Western Australian Reptile Species
The following is the list of the reptiles that have been recorded in Western Australia. The list is based on the checklist by Aplin, K.P. & Smith, L.A. (July 2001), Checklist of the frogs and reptiles of Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement No. 63: 51-74, Western Australian Museum. I have also included the common names and alternative scientific names (where different) from Cogger, H.G (1996), Reptiles and amphibians of Australia, 5th Edition, Reed Books, Chatswood NSW, and Steve Wilson & Gerry Swan (2003), A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Reed New Holland.
The species marked with the symbol ¥ are presumed to now be extinct. The species marked with the symbol § have been introduced. I have seen the species marked in bold in Western Australia. I have some photographs of some Western Australian reptiles.
Caretta caretta | Loggerhead Turtle | |
Chelonia mydas | Green Turtle | |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Hawksbill Turtle | |
Lepidochelys olivacea | Pacific Ridley | |
Natator depressus | Flatback Turtle | |
Dermochelys coriacea | Leathery Turtle | Luth |
Chelodina kutchlingi | Kutchling's Long-necked Turtle | |
Chelodina oblonga | Oblong Turtle | |
Chelodina rugosa | Northern Snake-necked Turtle | Northern Long-necked Turtle |
Chelodina steindachneri | Flat-shelled Turtle | Steindachner's Turtle |
Elseya dentata | Northern Snapping Turtle | |
Emydura australis | North-west Red-faced Turtle | |
Emydura victoriae | Northern Red-faced Turtle | |
Pseudemydura umbrina | Western Swamp Turtle | |
Crocodylus johnstoni | Freshwater Crocodile | Johnstone's Crocodile |
Crocodylus porosus | Saltwater Crocodile | Estuarine Crocodile |
Amphibolurus norrisi | Mallee Tree Dragon | |
Caimanops amphiboluroides | Mulga Dragon | |
Chelosania brunnea | Chameleon Dragon | |
Chlamydosaurus kingii | Frilled Lizard | |
Cryptagama aurita | ||
Ctenophorus caudicinctus | Ring-tailed Dragon | |
Ctenophorus clayi | Black-collared Dragon | |
Ctenophorus cristatus | Crested Dragon | |
Ctenophorus femoralis | ||
Ctenophorus fordi | Mallee Dragon | Mallee Military Dragon |
Ctenophorus isolepis | Military Dragon | Central Military Dragon |
Ctenophorus maculatus | Spotted Dragon | Spotted Military Dragon |
Ctenophorus mckenziei | McKenzie's Dragon | |
Ctenophorus nuchalis | Central Netted Dragon | |
Ctenophorus ornatus | Ornate Dragon | |
Ctenophorus pictus | Painted Dragon | |
Ctenophorus reticulatus | Western Netted Dragon | |
Ctenophorus rubens | Military Dragon | Ctenophorus isolepis rubens |
Ctenophorus rufescens | Rusty Dragon | |
Ctenophorus salinarum | Claypan Dragon | |
Ctenophorus scutulatus | Lozenge-marked Dragon | |
Ctenophorus yinnietharra | Yinnietharra Rock Dragon | |
Diporiphora albilabris | ||
Diporiphora arnhemica | Diporiphora bennettii arnhemica | |
Diporiphora bennettii | ||
Diporiphora convergens | ||
Diporiphora lalliae | ||
Diporiphora linga | Linga Dragon | |
Diporiphora magna | ||
Diporiphora pindan | ||
Diporiphora reginae | ||
Diporiphora superba | ||
Diporiphora valens | ||
Diporiphora winneckei | Canegrass Dragon | Blue-lined Dragon |
Lophognathus gilberti | Gilbert's Dragon | Amphibolurus gilberti |
Lophognathus longirostris | Long-nosed Dragon | Amphibolurus longirostris |
Lophognathus temporalis | Amphibolurus temporalis | |
Moloch horridus | Thorny Devil | |
Pogona microlepidota | Small-scaled Bearded Dragon | |
Pogona minor minima | Western Bearded Dragon | |
Pogona minor | Dwarf Bearded Dragon | |
Pogona nullarbor | Nullarbor Bearded Dragon | |
Rankinia adelaidensis | Western Heath Dragon | Tympanocryptis adelaidensis |
Rankinia parviceps | Tympanocryptis parviceps | |
Tympanocryptis cephala | Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis cephalus |
Tympanocryptis houstoni | Nullarbor Earless Dragon | |
Tympanocryptis lineata | Lined Earless Dragon | |
Crenadactylus ocellatus | Clawless Gecko | |
Diplodactylus alboguttatus | White-spotted Ground Gecko | |
Diplodactylus conspicillatus | Fat-tailed Gecko | Fat-tailed Diplodactylus |
Diplodactylus damaeus | Beaded Gecko | Lucasium damaeum |
Diplodactylus fulleri | ||
Diplodactylus granariensis | Western Stone Gecko | |
Diplodactylus kenneallyi | ||
Diplodactylus klugei | ||
Diplodactylus maini | ||
Diplodactylus mitchelli | ||
Diplodactylus ornatus | ||
Diplodactylus polyopthalmus | Speckled Stone Gecko | |
Diplodactylus pulcher | ||
Diplodactylus savagei | ||
Diplodactylus squarrosus | ||
Diplodactylus stenodactylus | Sand-plain Gecko | |
Diplodactylus wombeyi | ||
Nephrurus laevissimus | Pale Knob-tailed Gecko | |
Nephrurus levis | Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko | |
Nephrurus sheai | Northern Knob-tailed Gecko | |
Nephrurus stellatus | Starred Knob-tailed Gecko | |
Nephrurus vertebralis | ||
Nephrurus wheeleri | Banded Knob-tailed Gecko | |
Oedura filicipoda | Fringe-toed Velvet Gecko | |
Oedura gracilis | ||
Oedura marmorata | Marbled Velvet Gecko | |
Oedura obscura | ||
Oedura reticulata | Reticulated Velvet Gecko | |
Oedura rhombifera | Zigzag Velvet Gecko | Oedura rhombifer |
Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus | Western Giant Cave Gecko | Pseudothecadactylus lindneri cavaticus |
Rhynchoedura ornata | Beaked Gecko | |
Strophurus assimilis | Thorn-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus assimilis |
Strophurus ciliaris | Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus ciliaris |
Strophurus elderi | Jewelled Gecko | Diplodactylus elderi |
Strophurus intermedius | Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus intermedius |
Strophurus jeanae | Diplodactylus jeanae | |
Strophurus mcmillani | Diplodactylus mcmillani | |
Strophurus michaelseni | Diplodactylus michaelseni | |
Strophurus rankini | Diplodactylus rankini | |
Strophurus robinsoni | ||
Strophurus spinigerus | Soft Spiny-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus spinigerus |
Strophurus strophurus | Western Spiny-tailed Gecko | Diplodactylus strophurus |
Strophurus taeniatus | Diplodactylus taeniatus | |
Strophurus wellingtonae | Diplodactylus wellingtonae | |
Strophurus wilsoni | Diplodactylus wilsoni | |
Underwoodisaurus milii | Thick-tailed Gecko | Barking Gecko |
Christinus alexanderi | ||
Christinus marmoratus | Marbled Gecko | Phyllodactylus marmoratus |
Gehyra australis | Northern Dtella | |
Gehyra montium | ||
Gehyra nana | ||
Gehyra occidentalis | ||
Gehyra pilbara | Pilbara Dtella | |
Gehyra punctata | Spotted Dtella | |
Gehyra purpurascens | ||
Gehyra variegata | Tree Dtella | |
Gehyra xenopus | ||
Hemidactylus frenatus § | Asian House Gecko § | |
Heteronotia binoei | Bynoe's Gecko | |
Heteronotia planiceps | ||
Heteronotia spelea | Desert Cave Gecko | |
Aclys concinna | Javelin Legless Lizard | |
Aprasia fusca | Exmouth Worm-lizard | Aprasia rostrata fusca |
Aprasia haroldi | Shark Bay Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia inaurita | Red-tailed Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia picturata | Black-headed Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia pulchella | Granite Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia repens | Sand-plain Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia rostrata | Monte Bello Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia smithi | Black-tipped Worm-lizard | |
Aprasia striolata | Lined Worm-lizard | |
Delma australis | ||
Delma borea | ||
Delma butleri | ||
Delma elegans | ||
Delma fraseri | ||
Delma grayii | ||
Delma haroldi | ||
Delma nasuta | ||
Delma pax | ||
Delma tincta | ||
Lialis burtonis | Burton's Snake-lizard | |
Pletholax gracilis | Keeled Legless Lizard | |
Pygopus lepidopodus | Common Scaly-foot | |
Pygopus nigriceps | Western Hooded Scaly-foot | |
Pygopus steelescotti | Northern Hooded Scaly-foot | |
Acritoscincus trilineatum | Western Three-lined Skink | Bassiana trilineata |
Carlia amax | Two-spined Rainbow Skink | |
Carlia gracilis | ||
Carlia johnstonei | ||
Carlia munda | ||
Carlia rufilatus | ||
Carlia triacantha | ||
Cryptoblepharus carnabyi | ||
Cryptoblepharus megastictus | ||
Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus | Fence Skink | |
Cryptoblepharus virgatus | ||
Ctenotus alacer | Lively Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus alleni | ||
Ctenotus angusticeps | ||
Ctenotus ariadnae | ||
Ctenotus atlas | ||
Ctenotus australis | Western Limestone Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus brooksi | ||
Ctenotus burbidgei | Ctenotus mastigura burbidgei | |
Ctenotus calurus | Blue-tailed Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus catenifer | ||
Ctenotus colletti | ||
Ctenotus decaneurus | Ten-lined Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus delli | Darling Range Heath Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus duricola | Ctenotus piankai duricola | |
Ctenotus dux | Narrow-lined Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus ehmanni | ||
Ctenotus fallens | ||
Ctenotus gemmula | ||
Ctenotus grandis | ||
Ctenotus greeri | ||
Ctenotus hanloni | ||
Ctenotus helenae | ||
Ctenotus iapetus | Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus iapetus | |
Ctenotus impar | South-western Odd-striped Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus inornatus | ||
Ctenotus labillardieri | ||
Ctenotus lancelini | Lancelin Island Skink | |
Ctenotus leae | ||
Ctenotus leonhardii | ||
Ctenotus maryani | ||
Ctenotus mastigura | ||
Ctenotus militaris | ||
Ctenotus mimetes | ||
Ctenotus nasutus | Ctenotus colletti nasutus | |
Ctenotus nigrilineatus | ||
Ctenotus orientalis | Ctenotus uber orientalis | |
Ctenotus pallescens | ||
Ctenotus pantherinus | Leopard Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus piankai | ||
Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus | Fourteen-lined Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus regius | Royal Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus rimacola | ||
Ctenotus robustus | Eastern Striped Skink | |
Ctenotus rubicundus | ||
Ctenotus rufescens | Ctenotus colletti rufescens | |
Ctenotus rutilans | ||
Ctenotus saxatilis | Rock Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus schomburgkii | ||
Ctenotus septenarius | ||
Ctenotus serventyi | ||
Ctenotus severus | ||
Ctenotus tanamiensis | Tanami Ctenotus | |
Ctenotus tantillus | ||
Ctenotus uber | ||
Ctenotus xenopleura | ||
Ctenotus yampiensis | Ctenotus decaneurus yampiensis | |
Ctenotus youngsoni | ||
Ctenotus zastictus | ||
Cyclodomorphus branchialis | Gilled Slender Blue-tongue | |
Cyclodomorphus celatus | Western Slender Blue-tongue | |
Cyclodomorphus maximus | Giant Slender Blue-tongue | Cyclodomorphus maxima |
Cyclodomorphus melanops | Spinifex Slender Blue-tongue | |
Egernia depressa | Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink | |
Egernia douglasi | ||
Egernia formosa | ||
Egernia inornata | Desert Skink | |
Egernia kingii | King's Skink | |
Egernia kintorei | Great Desert Skink | |
Egernia luctuosa | Mourning Skink | |
Egernia multiscutata | Bull Skink | |
Egernia napoleonis | ||
Egernia pilbarensis | ||
Egernia pulchra | ||
Egernia richardi | ||
Egernia stokesii | Gidgee Skink | Stokes' Skink |
Egernia striata | Night Skink | |
Eremiascincus fasciolatus | Narrow-banded Sand Swimmer | |
Eremiascincus richardsonii | Broad-banded Sand Swimmer | |
Glaphyromorphus brongersmai | ||
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis | ||
Glaphyromorphus gracilipes | ||
Glaphyromorphus isolepis | ||
Hemiergis initialis | ||
Hemiergis millewae | ||
Hemiergis peronii | ||
Hemiergis quadrilineata | Two-toed Earless Skink | Hemiergis quadrilineatum |
Lerista allochira | ||
Lerista apoda | ||
Lerista arenicola | Lerista microtis arenicola | |
Lerista axillaris | ||
Lerista baynesi | Lerista picturata baynesi | |
Lerista bipes | ||
Lerista borealis | ||
Lerista bunglebungle | ||
Lerista christinae | ||
Lerista connivens | ||
Lerista desertorum | ||
Lerista distinguenda | ||
Lerista dorsalis | ||
Lerista elegans | ||
Lerista eupoda | ||
Lerista flammicauda | ||
Lerista gascoynensis | ||
Lerista gerrardii | ||
Lerista greeri | ||
Lerista griffini | ||
Lerista haroldi | ||
Lerista humphriesi | ||
Lerista ips | ||
Lerista kalumburu | ||
Lerista kendricki | ||
Lerista kennedyensis | ||
Lerista labialis | ||
Lerista lineata | ||
Lerista lineopunctulata | ||
Lerista macropisthopus | ||
Lerista microtis | ||
Lerista muelleri | ||
Lerista neander | ||
Lerista nichollsi | ||
Lerista onsloviana | ||
Lerista orientalis | ||
Lerista petersoni | ||
Lerista picturata | ||
Lerista planiventralis | ||
Lerista praefrontalis | ||
Lerista praepedita | ||
Lerista puncticauda | ||
Lerista quadrivincula | ||
Lerista robusta | ||
Lerista separanda | ||
Lerista simillima | ||
Lerista stictopleura | ||
Lerista taeniata | ||
Lerista tridactyla | ||
Lerista uniduo | ||
Lerista varia | ||
Lerista vermicularis | ||
Lerista viduata | ||
Lerista walkeri | ||
Lerista xanthura | ||
Lerista yuna | ||
Lerista zietzi | Lerista chalybura | |
Menetia greyii | ||
Menetia maini | ||
Menetia surda | ||
Morethia adelaidensis | ||
Morethia boulengeri | ||
Morethia butleri | ||
Morethia lineoocellata | ||
Morethia obscura | ||
Morethia ruficauda | ||
Morethia storri | ||
Notoscincus butleri | ||
Notoscincus ornatus | ||
Proablepharus reginae | ||
Proablepharus tenuis | ||
Pseudemoia baudini | Bight Coast Skink | |
Tiliqua multifasciata | Centralian Blue-tongued Lizard | Centralian Blue-tongue |
Tiliqua occipitalis | Western Blue-tongued Lizard | Western Blue-tongue |
Tiliqua rugosa | Shingleback | Trachydosaurus rugosus |
Tiliqua scincoides | Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard | Northern Blue-tongue |
Varanus acanthurus | Ridge-tailed Monitor | Spiny-tailed Monitor |
Varanus brevicauda | Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor | |
Varanus caudolineatus | Stripe-tailed Monitor | |
Varanus eremius | Pygmy Desert Monitor | |
Varanus giganteus | Perentie | |
Varanus gilleni | Pygmy Mulga Monitor | |
Varanus glauerti | Kimberley Rock Monitor | |
Varanus gouldii | Gould's Monitor | Sand Goanna |
Varanus glebopalma | Black-palmed Monitor | Twilight Monitor |
Varanus kingorum | Long-tailed Rock Monitor | |
Varanus mertensi | Merten's Water Monitor | |
Varanus mitchelli | Mitchell's Water Monitor | |
Varanus panoptes | Yellow-spotted Monitor | |
Varanus pilbarensis | Pilbara Rock Monitor | |
Varanus rosenbergi | Rosenberg's Monitor | Heath Monitor |
Varanus scalaris | Spotted Tree Monitor | Varanus timorensis scalaris |
Varanus storri | Storr's Monitor | |
Varanus tristis | Black-headed Monitor | Freckled Monitor |
Ramphotyphlops ammodytes | Ramphotyphlops diversus ammodytes | |
Ramphotyphlops australis | Southern Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus | Prong-snouted Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops braminus | Flower-pot Blind Snake | Flowerpot Snake |
Ramphotyphlops diversus | ||
Ramphotyphlops endoterus | ||
Ramphotyphlops ganei | ||
Ramphotyphlops grypus | Beaked Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops guentheri | ||
Ramphotyphlops hamatus | ||
Ramphotyphlops howi | ||
Ramphotyphlops kimberleyensis | ||
Ramphotyphlops leptosoma | Murchison Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops ligatus | ||
Ramphotyphlops longissimus | ||
Ramphotyphlops margaretae | ||
Ramphotyphlops micromma | Small-eyed Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops pilbarensis | Pilbara Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops pinguis | Fat Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops splendidus | ||
Ramphotyphlops troglodytes | ||
Ramphotyphlops unguirostris | Claw-snouted Blind Snake | |
Ramphotyphlops waitii | ||
Ramphotyphlops yampiensis | ||
Antaresia childreni | Children's Python | Liasis childreni |
Antaresia perthensis | Pygmy Python | Liasis perthensis |
Antaresia stimsoni | Stimson's Python | Liasis stimsoni |
Aspidites melanocephalus | Black-headed Python | |
Aspidites ramsayi | Woma Python | Ramsay's Python |
Liasis mackloti fuscus | Water Python | Liasis fuscus |
Liasis olivaceus | Olive Python | |
Morelia carinata | Rough-scaled Python | |
Morelia spilota | Carpet Python | |
Acrochordus granulatus | Little Wart Snake | Little File Snake |
Boiga irregularis | Brown Tree Snake | |
Dendrelaphis punctulata | Common Tree Snake | Green Tree Snake |
Cerberus australis | Australian Bockadam | Cerberus rynchops |
Fordonia leucobalia | White-bellied Mangrove Snake | |
Myron richardsonii | Richardson's Mangrove Snake | |
Tropidonophis mairii | Keelback | Freshwater Snake |
Acanthophis antarcticus | Southern Death Adder | Common Death Adder |
Acanthophis praelongus | Northern Death Adder | |
Acanthophis pyrrhus | Desert Death Adder | |
Acanthophis wellsi | Pilbara Death Adder | |
Brachyurophis approximans | North-western Shovel-nosed Snake | Simoselaps approximans |
Brachyurophis fasciolata | Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake | Simoselaps fasciolatus |
Brachyurophis roperi | Northern Shovel-nosed Snake | Simoselaps semifasciatus roperi |
Brachyurophis semifasciata | Southern Shovel-nosed Snake | Simoselaps semifasciatus |
Cryptophis pallidiceps | Northern Small-eyed Snake | Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps |
Demansia calodera | Black-necked Whipsnake | Demansia olivacea calodera |
Demansia olivacea | Olive Whipsnake | Marble-headed Whipsnake |
Demansia papuensis | Greater Black Whipsnake | |
Demansia psammophis | Yellow-faced Whipsnake | |
Demansia rufescens | Rufous Whipsnake | Demansia olivacea rufescens |
Demansia simplex | Grey Whipsnake | |
Demansia vestigata | Lesser Black Whipsnake | |
Drysdalia mastersii | Masters' Snake | |
Echiopsis curta | Bardick | |
Elapognathus coronatus | Western Crowned Snake | Drysdalia coronota |
Elapognathus minor | Short-nosed Snake | Little Brown Snake |
Furina ornata | Orange-naped Snake | Moon Snake |
Neelaps bimaculatus | Western Black-naped Snake | Simoselaps bimaculatus |
Neelaps calonotus | Western Black-striped Snake | Simoselaps calonotus |
Notechis scutatus | Tiger Snake | Notechis ater occidentalis |
Oxyuranus scutellatus | Taipan | |
Paroplocephalus atriceps | Lake Cronin Snake | Echiopsis atriceps |
Parasuta gouldii | Gould's Hooded Snake | Suta gouldii |
Parasuta monachus | Monk Snake | Suta monachus |
Parasuta nigriceps | Mitchell's Short-tailed Snake | Suta nigriceps |
Parasuta spectabilis | Mallee Black-headed Snake | Suta spectabilis |
Pseudechis australis | Mulga Snake | King Brown Snake |
Pseudechis butleri | Butler's Snake | Spotted Mulga Snake |
Pseudonaja affinis | Dugite | |
Pseudonaja ingrami | Ingram's Brown Snake | |
Pseudonaja modesta | Ringed Brown Snake | |
Pseudonaja nuchalis | Gwardar | Western Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja textilis | Eastern Brown Snake | |
Rhinocephalus bicolor | Square-nosed Snake | |
Simoselaps anomalus | Desert Banded Snake | |
Simoselaps bertholdi | Jan's Banded Snake | |
Simoselaps littoralis | West Coast Banded Snake | |
Simoselaps minimus | Dampierland Burrowing Snake | |
Suta fasciata | Rosen's Snake | |
Suta ordensis | Ord Snake | |
Suta punctata | Spotted Snake | Little Spotted Snake |
Suta suta | Myall Snake | Curl Snake |
Vermicella intermedia | Wide-banded Northern Bandy Bandy | |
Vermicella multifasciata | Narrow-banded Northern Bandy Bandy | |
Vermicella snelli | Pilbara Bandy Bandy | Vermicella annulata snelli |
Acalyptophis peronii | Horned Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus apraefrontalis | Short-nosed Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus duboisii | Dubois' Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus eydouxii | Eydoux's Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus foliosquama | Leaf-scaled Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus fuscus | Dusky Sea Snake | |
Aipysurus laevis | Golden Sea Snake | Olive Sea Snake |
Aipysurus pooleorum | Shark Bay Sea Snake | Aipysurus laevis pooleorum |
Aipysurus tenuis | Mjoberg's Sea Snake | |
Disteira kingii | Spectacled Sea Snake | |
Disteira major | Olive-headed Sea Snake | |
Disteira stokesii | Stokes' Sea Snake | Astrotia stokesii |
Emydocephalus annulatus | Turtle-headed Sea Snake | |
Ephalophis grayae | Mangrove Sea Snake | Ephalophis greyi |
Hydrelaps darwiniensis | Black-ringed Mangrove Snake | |
Hydrophis coggeri | Black-headed Sea Snake | |
Hydrophis czeblukovi | Geometrical Sea Snake | |
Hydrophis elegans | Bar-bellied Sea Snake | |
Hydrophis mcdowelli | McDowell's Sea Snake | |
Hydrophis ocellatus | Spotted Sea Snake | Hydrophis ornatus ocellatus |
Lapemis hardwickii | Short Sea Snake | |
Pelamis platura | Yellow-bellied Sea Snake | Pelamis platurus |
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