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Reptiles of Black Mountain National Park

Total number of species: 52

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q
Elapidae Furina tristis brown-headed snake C QI
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI
Scincidae Carlia crypta C Q
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia longipes closed-litter rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus nullum nullum ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Eremiascincus pardalis lowlands bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis black-tailed bar-lipped skink C QAI
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus pumilus dwarf mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus scirtetis Black Mountain rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed 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 Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus sp. goanna C QAI
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Carphodactylidae Carphodactylus laevis chameleon gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus tuberculated ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Nactus galgajuga Black Mountain gecko C Q
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA 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 Black Mountain National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 9 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-black-mountain&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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