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Reptiles of Charters Towers local government area

Total number of species: 183

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status
Records Specimens Last
seen
Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA 6 1 31/12/1982
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q 5 0 14/10/2005
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q 1 0 31/12/2003
Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C QA 12 4 04/11/2013
Elapidae Brachyurophis sp. C QA 1 0 04/11/2002
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q 2 0 06/11/2013
Elapidae Cacophis harriettae white-crowned snake C QA 1 1 12/11/1980
Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C Q 14 3 14/05/2012
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA 19 1 12/11/2013
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI 7 2 25/05/2016
Elapidae Demansia papuensis greater black whipsnake C QA 3 3 09/10/2004
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA 23 4 19/05/2016
Elapidae Demansia sp. C QAI 2 2 01/09/1982
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q 8 1 29/05/2016
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI 18 8 21/11/2021
Elapidae Denisonia maculata ornamental snake V V Q 17 3 21/02/2016
Elapidae Furina barnardi yellow-naped snake C Q 1 0 05/11/2013
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA 4 1 31/05/2011
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA 19 8 24/05/2014
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I 8 1 07/03/2005
Elapidae Hoplocephalus bitorquatus pale-headed snake C QA 11 3 19/04/2016
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI 7 0 17/02/2016
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA 9 0 20/02/2016
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I 24 1 16/12/2016
Elapidae Pseudonaja guttata speckled brown snake C QA 1 0 31/12/1998
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis western brown snake C QA 1 0 24/01/2013
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded QA 9 6 22/03/1999
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI 29 11 05/09/2018
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA 16 7 04/11/2013
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA 5 2 14/04/2007
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI 39 9 19/04/2016
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I 3 0 18/04/2009
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI 53 11 05/08/2021
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I 3 0 10/04/2005
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I 34 14 29/04/2015
Boidae Antaresia childreni children's python C QA 1 1 31/12/1985
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA 29 3 28/06/2021
Boidae Antaresia sp. C QAI 1 1 01/01/1982
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA 37 6 08/10/2016
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA 31 4 01/05/2020
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q 11 0 28/09/2009
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI 8 7 31/05/2011
Typhlopidae Anilios broomi faint-striped blind snake C Q 1 0 20/09/2010
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA 6 2 19/04/2016
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA 3 0 28/09/2010
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI 1 0 23/02/2012
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI 22 0 23/11/2020
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA 5 2 24/01/2013
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI 12 5 12/11/2013
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q 134 54 26/11/2021
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA 103 2 19/06/2019
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q 145 107 17/01/2003
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q 46 8 20/05/2016
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q 43 11 26/06/2019
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis red-throated rainbow-skink C Q 94 18 23/11/2021
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q 134 31 30/05/2016
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI 50 29 05/08/2021
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA 22 2 17/07/2020
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q 7 0 04/03/1986
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q 5 0 19/05/2015
Scincidae Concinnia sokosoma stout bar-sided skink C Q 7 4 23/11/1998
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA 10 6 17/01/2003
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus adamsi Adams' snake-eyed skink C Q 38 0 26/11/2020
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C QA 23 0 19/04/2016
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA 28 16 17/07/2020
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus ragged snake-eyed skink C QA 31 21 27/05/2016
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus sensu lato Superseded QA 50 14 06/10/2000
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA 13 0 05/08/2021
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI 41 7 19/04/2016
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q 6 0 08/05/2014
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded QAI 62 40 01/05/2020
Scincidae Ctenotus eutaenius black-backed yellow-lined ctenotus C Q 36 12 02/06/2015
Scincidae Ctenotus hebetior stout ctenotus C QA 36 15 01/10/1999
Scincidae Ctenotus ingrami unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus C QA 5 0 02/04/2000
Scincidae Ctenotus nullum nullum ctenotus C Q 1 1 14/09/1984
Scincidae Ctenotus pantherinus leopard ctenotus C QA 12 6 25/09/1999
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI 2 0 19/04/2016
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI 112 30 24/11/2021
Scincidae Ctenotus strauchii eastern barred wedgesnout ctenotus C QA 37 17 05/04/2006
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA 84 29 05/08/2021
Scincidae Ctenotus terrareginae Hinchinbrook ctenotus C Q 37 0 23/11/2021
Scincidae Ctenotus zebrilla Southern Cape York finesnout ctenotus C Q 1 0 24/01/2013
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA 7 1 12/03/2016
Scincidae Egernia hosmeri Hosmer's skink C QA 3 2 31/12/1992
Scincidae Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V Q 2 1 13/11/1980
Scincidae Egernia striolata tree skink C QA 19 4 01/05/2020
Scincidae Eremiascincus fasciolatus narrow-banded sand swimmer C Q 1 1 15/11/1980
Scincidae Eremiascincus isolepis northern bar-lipped skink C QA 2 0 07/11/2013
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA 21 1 31/12/1998
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA 1 0 31/12/1985
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus cracens slender mulch-skink C Q 20 2 22/11/2021
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q 1 0 03/02/1985
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q 20 10 05/08/2021
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus sp. C QAI 1 1 31/12/1960
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA 4 2 20/01/1986
Scincidae Lampropholis similis C Q 49 2 02/11/2015
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA 1 0 31/01/1991
Scincidae Lerista cinerea vine-thicket fine-lined slider V Q 9 6 07/10/2016
Scincidae Lerista colliveri nubbined fine-lined slider E Q 35 29 17/01/2003
Scincidae Lerista hobsoni Hobson's fine-line slider NT Q 33 31 05/10/2016
Scincidae Lerista punctatovittata eastern robust slider C QA 13 1 05/11/2002
Scincidae Lerista rochfordensis Rochford slider E Q 5 5 11/02/2007
Scincidae Lerista sp. C QA 2 0 11/02/1999
Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C QA 7 0 06/10/2000
Scincidae Lerista vittata Mount Cooper striped lerista E V Q 85 82 31/12/1993
Scincidae Lerista wilkinsi two-toed fine-lined slider C Q 3 1 05/06/2011
Scincidae Lerista zonulata girdled slider C Q 2 1 08/10/2016
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q 78 52 12/03/2016
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus large-disced litter-skink C Q 9 0 07/10/2012
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus sensu lato Superseded Q 1 0 19/09/2010
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA 248 88 25/11/2021
Scincidae Lygisaurus macfarlani translucent litter-skink C QAI 1 0 25/09/2007
Scincidae Lygisaurus zuma sun-loving litter-skink C Q 33 1 22/11/2021
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA 132 53 08/10/2016
Scincidae Menetia maini northern dwarf skink C QA 2 0 19/07/1998
Scincidae Menetia sp. C QA 2 0 19/04/2016
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA 23 13 06/10/2000
Scincidae Morethia sp. C QA 1 0 29/04/2015
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q 144 52 05/08/2021
Scincidae Notoscincus ornatus ornate soil-crevice skink C QA 18 12 19/06/2019
Scincidae Praeteropus gowi speckled worm-skink C Q 4 2 31/12/1998
Scincidae Proablepharus tenuis northern soil-crevice skink C QA 18 2 04/11/2013
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q 73 6 24/11/2021
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q 89 2 21/11/2021
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q 6 1 02/03/2005
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA 1 0 04/12/2023
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA 11 2 17/09/2019
Varanidae Varanus acanthurus ridge-tailed monitor C QA 1 1 26/05/2004
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA 5 0 31/12/1998
Varanidae Varanus mertensi Mertens' water monitor E E QA I 3 2 26/05/2004
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA 6 0 16/02/2016
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI 30 3 21/11/2020
Varanidae Varanus storri Storr's monitor C QA 67 45 30/05/2016
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA 34 5 22/11/2021
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA 30 0 25/09/2020
Agamidae Amphibolurus burnsi Burns's dragon C QA 7 0 06/10/2000
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI 15 1 22/09/2020
Agamidae Ctenophorus nuchalis central netted dragon C QA 18 2 01/10/1999
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA 140 78 25/11/2020
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA 41 9 24/11/2021
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI 6 2 02/05/2015
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I 29 3 07/09/2020
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded QA 10 4 21/02/2016
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q 6 0 31/12/1998
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA 44 6 20/09/2023
Pygopodidae Delma labialis striped-tailed delma C Q 6 0 26/11/2020
Pygopodidae Delma mitella Atherton delma NT V Q 13 0 18/11/2021
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA 14 9 25/11/2020
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI 20 6 19/06/2019
Pygopodidae Paradelma orientalis brigalow scaly-foot C Q 3 0 06/10/2000
Pygopodidae Pygopus robertsi Cape York scaly-foot C Q 2 0 16/05/2012
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA 12 3 19/05/2016
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed gecko C Q 29 12 26/05/2016
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus gulbaru Gulbaru gecko CR CE Q 2 2 06/03/2001
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q 22 1 22/09/2019
Diplodactylidae Amalosia queenslandia Queensland zigzag gecko C Q 8 4 04/08/2020
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer sensu lato zigzag velvet gecko Superseded QA 36 0 26/11/2020
Diplodactylidae Amalosia saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q 2 2 08/09/2011
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus platyurus eastern fat-tailed gecko C Q 20 2 19/04/2016
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA 8 0 18/04/2014
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA 62 11 31/07/2020
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q 75 19 04/11/2022
Diplodactylidae Oedura coggeri northern spotted velvet gecko C Q 21 4 04/12/2015
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded QA 9 4 11/05/2016
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis ocellated velvet gecko C Q 42 3 26/11/2021
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded QA 8 3 18/04/2014
Diplodactylidae Oedura sp. C QA 1 1 30/09/1984
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ornata sensu lato beaked gecko Superseded QA 3 1 01/10/1999
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA 38 6 27/11/2020
Gekkonidae Gehyra catenata chain-backed dtella C Q 22 2 28/02/2001
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA 215 51 04/11/2022
Gekkonidae Gehyra einasleighensis Einasleigh rock dtella C Q 5 3 05/12/2015
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI 11 11 30/09/1984
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA 9 1 18/02/2016
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II 3 0 28/06/2019
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA 339 99 04/11/2022
Chelidae Chelodina canni Cann's longneck turtle C QA I 7 5 04/12/1981
Chelidae Chelodina longicollis eastern snake-necked turtle C QA I 3 1 08/10/2016
Chelidae Elseya irwini Irwin's turtle V V Q I 2 0 31/10/1993
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I 63 17 27/11/2021
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I 32 14 16/06/2019
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI 4 0 23/06/2019
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I 2 0 01/01/1979

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
Est. - Establishment
DNQ : Doubtfully naturalised in QLD
EXQ : Not native to QLD
FNQ : Formerly naturalised in QLD
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
NAQ : Naturalised in QLD
NNQ : Native and naturalised in QLD
NTQ : Native to QLD
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
SUQ : Status unknown in QLD
U : Unknown - native
UPQ : Unknown provenance in QLD
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
XA : Exotic (Intranational)
XI : Exotic (International)
XU : Exotic (Unknown)
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2025) Reptiles of Charters Towers local government area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 9 May 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=lga-charters-towers&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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