Reptiles of
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
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Crocodylus halli

Southern New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile

Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan 2019
 
Crocodylus novaeguineae

Northern New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan 2019 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Crocodylus porosus

Saltwater Crocodile

Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Chlamydosaurus (Frilled Lizard)
 
Chlamydosaurus kingii

Frilled Lizard

Pepper, Hamilton, Merkling, Svedin, Cser, Catullo, Pryke & Keogh 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Diporiphora (Two-pored Dragons)
 
Diporiphora jugularis

Black-throated Two-pored Dragon

Rooij 1915 [as bilineata] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as bilineata]
Genus Hypsilurus (Eastern Anglehead Agamas)
 
Hypsilurus auritus

Eared Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus binotatus

Two-marked Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus bruijnii

Arfak Mountains Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
  *
Hypsilurus capreolatus

Chevron-marked Anglehead Agama

Kraus & Myers 2012
 
Hypsilurus geelvinkianus

Papuan Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus godeffroyi

Greater Crested Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus hikidanus

Enarotali Anglehead Agama

Kraus 2010
 
Hypsilurus magnus

Gariau Anglehead Agama

Kraus 2010 Kraus 2013
 
Hypsilurus modestus

Green Anglehead Agama

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards & Dahl 2011
  *
Hypsilurus ornatus

Ornate Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006
 
Hypsilurus papuensis

White-cheeked Anglehead Agama

Austin 2006 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Shea & Sadlier 1999
 
Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi

Nondugl Anglehead Agama

Kraus 2010 Manthey & Denzer 2006
Genus Lophosaurus (Sahul Anglehead Agamas)
 
Lophosaurus dilophus

Keeled Anglehead Agama

Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards & Dahl 2011
Genus Tropicagama (Northern Water Dragon)
 
Tropicagama temporalis

Northern Water Dragon

Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Austin & McGuire 2020 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018 Rooij 1915 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
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Cyrtodactylus arcanus

Dagbaru Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver & Switak 2019 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012
 
Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus

Torricelli Mountains Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Krey, Mumpuni & Richards 2011
  *
Cyrtodactylus capreoloides

Southern Highlands Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007
  *
Cyrtodactylus derongo

Derongo Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007 Shea & Kraus 2007
 
Cyrtodactylus epiroticus

Morobe Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2008
 
Cyrtodactylus equestris

Knight Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016
  *
Cyrtodactylus hutchinsoni

Sandaun Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Karkkainen & Richards 2021
 
Cyrtodactylus loriae

Giant New Guinean Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2007 Kraus 2013 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007
  *
Cyrtodactylus manos

Yellow-snouted Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019
 
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus

Marbled Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007
  *
Cyrtodactylus medioclivus

Tualapa Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012
 
Cyrtodactylus mimikanus

Mimika River Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
  *
Cyrtodactylus minor

Huon Peninsula Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver & Richards 2012 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019
 
Cyrtodactylus novaeguineae

Common New Guinea Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Brongersma 1934 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Cyrtodactylus papuensis

Papuan Bent-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007
 
Cyrtodactylus rex

King Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016
 
Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis

Sermowai River Bent-toed Gecko

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Weijola 2019 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards 2020 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007
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Cyrtodactylus serratus

Tabubil Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Richards & Dahl 2011 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007
  *
Cyrtodactylus tanim

Kaiangibib Bent-toed Gecko

Nielsen & Oliver 2017 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra baliola

Short-tailed Dtella

Bauer 1994 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Gehyra interstitialis

Western New Guinean Four-clawed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Gehyra lampei

Madang Dtella

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Bauer 1994 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Gehyra leopoldi

Doberai Dtella

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Gehyra membranacruralis

New Guinean Giant Stump-toed Gecko

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Bauer 1994 [as vorax] Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 [as vorax] Shea & Kraus 2007
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Hediger 1934 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 [as insulensis/mutilata] Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Gehyra papuana

Papuan Dtella

Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Hediger 1934 Kraus 2005 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Ineich, Wilms & Boehme 2012
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Hediger 1934 Kraus 2005 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Hemidactylus garnotii

Fox Gecko

Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)
 
Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2005 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Zug 2010
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus guppyi

Solomon Islands Scaly-toed Gecko

Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
  *
Lepidodactylus magnus

Kol Jim Valley Scaly-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Lepidodactylus novaeguineae

Lake Sentani Scaly-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & Oliver 2020 Kraus & Allison 2004 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
  *
Lepidodactylus orientalis

Port Moresby Scaly-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 [as browni] Brown & Parker 1977 Pernetta & Black 1983 [as browni] Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 [as browni] Shea & Kraus 2007 [as browni] Shea & Sadlier 1999 [as browni]
 
Lepidodactylus pulcher

Admiralty Islands Scaly-toed Gecko

Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
 
Lepidodactylus pumilus

Torres Strait Scaly-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
  *
Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus

Keki Scaly-toed Gecko

Kraus & Oliver 2020
 
Lepidodactylus woodfordi

Fauro Island Scaly-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005
  *
Lepidodactylus zweifeli

Wanuma Scaly-toed Gecko

Kraus 2019
Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)
 
Nactus aktites

Awar Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus allenallisoni

Madang Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus alotau

Southern Forest Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus chrisaustini

Milne Bay Pygmy Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus erugatus

Milne Bay Smooth-tailed Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus grevifer

Torricelli Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus heteronotus

Central Savanna Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus intrudusus

Markham Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus inundatus

Fly River Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus kamiali

Kamiali Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus multicarinatus

Melanesian Hook-toed Gecko

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 [as "cf. multicarinatus"]
  *
Nactus nanus

Dwarf North-coast Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus notios

Southern Mountains Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus papua

Uraru Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus septentrionalis

North Coast Papuan Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus vankampeni

Modderlust Hook-toed Gecko

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Kraus 2005 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Tallowin & Oliver 2015
 Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)
Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)
 
Lialis burtonis

Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard

Kluge 1974 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915
 
Lialis jicari

New Guinea Snake Lizard

Hediger 1934 Kluge 1974 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Alpinoscincus (Papuan Alpine Skinks)
  *
Alpinoscincus alpinus

Sidibamul Alpine Skink

Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007
  *
Alpinoscincus subalpinus

Morobe Alpine Skink

Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007
Genus Bellatorias (Papua-Australian Giant Skinks)
 
Bellatorias frerei

Major Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
  *
Carlia aenigma

Enigmatic Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
  *
Carlia aramia

Aramia River Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
  *
Carlia bicarinata

Papuan Bicarinate Rainbow Skink

Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Carlia eothen

Eastern Papuan Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
  *
Carlia luctuosa

Black-hooded Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
 
Carlia mysi

Morobe Rainbow Skink

Austin 2006 Zug 2004
 
Carlia pulla

Dark Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
 
Carlia storri

Brown Bicarinate Rainbow Skink

Ingram & Covacevich 1989
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus litoralis

Coastal Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007
 
Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae

New Guinean Snake-eyed Skink

Hediger 1934 [as pallidus] Horner 2007
  *
Cryptoblepharus xenikos

Trans-Fly Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007
  *
Cryptoblepharus yulensis

Yule Island Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007
Genus Ctenotus (Australian Comb-eared Skinks)
 
Ctenotus robustus

Robust Striped Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Ctenotus spaldingi

Straight-browed Comb-eared Skink

Boulenger 1887 [as Lygosoma dorsale] Rooij 1915 [as Lygosoma dorsale] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia aenea

Venus Forest Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia aurulenta

Golden Forest Skink

Brown 1991 Shea & Kraus 2007
 
Emoia battersbyi

Huon Gulf Slender Skink

Brown 1991 [as ahli]
 
Emoia brongersmai

Sibil Valley Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia caeruleocauda

Pacific Blue-tailed Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Hediger 1934 [as werneri]
  *
Emoia coggeri

Singorakai Slender Skink

Brown 1991
  *
Emoia guttata

Papuan Spotted Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia irianensis

Irian Slender Skink

Kraus & Allison 2006
 
Emoia jakati

Jakati River Slender Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991
 
Emoia klossi

Utakwa River Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia kordoana

Supiori Slender Tree Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Hediger 1934 [as beccari] Kraus & Allison 2006
 
Emoia longicauda

Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991
 
Emoia loveridgei

Toem Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia maxima

Greater Papuan Slender Skink

Brown 1991
  *
Emoia montana

Western Highlands Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia obscura

Idenburg River Slender Skink

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2004
 
Emoia oribata

Blotch-necked Slender Skink

Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2006
 
Emoia pallidiceps

Mafulu Slender Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Woodruff 1972
 
Emoia physicae

Morobe Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia physicina

Lesser Keel-scaled Slender Skink

Brown 1991
  *
Emoia popei

Marienberg Slender Skink

Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2006
 
Emoia pseudopallidiceps

Fly River Slender Tree Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia submetallica

Hall Sound Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia tropidolepis

Southern Keel-scaled Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia veracunda

Southern Papuan Slender Skink

Brown 1991
Genus Eremiascincus (Glossy Night Skinks and Sand Swimmers)
 
Eremiascincus emigrans

Lesser Sundas Glossy Night Skink

Rooij 1915
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus rufescens

Reddish Giant Skink

Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Eugongylus unilineatus

Papuan Single-lined Skink

Greer & Shea 2000
Genus Fojia (Papuan Forest Stream Skink)
  *
Fojia bumui

Papuan Forest Stream Skink

Greer & Simon 1982 Shea & Kraus 2007
Genus Glaphyromorphus (Short-legged Mulch Skinks)
 
Glaphyromorphus crassicauda

Cape York Mulch Skink

Greer & Parker 1979 Rooij 1915
 
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink

Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)
 
Lipinia cheesmanae

Cyclops Mountains Striped Skink

Kraus & Allison 2006
 
Lipinia longiceps

East Papuan Striped Skink

Gunther 2000 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980
 
Lipinia septentrionalis

North Papuan Striped Skink

Gunther 2000
Genus Lobulia (Papuan Moss Skinks)
 
Lobulia brongersmai

Lowland Comb-eared Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1972
  *
Lobulia elegans

Elegant Comb-eared Skink

Allison & Greer 1986 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2020 Mys 1988 Richards & Dahl 2011 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
  *
Lobulia fortis

Mount Strong Moss Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
  *
Lobulia huonensis

Huon Moss Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
  *
Lobulia lobulus

Central Range Moss Skink

Kraus 2020 Loveridge 1945
  *
Lobulia marmorata

Marbled Moss Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
  *
Lygisaurus curtus

Mount Victoria Leaf-litter Skink

Kraus 2007
 
Lygisaurus macfarlani

Translucent Leaf-litter Skink

Ingram & Covacevich 1988 Kraus 2007
Genus Nubeoscincus (Papuan Glacier Skinks)
  *
Nubeoscincus stellaris

Dokfuma Skink

Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005
Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)
  *
Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis

White-backed Striped Skink

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Shea & Greer 2002 Tallowin 2015
  *
Ornithuroscincus bengaun

Daga Smooth-eared Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
  *
Ornithuroscincus inornatus

Plain Smooth-eared Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
 
Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Gunther 2000 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Tanner 1952 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980
 
Ornithuroscincus nototaenia

South Papuan Striped Skink

Rooij 1915 Shea 2008 Tallowin & Shea 2015
  *
Ornithuroscincus pterophilus

Mount Victoria Smooth-eared Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
  *
Ornithuroscincus sabini

Mount Simpson Comb-eared Skink

Kraus 2020
  *
Ornithuroscincus shearmani

Milne Bay Comb-eared Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
  *
Ornithuroscincus viridis

Green Smooth-eared Skink

Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021
Genus Palaia (Papuan Mountain Striped Skink)
 
Palaia pulchra

Papuan Mountain Striped Skink

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Gunther 2000 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Tallowin & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980
Genus Papuascincus (Papuan Slender Skinks)
  *
Papuascincus buergersi

Sepik Slender Skink

Brown 1991 [as Emoia atrocostata [part]] Vogt 1932
 
Papuascincus morokanus

Moroka Slender Skink

Tallowin, Allison & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Papuascincus phaeodes

West Papuan Slender Skink

Tallowin, Allison & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Papuascincus stanleyanus

Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink

Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972 Zweifel 1980
Genus Prasinohaema (Green Tree Skinks)
  *
Prasinohaema flavipes

Yellow-footed Green Tree Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as "cf. flavipes"] Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972 Zweifel 1980
  *
Prasinohaema prehensicauda

Madang Green Tree Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Kraus 2013 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972
 
Prasinohaema semoni

Papuan Green Tree Skink

Rooij 1915 Tallowin, Shea & Allison 2019 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Prasinohaema virens

Eastern Green Tree Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus aignanus

Misima Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus annectens

Moroka Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
  *
Sphenomorphus anotus

Morobe Forest Skink

Greer 1973 Mys 1988 Zweifel 1980
  *
Sphenomorphus brunneus

Chimbu Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Shea & Kraus 2007 Shea 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus cinereus

Ashy Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus darlingtoni

Begonia Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus derooyae

Doorman Peak Forest Skink

Austin 2006 Mys 1988 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Sphenomorphus forbesii

Sogere Slender Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus fragilis

Hall Sound Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1979 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus fragosus

Bougainville Black-Lined Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus

Dark-lined Forest Skink

Greer & Shea 2004 Mys 1988 [formally described by Greer & Shea 2004] Shea & Kraus 2007
 
Sphenomorphus granulatus

Southeast Papuan Forest Skink

Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
  *
Sphenomorphus jeudei

Northeast Papuan Forest Skink

Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus jobiensis

Yapen Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Sphenomorphus latifasciatus

Broad-banded Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
  *
Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus

Narrow-banded Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus longicaudatus

Long-tailed Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus loriae

Bartholomew Range Forest Skink

Boulenger 1897 Rooij 1915 Shea 2017
 
Sphenomorphus maindroni

Common Papuan Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
  *
Sphenomorphus megaspilus

Large-spotted Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus meyeri

Aru Islands Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as melanopogon] Rooij 1915 [as melanopogon] Shea 2012 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as melanopogon]
  *
Sphenomorphus microtympanus

Small-eared Forest Skink

Greer 1973 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus milnense

Milne Bay Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus minutus

Papuan Dwarf Forest Skink

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Sphenomorphus muelleri

East Indonesian Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Sphenomorphus neuhaussi

Huon Peninsula Forest Skink

Rooij 1915 Zweifel 1980
  *
Sphenomorphus nigriventris

Black-bellied Forest Skink

Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus nigrolineatus

Black-striped Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Kraus & Allison 2004 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus oligolepis

Small-scaled Forest Skink

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus papuae

Mount Lamington Forest Skink

Kinghorn 1928
 
Sphenomorphus pratti

Dinawa Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus schultzei

Sepik River Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus simus

Papuan Black-sided Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as stickeli] Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Inger 1958 [as melanopleurus] Mys 1988 [as stickeli] Richards & Dahl 2011 Shea 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as stickeli] Zweifel 1980 [as stickeli]
 
Sphenomorphus solomonis

Solomon Forest Skink

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Greer & Parker 1974 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Sphenomorphus undulatus

Wavy-backed Forest Skink

Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Sphenomorphus wau

Mount Kaindi Forest Skink

Shea & Allison 2021
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua gigas

Giant Blue-tongued Skink

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Hediger 1934 Shea 1990 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
Genus Tribolonotus (Casque-headed Skinks)
 
Tribolonotus gracilis

Red-eyed Casque-headed Skink

Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Tribolonotus novaeguineae

Papuan Casque-headed Skink

Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Shea, Allison & Tallowin 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus doreanus

Blue-tailed Monitor

Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999
 
Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Varanus jobiensis

Sepik Monitor

Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 [as finschi] Kraus 2013 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as karlschmidti] Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999 [as finschi] Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007 [as finschi]
 
Varanus panoptes

Yellow-spotted Monitor

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Varanus prasinus

Green Tree Monitor

Austin 2006 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980
 
Varanus salvadorii

Papuan Tree Monitor

Horn, Sweet & Philipp 2007 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Varanus similis

Papuan Spotted Tree Monitor

Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as timorensis]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes)
Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)
 
Acrochordus arafurae

Arafura File Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Acrochordus granulatus

Lesser File Snake

Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)
 
Candoia aspera

Viper Boa

Austin 2006 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1979 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
 
Candoia carinata

Pacific Tree Boa

Austin 2006 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2013 McDowell 1979 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 
Candoia paulsoni

Pacific Ground Boa

O'Shea 1996 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Austin 2006 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis calligaster

Northern Australian Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen & Vogel 2016 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
 
Dendrelaphis gastrostictus

Papuan Montane Bronzeback

McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen & Vogel 2016
 
Dendrelaphis lineolatus

Papuan Striped Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
 
Dendrelaphis lorentzii

Lorentz River Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
 
Dendrelaphis macrops

Papuan Large-eyed Bronzeback

McDowell 1984 [as punctulatus] O'Shea 1996 [as punctulatus] Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
 
Dendrelaphis papuensis

Eastern Papuan Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
  *
Stegonotus aplini

Purari Groundsnake

O'Shea & Richards 2021
 
Stegonotus cucullatus

Doberai Ground Snake

McDowell 1972 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
 
Stegonotus diehli

Madang Ground Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 McDowell 1972 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
  *
Stegonotus dorsalis

Monumbo Ground Snake

Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018
  *
Stegonotus melanolabiatus

Black-lipped Ground Snake

Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017
  *
Stegonotus poechi

Poch's Ground Snake

Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Werner 1924
 
Stegonotus reticulatus

Reticulated Ground Snake

Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis aenigmaticus

East Papuan Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis doriae

Barred Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis mairii

Australian Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis mcdowelli

Northern Papuan Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2006 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis multiscutellatus

Papuan Many-scaled Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis novaeguineae

Common Papuan Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
  *
Tropidonophis parkeri

Highland Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis picturatus

Papuan Painted Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 
Tropidonophis statisticus

Papuan Montane Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)
  *
Acanthophis laevis

Smooth-scaled Death Adder

Shea & Sadlier 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aspidomorphus (Papuan Crowned Snakes)
 
Aspidomorphus lineaticollis

Striped Crowned Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1967 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aspidomorphus muelleri

Mount Lamantsiro Crowned Snake

Brongersma 1934 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aspidomorphus schlegelii

Misool Crowned Snake

Brongersma 1934 Kraus 2013 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Demansia (Sahul Whip Snakes)
 
Demansia vestigiata

Lesser Black Whip Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 [as D. atra] Shea 1998
Genus Furina (Australian Naped Snakes)
 
Furina tristis

Grey-naped Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Micropechis (Papuan Small-eyed Snake)
 
Micropechis ikaheka

Papuan Small-eyed Snake

Austin 2006 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
Genus Oxyuranus (Taipans)
 
Oxyuranus scutellatus

Eastern Taipan

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Pseudechis (Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes)
 
Pseudechis papuanus

Papuan Black Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017 O'Shea 1996
Genus Pseudonaja (Australian Brown Snakes)
 
Pseudonaja textilis

Eastern Brown Snake

O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Doria, Petri & Kaiser 2016 Williams, O'Shea, Daguerre, Pook, Wuster, Hayden, McVay, Paiva, Matainaho, Winkel & Austin 2008
Genus Rhinoplocephalus (Australian Small-eyed Snakes)
 
Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus

Australian Black-striped Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Toxicocalamus (Papuan Worm-eating Snakes)
  *
Toxicocalamus atratus

Kundiawa Worm-eating Snake

Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022
  *
Toxicocalamus buergersi

Northern New Guinean Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus cratermontanus

Crater Mountain Worm-eating Snake

Kraus 2017
 
Toxicocalamus ernstmayri

Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake

O'Shea, Herlihy, Paivu, Parker, Richards & Kaiser 2018 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus lamingtoni

Mount Lamington Worm-eating Snake

Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022
  *
Toxicocalamus longhagen

Mount Hagen Worm-eating Snake

Roberts, Iova & Austin 2022
 
Toxicocalamus loriae

Haveri Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2009 Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022 McDowell 1969 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus mattisoni

Mount Simpson Worm-eating Snake

Kraus 2020
  *
Toxicocalamus nymani

Sattelberg Worm-eating Snake

Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022
  *
Toxicocalamus pachysomus

Milne Bay Worm-eating Snake

Kraus 2009 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
 
Toxicocalamus preussi

Sepik Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus pumehanae

Managalas Plateau Worm-eating Snake

O'Shea, Allison & Kaiser 2018
  *
Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus

Spotted Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus

Saiko Worm-eating Snake

Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022
 
Toxicocalamus stanleyanus

Mount Stanley Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
  *
Toxicocalamus vertebralis

Fungoi Worm-eating Snake

Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)
 
Aipysurus duboisi

Reef Shallows Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Aipysurus eydouxii

White-spotted Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aipysurus laevis

Olive Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as H. fasciatus] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as H. fasciatus]
 
Hydrophis curtus

Short Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis czeblukovi

Fine-spined Sea Snake

Kharin & Hallermann 2010
 
Hydrophis elegans

Bar-bellied Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as H. cyanocinctus]
 
Hydrophis kingii

Spectacled Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis macdowelli

Small-headed Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis major

Olive-headed Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis melanosoma

Black-banded Robust Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis ornatus

Reef Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis pacificus

Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis peronii

Horned Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Hydrophis schistosus

Beaked Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis stokesii

Large-headed Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
  *
Hydrophis vorisi

Southern Estuarine Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014
 
Hydrophis zweifeli

Sepik Beaked Sea Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 O'Shea 1996
  *
Laticauda guineai

Papuan Sea Krait

Gherghel, Papes, Brischoux, Sahlean & Strugariu 2016 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Shea & Kraus 2007
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

O'Shea 1996
Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)
 
Microcephalophis gracilis

Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake

O'Shea 1996
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
 
Gerrhopilus depressiceps

Lowland Beaked Blind Snake

Kraus 2017 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
 
Gerrhopilus flavinotatus

Menemsore Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
  *
Gerrhopilus fredparkeri

Korobosea Blind Snake

McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1996
  *
Gerrhopilus inornatus

Papuan Montane Blind Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1996 Wynn 2021
 
Gerrhopilus lorealis

Bulolo Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
  *
Gerrhopilus mcdowelli

Southern Papuan Blind Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Shea & Kraus 2007 Wallach 1996
 
Gerrhopilus papuanorum

Bunisi Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
 
Gerrhopilus polyadenus

Oro Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
 
Gerrhopilus slapcinskyi

Dunch River Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
 
Gerrhopilus wallachi

Afore Blind Snake

Kraus 2023
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Djokoiskandarus (Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake)
 
Djokoiskandarus annulatus

Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake

Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 O'Shea 1996
Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)
 
Fordonia leucobalia

White-bellied Mangrove Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Myron (Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes)
 
Myron richardsonii

Eastern Mangrove Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Pseudoferania (Australian Mud Snake)
 
Pseudoferania polylepis

Australian Mud Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 O'Shea 1996
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Antaresia (Australian Dwarf Pythons)
 
Antaresia papuensis

Papuan Spotted Python

Esquerre, Donnellan, Pavon-Vazquez, Fenker & Keogh 2021 Natusch & Lyons 2011 [as maculosa] O'Shea, Sprackland & Bigilale 2004 [as maculosa] Schleip & O'Shea 2010 [as maculosa] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as maculosa]
Genus Leiopython (White-lipped Pythons)
 
Leiopython albertisii

Northern White-lipped Python

Kraus 2013 Schleip 2008
 
Leiopython fredparkeri

Southern White-lipped Python

Schleip 2008 Schleip 2014 [as meridionalis]
Genus Liasis (Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python)
 
Liasis fuscus

Brown Water Python

O'Shea 1996
 
Liasis papuanus

Papuan Olive Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Morelia (Carpet Pythons and allies)
 
Morelia azurea

Northern Green Tree Python

Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020 Rawlings & Donellan 2003 [as viridis, northern population]
 
Morelia spilota

Carpet Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
 
Morelia viridis

Southern Green Tree Python

Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia amethistina

Amethystine Python

Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996
 
Simalia boeleni

Black Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2013 O'Shea 1996
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Acutotyphlops (Sharp-nosed Blind Snakes)
 
Acutotyphlops solomonis

Bougainville Blunt-nosed Blind Snake

McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Anilios (Australian Blind Snakes)
 
Anilios erycinus

Northern Papuan Blind Snake

Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios leucoproctus

White-tailed Blind Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios torresianus

Torres Blind Snake

McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as polygrammicus] McDowell 1974 [as polygrammicus] O'Shea 1996 [as polygrammicus]

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle)
Genus Carettochelys (Pig-nosed Turtle)
 
Carettochelys insculpta

Pig-nosed Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges, Doody, Eisemberg, Alacs & Rose 2008 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Chelodina (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)
  *
Chelodina ipudinapi

Aramia Snake-necked Turtle

Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022
 
Chelodina novaeguineae

Papuan Snake-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Chelodina parkeri

Mawa Snake-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
  *
Chelodina pritchardi

Kemp Welch River Snake-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Chelodina reimanni

Merauke Snake-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Chelodina rugosa

Northern Australian Snake-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Iverson 1992 [as siebenrocki] Kennett, Fordham, Alacs, Corey & Georges 2014 [as oblonga] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 [as oblonga] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as siebenrocki]
Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)
 
Elseya branderhorsti

White-bellied Snapping Turtle

Allison 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015
 
Elseya rhodini

Southern Papuan Snapping Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015
 
Elseya schultzei

Northern Papuan Snapping Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015
Genus Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles)
 
Emydura subglobosa

Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 McDowell 1983 [as australis] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Spring 1980
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Hediger 1934 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
Genus Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)
 
Natator depressus

Flatback Sea Turtle

Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tapilatu & Tiwari 2007
 Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)
 
Pelochelys bibroni

Southern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Webb 1995 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Pelochelys signifera

Northern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle

Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 [as cantorii] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 [as cantorii] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Webb 1995 [as cantorii] Webb 2002