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Reptiles of Murray River sub-basin (herb)

Total number of species: 72

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End.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 Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Hydrophis stokesii Stokes's sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Liasis fuscus water python C QAI
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis red-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia tigrina yellow-blotched forest-skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus eutaenius black-backed yellow-lined ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard 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 punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis similis C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani translucent litter-skink C QAI
Scincidae Lygisaurus zuma sun-loving litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus sp. goanna C QAI
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Pygopodidae Delma mitella Atherton delma NT V Q
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 saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis ocellated velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI
Crocodylidae Crocodylus johnstoni Australian freshwater crocodile 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 Murray River sub-basin (herb), WetlandInfo website, accessed 16 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-herb-murray-river&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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