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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
Hydrophiidae - sea snakes
Q2736
Acalyptophis peronii
(Duméril,1853)
Horned Seasnake
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
S2737
Aipysurus apraefrontalis
Smith,1926
Short-nosed Seasnake
WA
P
U2738
Aipysurus duboisii
Bavay,1869
Reef Shallows Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
Dubois' Sea Snake
Dubois's Sea Snake
W2739 Aipysurus
eydouxii
(Gray,1849)
Spine-tailed Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
Stagger-banded Sea Snake
Y2740
Aipysurus foliosquama
Smith,1926
Leaf-scaled Seasnake
WA(Ashmore &
P
Scott Reefs)
K2741
Aipysurus fuscus
(Tschudi,1837)
Dusky Seasnake
WA(Ashmore Reef)
P
M2742 Aipysurus
laevis
Lacépčde,1804
Olive Seasnake
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
Golden Seasnake
Aipysurus pooleorum
Shark Bay Seasnake
WA
P
Z2743
Aipysurus tenuis
Lönnberg and Andersson,1913 Brown-linedSeasnake
WA
P
Q2744 Astrotia
stokesii
(Gray,1846)
Stokes’ Seasnake
NSW,NT,Qld,WA
P
Stokes’s Seasnake
S2745
Disteira kingii
(Boulenger,1896)
Spectacled Seasnake
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
U2746
Disteira major
(Shaw,1802)
Olive-headed Seasnake
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
W2747 Emydocephalus
annulatus
Krefft,1869
Turtle-headed Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
A2748
Enhydrina schistosa
(Daudin,1803)
Beaked Seasnake
NT,Qld
P
C2749 Ephalophis
greyi
Smith,1931
North-western Mangrove Seasnake
NT(?),WA
P
Z2751
Hydrelaps darwiniensis
Boulenger,1896
Black-ringed Mangrove Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
W2771 Hydrophis
atriceps
Günther,1864
Black-headed Seasnake
NT,WA(?)
P
Q2752 Hydrophis
belcheri
(Gray,1849)
Faint-banded Seasnake
NT(?),Qld(?)
P
S2753
Hydrophis caerulescens
(Shaw,1802)
Dwarf Seasnake
Qld
P
A2024
Hydrophis coggeri
(Kharin,1984)
Slender-necked Seasnake
WA
P
C2025 Hydrophis
czeblukovi
(Kharin,1984)
Fine-spined Seasnake
WA
P
U2754
Hydrophis elegans
(Gray,1842)
Elegant Seasnake
NSW,NT,Qld,WA
P
W2763 Hydrophis
geometricus
Smith,1986
Geometrical Seasnake
WA
P
A2756
Hydrophis gracilis
(Shaw,1802)
Slender Seasnake
Qld
P
C2757 Hydrophis
inornatus
(Gray,1849)
Plain Seasnake
NT,WA(?)
P
Hydrophis kingii
(see Disteira kingii)
Hydrophis major
(see Disteira major)
E2026
Hydrophis mcdowelli
Kharin,1983
Small-headed Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
E2758
Hydrophis melanocephalus
Gray,1849
Slender-necked Seasnake
NT(?),WA
P
G2759 Hydrophis
melanosoma
Günther,1864
Black-banded Robust Seasnake
NT(?),Qld,WA(?)
P
S2761
Hydrophis ornatus
(Gray,1842)
Spotted Seasnake
NSW,NT,Tas,Qld,WA
P
Reef Seasnake
U2762
Hydrophis pacificus
Boulenger,1896
Large-headed Seasnake
NT,Qld
P
Big-headed Seasnake
G2027 Hydrophis
vorisi
Kharin,1984
Plain-banded Seasnake
Qld(Torres Strait)
P
G2767 Lapemis
hardwickii
Gray,1835
Spine-bellied Seasnake
NT,Qld,WA
P
Hardwick’s Seasnake
M2750
Parahydrophis mertoni
(Roux,1910)
Northern Mangrove Seasnake
NT,Qld
P
U2770
Pelamis platurus
(Linneaus,1766)
Yellow-bellied Seasnake
NSW,NT,Qld,Tas,Vic,
P
WA
Laticaudidae - sea kraits
Y2768
Laticauda colubrina
(Schneider,1799)
Wide-faced Sea Krait
NSW,Qld
P
K2769 Laticauda
laticaudata
(Linneaus,1758)
Large-scaled Sea Krait
NSW,Qld
P
Blue-banded Sea Krait
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