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Reptiles of Whitsunday Islands National Park

Total number of species: 43

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA
Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia sp. C QAI
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Carlia decora elegant rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia inconnexa Whitsunday rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rhomboidalis blue-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 Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia sokosoma stout bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis coastal snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Morethia sp. C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus ossa Mount Ossa broad-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer zig-zag 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
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI
Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI
Cheloniidae Natator depressus flatback turtle V V QAI
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI 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 Whitsunday Islands National Park, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 April 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=national-park-whitsunday-islands&Kingdom=animals&Class=reptiles

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