Reptiles of
Northern Territory [Australia]

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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)
 
Crocodylus johnstoni

Australian Freshwater Crocodile

Cogger 2014 Ross (ed.) 1989
 
Crocodylus porosus

Saltwater Crocodile

Cogger 2014 Ross (ed.) 1989 Wilson & Swan 2010

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Amphibolurus (Southern Lashtail Dragons)
 
Amphibolurus centralis

Centralian Lashtail Dragon

Cogger 2014 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018 Shea & Sadlier 1999
Genus Chelosania (Chameleon Dragon)
 
Chelosania brunnea

Chameleon Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Chlamydosaurus (Frilled Lizard)
 
Chlamydosaurus kingii

Frilled Lizard

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Pepper, Hamilton, Merkling, Svedin, Cser, Catullo, Pryke & Keogh 2017 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Cryptagama (Gravel Dragon)
 
Cryptagama aurita

Gravel Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Ctenophorus (Comb Dragons)
 
Ctenophorus clayi

Black-shouldered Ground Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenophorus isolepis

Central Military Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Ctenophorus nuchalis

Central Netted Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Ctenophorus pictus

Painted Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Ctenophorus reticulatus

Western Netted Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Ctenophorus rufescens

Rusty Crevice Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenophorus slateri

Hermannsburg Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Storr 1967 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Diporiphora (Two-pored Dragons)
  *
Diporiphora bilineata

Northern Two-lined Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Diporiphora granulifera

Granulated Two-lined Dragon

Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty 2019
 
Diporiphora lalliae

Northern Deserts Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Diporiphora magna

Yellow-sided Two-lined Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Diporiphora paraconvergens

Grey-striped Western Desert Dragon

Cogger 2014
 
Diporiphora perplexa

Kimberley Rock Dragon

Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty 2019
 
Diporiphora sobria

Northern Savannah Two-pored Dragon

Cogger 1996 [as albilabris] Cogger 2014 [as albilabris] Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty 2019 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as albilabris]
 
Diporiphora winneckei

Canegrass Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Doughty, Kealley & Melville 2012
Genus Gowidon (Long-nosed Dragon)
 
Gowidon longirostris

Long-nosed Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018
Genus Lophognathus (Northern Lashtail Dragons)
 
Lophognathus gilberti

Top End Lashtail Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018
 
Lophognathus horneri

Earspot Lashtail Dragon

Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018
Genus Moloch (Moloch)
 
Moloch horridus

Moloch

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Pogona (Bearded Dragons)
 
Pogona minor

Dwarf Bearded Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Pogona vitticeps

Central Bearded Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
Genus Tropicagama (Northern Water Dragon)
 
Tropicagama temporalis

Northern Water Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018
Genus Tympanocryptis (Australian Earless Dragons)
 
Tympanocryptis centralis

Centralian Earless Dragon

Cogger 2014 Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson 2019 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Tympanocryptis intima

Smooth-snouted Earless Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Tympanocryptis macra

Savannah Earless Dragon

Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson 2019 Storr 1982
  *
Tympanocryptis rustica

Tennant Creek Pebble Dragon

Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson 2019
 
Tympanocryptis tetraporophora

Long-tailed Earless Dragon

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Tympanocryptis uniformis

Even-scaled Earless Dragon

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Carphodactylidae (Southern Padless Geckos)
Genus Nephrurus (Knob-tailed Geckos)
  *
Nephrurus amyae

Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko

Cogger 2014 Couper & Gregson 1994 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Nephrurus laevissimus

Pale Knob-tailed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Nephrurus levis

Three-lined Knob-tailed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Nephrurus sheai

Northern Knob-tailed Gecko

Cogger 2014 Couper & Gregson 1994 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Underwoodisaurus (Australian Barking Geckos)
 
Underwoodisaurus milii

Thick-tailed Barking Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014
 Family Diplodactylidae (Double-toed Geckos)
Genus Amalosia (Amalosia Velvet Geckos)
 
Amalosia rhombifer

Zigzag Velvet Gecko

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Couper, Keim & Hoskin 2007
Genus Crenadactylus (Australian Clawless Geckos)
 
Crenadactylus horni

Central Uplands Clawless Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Doughty, Ellis & Oliver 2016 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Crenadactylus naso

Northern Clawless Gecko

Cogger 2014 Doughty, Ellis & Oliver 2016 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Diplodactylus (Australian Ground and Stone Geckos)
 
Diplodactylus barraganae

Gulf Fat-tailed Gecko

Oliver, Couper & Pepper 2014
 
Diplodactylus conspicillatus

Variable Fat-tailed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Oliver, Couper & Pepper 2014 Wilson 2005
 
Diplodactylus galeatus

Mesa Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Diplodactylus hillii

Northern Fat-tailed Gecko

Longman 1915 Oliver, Couper & Pepper 2014
 
Diplodactylus laevis

Desert Fat-tailed Gecko

Oliver, Couper & Pepper 2014
 
Diplodactylus tessellatus

Tessellated Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
Genus Lucasium (Beaded Geckos)
 
Lucasium byrnei

Gibber Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson 2005
 
Lucasium damaeum

Eastern Beaded Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Lucasium immaculatum

Pale-striped Ground Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Lucasium microplax

Andamooka Ground Gecko

Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper 2020
  *
Lucasium occultum

Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lucasium stenodactylum

Pale-snouted Ground Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Eastwood, Doughty, Hutchinson & Pepper 2020
Genus Oedura (Common Australian Velvet Geckos)
 
Oedura bella

Gulf Marbled Velvet Gecko

Oliver & Doughty 2016
 
Oedura cincta

Inland Marbled Velvet Gecko

Oliver & Doughty 2016
  *
Oedura gemmata

Jewelled Velvet Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Oedura gracilis

Gracile Velvet Gecko

Doughty & Oliver 2017
  *
Oedura luritja

Mereenie Velvet Gecko

Oliver & McDonald 2016
  *
Oedura marmorata

Northern Marbled Velvet Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Oliver & Doughty 2016 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Oedura nesos

Groote Eylandt Marbled Velvet Gecko

Oliver & Doughty 2016 [as bella] Oliver, Jolly, Skipwith, Tedeschi & Gillespie 2020
Genus Pseudothecadactylus (Australian Giant Geckos)
  *
Pseudothecadactylus lindneri

Northern Giant Cave Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Rhynchoedura (Beaked Geckos)
 
Rhynchoedura eyrensis

Eyre Basin Beaked Gecko

Cogger 2014 Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson & Keogh 2011
 
Rhynchoedura ornata

Western Beaked Gecko

Cogger 2014 Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson & Keogh 2011
 
Rhynchoedura sexapora

Northern Beaked Gecko

Cogger 2014 Pepper, Doughty, Hutchinson & Keogh 2011
Genus Strophurus (Spiny-tailed Geckos and Tail-squirters)
 
Strophurus ciliaris

Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Strophurus elderi

Jewelled Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
  *
Strophurus horneri

Arnhem Land Phasmid Gecko

Oliver & Parkin 2014
 
Strophurus intermedius

Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Strophurus jeanae

Southern Phasmid Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Strophurus krisalys

Mount Isa Spiny-tailed Gecko

Cogger 2014
 
Strophurus robinsoni

Northwestern Spiny-tailed Gecko

Cogger 2014 Smith 1995 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Strophurus taeniatus

Striped Phasmid Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Oliver & Parkin 2014
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
  *
Gehyra arnhemica

East Arnhem Land Dtella

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
  *
Gehyra australis

Western Top End Dtella

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
 
Gehyra borroloola

Borroloola Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Gehyra gemina

Plain Tree Dtella

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
 
Gehyra koira

Koira Dtella

Horner 2005 Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
  *
Gehyra lapistola

Litchfield Rock Dtella

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
 
Gehyra lauta

Gulf Tree Dtella

Oliver, Prasetya, Tedeschi, Fenker, Ellis, Doughty & Moritz 2020
  *
Gehyra minuta

Dwarf Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Gehyra montium

Watarru Spotted Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Gehyra moritzi

Corroboree Rock Spotted Dtella

Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2014
 
Gehyra nana

Northern Spotted Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Doughty, Bourke, Tedeschi, Pratt, Oliver, Palmer & Craig 2018 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Gehyra pamela

Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Gehyra paranana

Litchfield Spotted Dtella

Doughty, Bourke, Tedeschi, Pratt, Oliver, Palmer & Craig 2018
 
Gehyra pilbara

Common Pilbara Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Gehyra pulingka

Umuwa Spotted Dtella

Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2014
 
Gehyra purpurascens

Purple Arid Dtella

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014
 
Gehyra versicolor

Eastern Variegated Dtella

Bauer 1994 [as variegata] Cogger 2014 [as variegata] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as variegata] Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2014
Genus Heteronotia (Prickly Geckos)
 
Heteronotia binoei

Common Prickly Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Heteronotia fasciolata

Pale-headed Gecko

Cogger 1996 [as spelea] Cogger 2014 Pepper, Doughty, Fujita, Moritz & Keogh 2013
 
Heteronotia planiceps

Banded Prickly Gecko

Bauer 1994 Cogger 1996 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)
Genus Delma (Smooth-scaled Scaly-foots)
 
Delma australis

Marble-headed Snake Lizard

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974
 
Delma borea

Rusty-topped Snake Lizard

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Kluge 1974
 
Delma desmosa

Desert Snake Lizard

Cogger 2014 Maryan, Aplin & Adams 2007
 
Delma haroldi

Neck-barred Snake Lizard

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Delma nasuta

Long-nosed Snake Lizard

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Delma tincta

Black-necked Snake Lizard

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Kluge 1974
Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)
 
Lialis burtonis

Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Kluge 1974 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Ophidiocephalus (Bronzeback Snake Lizard)
 
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus

Bronzeback Snake Lizard

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Kluge 1974 McDonald 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Pygopus (Typical Scaly-foots)
 
Pygopus nigriceps

Western Hooded Scaly-foot

Cogger 2014 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001
 
Pygopus schraderi

Eastern Hooded Scaly-foot

Cogger 2014 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001
 
Pygopus steelescotti

Northern Hooded Scaly-foot

Cogger 2014 James, Donnellan & Hutchinson 2001
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Austroablepharus (Grassland Striped Skinks)
 
Austroablepharus kinghorni

Red-tailed Striped Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
  *
Austroablepharus naranjicaudus

Orange-tailed Striped Skink

Cogger 2014 Greer, Fisher & Horner 2004 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Bellatorias (Papua-Australian Giant Skinks)
  *
Bellatorias obiri

Arnhem Land Giant Skink

Cogger 1996 [as arnhemensis] Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 [as arnhemensis] Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia amax

Bauxite Rainbow Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Carlia gracilis

Slender Rainbow Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Carlia isostriacantha

Monsoonal Three-keeled Rainbow Skink

Afonso Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz 2017
 
Carlia munda

Striped Rainbow Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Carlia rufilatus

Red-sided Rainbow Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Carlia sexdentata

Northern Cape York Rainbow Skink

Cogger 2014 Donnellan, Couper, Saint & Wheaton 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Carlia triacantha

Desert Rainbow Skink

Afonso Silva, Santos, Ogilvie & Moritz 2017 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus australis

Inland Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007
  *
Cryptoblepharus cygnatus

Northern Territory Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Cryptoblepharus daedalos

Dappled Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Cryptoblepharus exochus

Noble Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Cryptoblepharus gurrmul

Arafura Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Cryptoblepharus juno

Lobby Creek Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Cryptoblepharus litoralis

Coastal Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Cryptoblepharus mertensi

Roper River Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Cryptoblepharus metallicus

Metallic Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007
 
Cryptoblepharus ochrus

Pale Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014
 
Cryptoblepharus pannosus

Ragged Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007
 
Cryptoblepharus ruber

Tawny Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Cryptoblepharus wulbu

Spangled Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Cryptoblepharus zoticus

Agile Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Ctenotus (Australian Comb-eared Skinks)
 
Ctenotus alacer

Lively Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus ariadnae

Pin-striped Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014
  *
Ctenotus arnhemensis

Arnhem Land Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus astictus

Numbulwar Unspotted Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1995 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus brooksi

Centralian Wedge-snouted Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus calurus

Blue-tailed Fine-snouted Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
  *
Ctenotus coggeri

Brown-backed Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus decaneurus

Ten-lined Striped Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Horner 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus dux

Narrow-lined Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
  *
Ctenotus essingtonii

Port Essington Striped Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus gagudju

Kakadu Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus grandis

Giant Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus greeri

Spotted-necked Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Ctenotus hanloni

Nimble Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus hebetior

Stout Striped Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Ctenotus helenae

Clay-soil Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
  *
Ctenotus hilli

Top End Lowlands Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus inornatus

Bar-shouldered Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992
 
Ctenotus joanae

Black Soil Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus kurnbudj

Alligator River Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus kutjupa

Pungkulpirri Comb-eared Skink

Prates, Hutchinson, Huey, Hillyer & Rabosky 2022
 
Ctenotus leae

Orange-tailed Fine-snouted Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus leonhardii

Common Desert Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus militaris

Soldier Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus nasutus

Long-snouted Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus olympicus

Saltbush Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Hutchinson & Donnellan 1999 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus pallescens

Northwestern Wedge-snouted Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus pantherinus

Australian Leopard Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus piankai

Coarse Sands Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Rabosky, Doughty & Huang 2017 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus pulchellus

Red-sided Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus quattuordecimlineatus

Fourteen-lined Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
  *
Ctenotus quirinus

Cadell River Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus regius

Pale-rumped Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Ctenotus rhabdotus

Kimberley Lined Comb-eared Skink

Rabosky, Doughty & Huang 2017
 
Ctenotus rimacolus

Victoria River Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner & Fischer 1998 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus robustus

Robust Striped Skink

Cogger 1996 [as borealis] Cogger 2014 [as borealis] Horner 1992 [as borealis] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as borealis]
 
Ctenotus saxatilis

Rock Striped Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Storr 1970 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus schomburgkii

Western Barred Wedge-snouted Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Ctenotus septenarius

Seven-lined Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Ctenotus spaldingi

Straight-browed Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus storri

Buff-striped Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus strauchii

Eastern Barred Wedge-snouted Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus striaticeps

Stripe-headed Fine-snouted Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus stuarti

Point Stuart Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1995 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus superciliaris

Sharp-browed Comb-eared Skink

Rabosky, Hutchinson, Donnellan, Talaba & Lovette 2014
 
Ctenotus taeniatus

Eyrean Comb-eared Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 [as C. brooksi aranda]
 
Ctenotus tanamiensis

Tanami Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Ctenotus tantillus

Kimberley Wedge-snouted Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Horner 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Ctenotus vertebralis

Scant-striped Skink

Cogger 1996 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Cyclodomorphus (Slender Blue-tongued Skinks and Pink-tongued Skink)
 
Cyclodomorphus melanops

Spinifex Slender Blue-tongued Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 [as branchialis] Shea & Miller 1995 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Egernia (Australian Greater Skinks)
 
Egernia eos

Central Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as depressa] Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan 2011 Horner 1992 [as depressa] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as depressa]
 
Egernia hosmeri

Northeastern Spiny-tailed Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Egernia stokesii

Gidgee Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
Genus Eremiascincus (Glossy Night Skinks and Sand Swimmers)
  *
Eremiascincus douglasi

Orange-sided Bar-lipped Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Eremiascincus intermedius

Northern Narrow-banded Sand Swimmer

Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan 2013
 
Eremiascincus isolepis

Northern Glossy Night Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Eremiascincus pallidus

Western Narrow-banded Sand Swimmer

Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan 2013
 
Eremiascincus phantasmus

Ghost Skink

Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan 2013
 
Eremiascincus richardsonii

Broad-banded Sand Swimmer

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Glaphyromorphus (Short-legged Mulch Skinks)
  *
Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus

Arnhem Land Mulch Skink

Horner 1992 Storr 1967 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Glaphyromorphus darwiniensis

Northern Mulch Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Lerista (Sliders)
 
Lerista aericeps

Desert Plain Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as xanthura] Horner 1992 [as xanthura]
 
Lerista bipes

Northwestern Sand Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Lerista borealis

Inland Kimberley Slider

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Lerista carpentariae

Carpentaria Fine-lined Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista desertorum

Greater Desert Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Lerista frosti

Centralian Slider

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista greeri

Southeastern Kimberley Sand Slider

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista griffini

Stout Sand Slider

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista ips

Robust Dune Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Lerista karlschmidti

Lesser Robust Fine-lined Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Couper, Amey & Wilmer 2016 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista labialis

Southern Sand Slider

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Lerista macropisthopus

Unpatterned Robust Slider

Cogger 2014
 
Lerista orientalis

Eastern Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Lerista rhodonoides

Mildura Slider

Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as muelleri] Horner 1992 [as muelleri] Smith & Adams 2007
  *
Lerista stylis

Arnhem Coast Fine-lined Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista taeniata

Ribbon Slider

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Lerista timida

Dwarf Three-toed Slider

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Liopholis (Australian Desert and Rock Skinks)
 
Liopholis inornata

Unadorned Desert Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Liopholis kintorei

Greater Desert Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Liopholis margaretae

Centralian Rock Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Liopholis slateri

Centralian Floodplains Rock Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Liopholis striata

Desert Night Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
 
Lygisaurus macfarlani

Translucent Leaf-litter Skink

Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Menetia (Australian Dwarf Skinks)
  *
Menetia alanae

Top End Dwarf Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Menetia concinna

Jabiluka Dwarf Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Menetia greyii

Common Dwarf Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992
 
Menetia maini

Northern Dwarf Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Morethia (Australian Striped Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Morethia boulengeri

Southeastern Snake-eyed Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Morethia ruficauda

Lined Fire-tailed Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Morethia storri

Top End Fire-tailed Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Notoscincus (Glossy Soil-crevice Skinks)
 
Notoscincus ornatus

Ornate Soil-crevice Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Notoscincus watersi

Centralian Soil-crevice Skink

Shea & Sadlier 1999 [as Notoscincus sp.] Wells & Wellington 1985
Genus Proablepharus (Slender Soil-crevice Skinks)
 
Proablepharus reginae

Western Soil-crevice Skink

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Proablepharus tenuis

Northern Soil-crevice Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua multifasciata

Centralian Blue-tongued Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Tiliqua occipitalis

Western Blue-tongued Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992
 
Tiliqua scincoides

Common Blue-tongued Skink

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Horner 1992 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus acanthurus

Common Spiny-tailed Monitor

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus brevicauda

Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
  *
Varanus citrinus

Gulf Ridge-tailed Monitor

Pavon-Vazquez, Esquerre, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan & Keogh 2022
 
Varanus eremius

Rusty Desert Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Varanus giganteus

Perentie

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Varanus gilleni

Pygmy Mulga Monitor

Aplin, Fitch & King 2006 Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus glauerti

Kimberley Rock Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus glebopalma

Black-palmed Rock Monitor

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Varanus gouldii

Sand Monitor

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Cogger 2014 Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Wilson & Swan 2010 Ziegler, Boehme, Eidenmuller & Philipp 2001
  *
Varanus insulanicus

Groote Eylandt Spiny-tailed Monitor

Cogger 1996 [as V. baritji] Cogger 2014 [as V. baritji] Mertens 1958 Pavon-Vazquez, Esquerre, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan & Keogh 2022 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as V. baritji]
 
Varanus kingorum

Pygmy Rock Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus mertensi

Kimberley Water Monitor

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Varanus mitchelli

Arnhem Land Water Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Varanus panoptes

Yellow-spotted Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
  *
Varanus primordius

Northern Ridge-tailed Monitor

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus scalaris

Australian Spotted Tree Monitor

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Varanus similis

Papuan Spotted Tree Monitor

Boehme 2003 Cogger 1996
 
Varanus spenceri

Plains Goanna

Cogger 1996 Cogger 2014
 
Varanus tristis

Freckled Monitor and Black-headed Monitor

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Arafura File Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Acrochordus granulatus

Lesser File Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Orlov & Ryabov 2002
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis punctulatus

Common Australian Bronzeback

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
 
Stegonotus australis

Australian Ground Snake

Cogger 2014 [as cucullatus] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as cucullatus] McDowell 1972 [as S. cucullatus] Wilson & Swan 2010 [as cucullatus]
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis mairii

Australian Keelback

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Malnate & Underwood 1988
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)
 
Acanthophis hawkei

Barkly Tableland Death Adder

Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wells & Wellington 1985
 
Acanthophis pyrrhus

Desert Death Adder

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Acanthophis rugosus

Rough-scaled Death Adder

Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as A. praelongus] Wuster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005
Genus Brachyurophis (Australian Shovel-nosed Snakes)
 
Brachyurophis fasciolatus

Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014
 
Brachyurophis incinctus

Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Horner 1998
  *
Brachyurophis morrisi

Arnhem Land Shovel-nosed Snake

Cogger 2014 Horner 1998 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Brachyurophis roperi

Northern Shovel-nosed Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Brachyurophis semifasciatus

Southern Shovel-nosed Snake

Cogger 2014
Genus Demansia (Sahul Whip Snakes)
 
Demansia angusticeps

Narrow-headed Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Demansia olivacea

Olive Whip Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Shea & Scanlon 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Demansia papuensis

Greater Black Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Shea 1998 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Demansia quaesitor

Sombre Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Shea & Scanlon 2007
 
Demansia rimicola

Channel Country Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Shea & Scanlon 2007
 
Demansia shinei

Frewena Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Shea & Scanlon 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Demansia simplex

Grey Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Demansia vestigiata

Lesser Black Whip Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as D. atra] Shea 1998 Wilson 2005
Genus Furina (Australian Naped Snakes)
 
Furina ornata

Orange-naped Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
Genus Oxyuranus (Taipans)
 
Oxyuranus scutellatus

Eastern Taipan

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Oxyuranus temporalis

Western Desert Taipan

Black, Beeby & Hutchinson 2020
Genus Pseudechis (Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes)
 
Pseudechis australis

King Brown Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017
 
Pseudechis weigeli

Western Dwarf Mulga Snake

Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Pseudonaja (Australian Brown Snakes)
 
Pseudonaja guttata

Speckled Brown Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Pseudonaja ingrami

Blue-mouthed Brown Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Pseudonaja mengdeni

Western Brown Snake

Cogger 2014 Skinner 2009
 
Pseudonaja modesta

Ringed Brown Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014
 
Pseudonaja nuchalis

Northern Brown Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Skinner 2009 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Pseudonaja textilis

Eastern Brown Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Skinner 2009
Genus Rhinoplocephalus (Australian Small-eyed Snakes)
 
Rhinoplocephalus pallidiceps

Northern Small-eyed Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Simoselaps (Australian Coral Snakes)
 
Simoselaps anomalus

Northern Desert Banded Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Simoselaps bertholdi

Southern Desert Banded Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014
Genus Suta (Australian Hooded Snakes and Curl Snakes)
 
Suta monachus

Inland Hooded Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Maryan, Brennan, Hutchinson & Geidans 2020
 
Suta ordensis

Ord Curl Snake

Cogger 2014 Storr 1984 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Suta punctata

Lesser Spotted Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Suta suta

Eastern Curl Snake

Cogger 2014 Storr 1984
Genus Vermicella (Bandy-bandys)
 
Vermicella annulata

Eastern Bandy-bandy

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Vermicella intermedia

Northern Bandy-bandy

Cogger 2014 Keogh & Smith 1996 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Vermicella multifasciata

Narrow-banded Bandy-bandy

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Vermicella vermiformis

Alice Springs Bandy-bandy

Cogger 2014 Keogh & Smith 1996 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)
 
Aipysurus duboisi

Reef Shallows Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aipysurus laevis

Olive Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aipysurus mosaicus

Mosaic Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as A. eydouxii] Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Emydocephalus (Turtle-headed Sea Snakes)
 
Emydocephalus annulatus

Annulated Turtle-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Smith 1926 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis curtus

Short Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis czeblukovi

Fine-spined Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis elegans

Bar-bellied Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis kingii

Spectacled Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Hydrophis macdowelli

Small-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 O'Shea 1996
 
Hydrophis major

Olive-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis ocellatus

Spotted Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 [as H. ornatus] Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as H. ornatus] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as H. ornatus]
 
Hydrophis pacificus

Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
 
Hydrophis peronii

Horned Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Guinea 1992
 
Hydrophis stokesii

Large-headed Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Hydrophis zweifeli

Sepik Beaked Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 [as Enhydrina schistosa] Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as Enhydrina schistosa]
Genus Parahydrophis (Arafura Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Parahydrophis mertoni

Arafura Smooth Sea Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus australis

Australian Dog-faced Water Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 [as C. rynchops] Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012
Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)
 
Fordonia leucobalia

White-bellied Mangrove Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
Genus Myron (Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes)
 
Myron richardsonii

Eastern Mangrove Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Murphy & Voris 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Pseudoferania (Australian Mud Snake)
 
Pseudoferania polylepis

Australian Mud Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Antaresia (Australian Dwarf Pythons)
 
Antaresia childreni

Faded Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Antaresia stimsoni

Large-blotched Python

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Aspidites (Shield-headed Pythons)
 
Aspidites melanocephalus

Black-headed Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Aspidites ramsayi

Sand Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Liasis (Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python)
 
Liasis fuscus

Brown Water Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as mackloti]
 
Liasis olivaceus

Australian Olive Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983
Genus Morelia (Carpet Pythons and allies)
  *
Morelia bredli

Centralian Carpet Python

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Morelia spilota

Carpet Python

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Nyctophilopython (Oenpelli Rock Python)
  *
Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis

Oenpelli Rock Python

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Anilios (Australian Blind Snakes)
 
Anilios bituberculatus

Prong-snouted Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios centralis

Centralian Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Storr 1984 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Anilios diversus

Northern Australian Blind Snake

Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios endoterus

Interior Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios fossor

Ruby Gap Blind Snake

Shea 2015
 
Anilios grypus

Black-tailed Beaked Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios guentheri

Top End Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Anilios kimberleyensis

Kimberley Shallow-soil Blind Snake

Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 
Anilios ligatus

Robust Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
  *
Anilios minimus

Groote Eylandt Dwarf Blind Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
  *
Anilios nema

Fannie Bay Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Shea & Horner 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Anilios nigricaudus

Daly River Blind Snake

Pyron & Wallach 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
  *
Anilios tovelli

Darwin Blind Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Anilios unguirostris

Claw-snouted Blind Snake

Cogger 2014 Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
  *
Anilios yirrikalae

Yirrikala Blind Snake

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Pig-nosed Turtle

Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Cogger 2014 Georges, Doody, Eisemberg, Alacs & Rose 2008 Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wells 2002 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Chelodina (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)
  *
Chelodina burrungandjii

Arnhem Land Snake-necked Turtle

Cogger 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Kennett & Georges 2000 Thomson, Kennett, Tucker, FitzSimmons, Featherston, Alacs & Georges 2011 Wilson & Swan 2010
 
Chelodina canni

Malogie Snake-necked Turtle

Cogger 2014 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Thomson 2002 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Chelodina kurrichalpongo

Darwin Snake-necked Turtle

Cogger 2014 [as oblonga] Fritz & Havas 2006 [as rugosa] Georges & Thomson 2010 [as rugosa] Joseph-Ouni, McCord, Cann & Smales 2019 Kennett, Fordham, Alacs, Corey & Georges 2014 [as oblonga] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 [as rugosa] Wilson 2005 [as rugosa]
 
Chelodina walloyarrina

Kimberley Snake-necked Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)
 
Elseya dentata

Northern Australian Snapping Turtle

Cogger 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
  *
Elseya flaviventralis

Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson & Georges 2016
 
Elseya lavarackorum

Gulf Snapping Turtle

Cogger 2014 Freeman, Thomson & Cann 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
Genus Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles)
 
Emydura subglobosa

Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle

Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Cogger 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 
Emydura tanybaraga

Northern Yellow-faced Turtle

Cogger 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 
Emydura victoriae

Northern Red-faced Turtle

Cogger 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Iverson 1992 [as australis] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Myuchelys (Sawshelled Turtles)
 
Myuchelys latisternum

Common Sawshelled Turtle

Freeman & Cann 2014 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Cogger 2014 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Limpus in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Limpus in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)
 
Lepidochelys olivacea

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Limpus in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010
Genus Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)
 
Natator depressus

Flatback Sea Turtle

Cogger 1992 Cogger 2014 Limpus in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Wilson & Swan 2010
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Limpus in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Wilson & Swan 2010 Wilson 2005