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Reptiles of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area

Total number of species: 287

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q
Elapidae Acanthophis sp. C QAI
Elapidae Aipysurus duboisii Dubois's sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Aipysurus mosaicus mosaic sea snake C QAI
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q
Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C QA
Elapidae Brachyurophis semifasciatus half-girdled snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q
Elapidae Cacophis harriettae white-crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis krefftii dwarf crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis squamulosus golden crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C Q
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI
Elapidae Demansia papuensis greater black whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Demansia sp. C QAI
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI
Elapidae Denisonia maculata ornamental snake V V Q
Elapidae Emydocephalus annulatus turtle-headed sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Furina barnardi yellow-naped snake C Q
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina dunmalli Dunmall's snake V V Q
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Furina sp. C QAI
Elapidae Furina tristis brown-headed snake C QI
Elapidae Hemiaspis damelii grey snake E E QA
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I
Elapidae Hoplocephalus bitorquatus pale-headed snake C QA
Elapidae Hydrophis curtus spine-bellied sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis elegans elegant sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis kingii spectacled sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis macdowelli small-headed sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis major olive-headed sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis ornatus spotted sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis peronii horned sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis platurus yellow-bellied sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis sp. C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis stokesii Stokes's sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Hydrophis zweifeli Australian beaked sea snake C QAI I
Elapidae Microcephalophis gracilis slender sea snake C VI I
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis guttatus spotted black snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded C QA
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Cerberus australis bockadam C QA I
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Pseudoferania polylepis Macleay's water snake C QAI I
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Acrochordidae Acrochordus arafurae Arafura file snake C QAI I
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus little file snake C QAI I
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Antaresia sp. C QAI
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA
Boidae Liasis fuscus water python C QAI
Boidae Morelia sp. C QAI
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Boidae Morelia viridis green python NT QAI
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios broomi faint-striped blind snake C Q
Typhlopidae Anilios leucoproctus Cape York blind snake C QI
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios nigrescens blackish blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios wiedii brown-snouted blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Indotyphlops braminus flowerpot blind snake II
Scincidae Anomalopus leuckartii two-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Anomalopus sp. C QA
Scincidae Anomalopus verreauxii three-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Bellatorias major land mullet C QA
Scincidae Calorodius thorntonensis Thornton Peak skink C Q
Scincidae Calyptotis lepidorostrum cone-eared calyptotis C Q
Scincidae Calyptotis scutirostrum scute-snouted calyptotis C QA
Scincidae Calyptotis temporalis broad-templed calyptotis C Q
Scincidae Carlia crypta C Q
Scincidae Carlia decora elegant rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia dogare sandy rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia inconnexa Whitsunday rainbow skink 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 open-litter rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia rhomboidalis blue-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rimula crevice rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis red-throated rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis sensu lato red-throated rainbow-skink Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia sexdentata Macleay's rainbow-skink C QA
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 amplus lemon-barred forest-skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia frerei Bartle Frere bar-sided skink E Q
Scincidae Concinnia martini dark bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia sokosoma stout bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia sp. C QA
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia tigrina yellow-blotched forest-skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus adamsi Adams' snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus fuhni Fuhn's snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis coastal snake-eyed skink C Q
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus sensu lato Superseded C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
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 ingrami unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus inornatus bar-shouldered ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus nullum nullum ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus quinkan Quinkan ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Ctenotus rawlinsoni Cape heath ctenotus E Q
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus terrareginae Hinchinbrook ctenotus C Q
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V Q
Scincidae Egernia striolata tree skink C QA
Scincidae Emoia atrocostata atrocostata littoral whiptail-skink NT QI
Scincidae Emoia atrocostata australis littoral whiptail-skink C Q
Scincidae Emoia longicauda shrub whiptail-skink C QI
Scincidae Eremiascincus fasciolatus narrow-banded sand swimmer C Q
Scincidae Eremiascincus pardalis lowlands bar-lipped skink C Q
Scincidae Eremiascincus richardsonii broad-banded sand swimmer C QA
Scincidae Eremiascincus sp. C QA
Scincidae Eugongylus rufescens bar-lipped sheen-skink C QI
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus crassicaudus Cape York mulch-skink C QAI
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 punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis adonis diamond-shielded sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis amicula friendly sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri sensu lato rainforest sunskink Superseded C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis couperi plain-backed sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis guichenoti pale-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis mirabilis saxicoline sunskink NT Q
Scincidae Lampropholis robertsi grey-bellied sunskink C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis similis C Q
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA
Scincidae Lerista fragilis eastern mulch slider C Q
Scincidae Lerista ingrami Ingram's lerista V Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Liburnascincus scirtetis Black Mountain rainbow-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus large-disced litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus laevis rainforest edge litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani translucent litter-skink C QAI
Scincidae Lygisaurus sesbrauna Eastern Cape litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus tanneri Endeavour River litter-skink NT Q
Scincidae Lygisaurus zuma sun-loving litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia sp. C QA
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia sp. C QA
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Praeteropus brevicollis short-necked worm-skink C Q
Scincidae Proablepharus tenuis northern soil-crevice skink C QA
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus sadlieri Magnetic Island dwarf skink C Q
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 hannahae Hannah's shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus lewisi Cooktown shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Saproscincus sp. C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q
Scincidae Sepsiscus pluto Cape York worm-skink C Q
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides intermedia northern bluetongue CR CE QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA
Varanidae Varanus acanthurus ridge-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus indicus mangrove monitor C QAI
Varanidae Varanus keithhornei canopy goanna 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 sp. goanna C QAI
Varanidae Varanus storri Storr's monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus muricatus jacky lizard C QA
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora jugularis black-throated two-pored dragon C Q
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA
Agamidae Tropicagama temporalis swamplands lashtail C QAI
Pygopodidae Delma labialis striped-tailed delma C Q
Pygopodidae Delma plebeia common delma 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 lepidopodus common scaly-foot C QA
Pygopodidae Pygopus robertsi Cape York scaly-foot C Q
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Carphodactylus laevis chameleon gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus isis Mount Jukes broad-tailed gecko V Q
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus ossa Mount Ossa broad-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q
Carphodactylidae Underwoodisaurus milii thick-tailed gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia capensis Cape York zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer sensu lato zigzag velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia robusta robust velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis ocellated velvet gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura sp. C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura tryoni southern spotted velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Pseudothecadactylus australis giant tree gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus tuberculated ring-tailed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Gehyra baliola short-tailed dtella C QI
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra mutilata skin-shedding dtella C IU
Gekkonidae Gehyra oceanica oceanic gecko C VI
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus pumilus slender chained gecko NT QI
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Nactus eboracensis Cape York bent-toed gecko C Q
Gekkonidae Nactus galgajuga Black Mountain gecko C Q
Chelidae Chelodina canni Cann's longneck turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina expansa broad-shelled river turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina longicollis eastern snake-necked turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina rugosa northern snake-necked turtle C QAI I
Chelidae Chelodina sp. C QAI
Chelidae Elseya albagula white-throated snapping turtle CR CE Q I
Chelidae Elseya irwini Irwin's turtle C V Q I
Chelidae Elseya irwini (Johnstone) Johnstone River snapping turtle C V Q
Chelidae Elseya sp. C QAI
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
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I
Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea leatherback turtle E E QAI
Cheloniidae Caretta caretta loggerhead turtle E E QAI
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI
Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI
Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivacea olive ridley turtle E E QAI
Cheloniidae Natator depressus flatback turtle V V QAI
Crocodylidae Crocodylus johnstoni Australian freshwater crocodile C QA I
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I
Crocodylidae Crocodylus 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 Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 9 June 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=world-heritage-area-great-barrier-reef&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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