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Reptiles of Daintree River drainage sub-basin

Total number of species: 82

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q
Elapidae Acanthophis sp. C QAI
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I
Elapidae Oxyuranus sp. C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA
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
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Calorodius thorntonensis Thornton Peak skink C Q
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Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q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 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 virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Egernia hosmeri Hosmer's skink C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus cracens slender mulch-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 Glaphyromorphus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis robertsi grey-bellied sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus laevis rainforest edge litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani translucent litter-skink C QAI
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-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 Saproscincus sp. C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus semiremex rusty monitor C Q
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
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
Carphodactylidae Carphodactylus laevis chameleon gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed 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
Diplodactylidae Oedura sp. C QA
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi McDonald's ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus tuberculated ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra einasleighensis Einasleigh rock dtella C Q
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI 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 Daintree River drainage sub-basin, WetlandInfo website, accessed 28 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-daintree-river&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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