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus sp. C QA
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer sensu lato zigzag velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia robusta robust velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus platyurus eastern fat-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis ocellated velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Chelidae Chelodina canni Cann's longneck turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina sp. C QAI
Chelidae Elseya irwini Irwin's turtle C Q I
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I
Chelidae Emydura macquarii macquarii Murray turtle C QA I
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea leatherback 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

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 Townsville local government area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 28 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=lga-townsville&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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