Common Names of Australian Reptiles

Based on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS)  -  Reptiles Version 8.1 - 15 June 1995  -  Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)

Common names and cross references added by J W Hardy, Coordinator Wildlife Licensing, Biodiversity Management Unit, NPWS in July 1997 (Nomenclatural changes updated 1 August 2002)

N.B. Scientific names generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. 

Common names have been added by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by reptile keepers.  Where more than one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular literature including Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.

N.B. Scientific names generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. 

Common names have been added by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by reptile keepers.  Where more than one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular literature including Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        NSW NPWS

Species                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Licence

  Code               Scientific Name                        Taxonomic Description                    Common Name                                  Distribution                  Class

REPTILES

Cheloniidae - sea turtles

Q2004        Caretta caretta                                (Linnaeus,1758)                               Loggerhead Turtle                                     NT,Qld,Tas,WA                 P

W2007       Chelonia mydas                              (Linnaeus,1758)                               Green Turtle                                              NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA          P

                   Chelonia depressa                          (see Natator depressus)

A2008         Eretmochelys imbricata                  (Linnaeus,1766)                               Hawksbill Turtle                                         NSW(?),NT,Qld,Tas,         P

                                                                                                                                                                                                       WA

Z2011         Lepidochelys olivacea                     (Eschscholtz,1829)                         Olive Ridley                                               NT,Qld,WA                        P

                                                                                                                                    Pacific Ridley Turtle

U2006         Natator depressus                           (Garman,1880)                                Flatback Turtle                                          NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA          P

Dermochelyidae - sea turtle

S2013         Dermochelys coriacea                    (Vandelli,1761)                                 Leathery Turtle                                          NSW,NT,Qld,Tas,WA       P

                                                                                                                                    Luth Turtle

Crocodylidae  - crocodiles

K2001         Crocodylus johnstoni                       Krefft,1873                                       Freshwater Crocodile                               NT,Qld,WA                        P

                                                                                                                                    Johnstone River Crocodile

M2002        Crocodylus porosus                        Schneider,1801                               Estuarine Crocodile                                  NT,Qld,WA                        P

                                                                                                                                    Saltwater Crocodile

Colubridae - tree and water snakes

                   Boiga fusca                                                                                              Northern Brown Tree Snake                     Qld,NT,WA

U2630         Boiga irregularis                              (Merrem,1802)                                 Eastern Brown Tree Snake                      NSW,Qld                           1

                                                                                                                                    Brown Tree Snake

                                                                                                                                    Northern Barred Tree Snake

W2631       Cerberus rhynchops                       (Schneider,1799)                             Bockadam                                                 NT,Qld,WA

A2632         Dendrelaphis calligastra                  (Günther,1867)                                Northern Tree Snake                                 Qld                                     3

C2633        Dendrelaphis punctulata                 (Gray,1827)                                      Green Tree Snake                                     NSW,NT,Qld,WA              1

                                                                                                                                    Common Tree Snake

E2634         Enhydris polylepis                           (Fischer,1886)                                 Macleay's Water Snake                            NT,Qld                               3

Y2636         Fordonia leucobalia                         (Schlegel,1837)                               White-bellied Mangrove Snake                 NT,Qld,WA

S2005         Lycodon capucinus                         Boie,1827                                         Common Wolf Snake                               CI

K2637         Myron richardsonii                           Gray,1849                                        Richardson's Mangrove Snake                 NT,WA

M2638        Stegonotus cucullatus                     (Duméril,Bibron & Duméril,1854)    Slaty-grey Snake                                       NT,Qld                               1

Z2639         Stegonotus parvus                          (Meyer,1874)                                    Slate-brown Snake                                    Qld(Murray Island)

K2629         Tropidonophis mairii                        (Gray,1841)                                      Keelback Snake                                        NSW,NT,Qld,WA              3

                                                                                                                                    Freshwater Snake

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