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Reptiles of South West Regional Plan

Total number of species: 161

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Antaioserpens warro Warrego burrowing snake C Q
Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C QA
Elapidae Brachyurophis fasciolatus narrow-banded snake C QA
Elapidae Brachyurophis incinctus unbanded shovel-nosed snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C Q
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Demansia cyanochasma desert whip snake C QA
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia rimicola soil-crack whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Denisonia devisi De Vis' banded snake C QA
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Hoplocephalus bitorquatus pale-headed snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha strap-snouted brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja guttata speckled brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja mengdeni Mengden's brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja modesta ringed brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Elapidae Suta dwyeri Dwyer's snake C QA
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Boidae Antaresia childreni children's python C QA
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Aspidites ramsayi woma NT QA
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios australis southern blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios bituberculatus prong-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios diversus northern blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios endoterus interior blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Scincidae Anomalopus leuckartii two-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Anomalopus verreauxii three-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Austroablepharus kinghorni red-tailed soil-crevice skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Concinnia martini dark bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus ragged snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus allotropis brown-blazed wedgesnout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus ariadnae Ariadna's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus hebetior stout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus ingrami unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus inornatus bar-shouldered ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus joanae black-soil ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus leonhardii Leonhardi's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus olympicus Olympic ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus pantherinus leopard ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus schomburgkii Schomburgk's ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus strauchii eastern barred wedgesnout ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniatus ribbon ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus venustus saltbush slender bluetongue C QA
Scincidae Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V Q
Scincidae Egernia stokesii gidgee skink C QA
Scincidae Egernia striolata tree skink C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus fasciolatus narrow-banded sand swimmer C Q
Scincidae Eremiascincus phantasmus ghost skink C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus richardsonii broad-banded sand swimmer C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus sp. C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA
Scincidae Lerista fragilis eastern mulch slider C Q
Scincidae Lerista labialis southern sandslider C QA
Scincidae Lerista punctatovittata eastern robust slider C QA
Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C QA
Scincidae Lerista xanthura yellow-tailed plain slider C QA
Scincidae Liopholis inornata desert skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia sp. C QA
Scincidae Morethia adelaidensis saltbush morethia skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Praeteropus brevicollis short-necked worm-skink C Q
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Tiliqua multifasciata Centralian blue-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua rugosa shingle-back C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus burnsi Burns's dragon C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus sp. C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus isolepis military dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus kartiwarru red-backed sand dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus nuchalis central netted dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus pictus painted dragon C QA
Agamidae Ctenophorus slateri Slater's ring-tailed dragon C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora winneckei canegrass dragon C QA
Agamidae Gowidon longirostris long-nosed dragon C QA
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded C QA
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA
Agamidae Pogona vitticeps central bearded dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis darlingensis Darling earless dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis intima gibber earless dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis sp. C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Eyrean earless dragon C QA
Pygopodidae Delma butleri unbanded delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma nasuta sharp-snouted legless lizard C QA
Pygopodidae Delma sp. C QA
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
Pygopodidae Paradelma orientalis brigalow scaly-foot C Q
Pygopodidae Pygopus nigriceps sensu lato hooded scaly-foot Superseded C QA
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus levis three-lined knob-tail C QA
Carphodactylidae Underwoodisaurus milii thick-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia sp. C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus ameyi eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus conspicillatus variable fat-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus conspicillatus sensu lato fat-tailed diplodactylus Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus tessellatus tessellated gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium byrnei Byrne's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium damaeum beaded gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium microplax southern sandplain gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura cincta inland marbled velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura elegans elegant velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura angusta border beaked gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura eyrensis Eyre Basin beaked gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura mentalis brigalow beaked gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ormsbyi eastern beaked gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ornata sensu lato beaked gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus ciliaris spiny-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus elderi jewelled gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus krisalys Kristin's spiny-tailed gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Strophurus taenicauda golden-tailed gecko NT Q
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra catenata chain-backed dtella C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Chelidae Chelodina expansa broad-shelled river turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina longicollis eastern snake-necked turtle C QA I
Chelidae Emydura macquarii emmotti Emmott's short-neck turtle C QA I
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I
Chelidae Emydura macquarii macquarii Murray turtle C QA I
Chelidae Emydura 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.

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 South West Regional Plan, WetlandInfo website, accessed 27 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=regional-plan-south-west&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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