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Reptiles of Kuranda National Park

Total number of species: 79

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q
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 Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q
Elapidae Furina barnardi yellow-naped snake C Q
Elapidae Furina tristis brown-headed snake C QI
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
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 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 Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Carlia crypta C Q
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia longipes closed-litter rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia tigrina yellow-blotched forest-skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis coastal snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA
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 Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA
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 sp. C QAI
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 tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
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 Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q
Chelidae Elseya irwini (Johnstone) Johnstone River snapping turtle C Q
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
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.

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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 Kuranda National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 3 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-kuranda&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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