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Reptiles of Pinnacles National Park

Total number of species: 34

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus storri Storr's monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus gulbaru Gulbaru gecko CR CE Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q 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 Pinnacles National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 9 September 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-pinnacles&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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