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Reptiles of Townsville local government area

Total number of species: 163

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est.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 10 0 10/04/2016
Elapidae Acanthophis praelongus northern death adder C Q 7 1 31/12/1994
Elapidae Aipysurus laevis olive sea snake C QAI 3 3 26/05/2004
Elapidae Antaioserpens albiceps north-eastern plain-nosed burrowing snake C Q 6 0 31/10/1999
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q 5 0 31/10/1999
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA 15 0 04/04/2002
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI 8 4 17/01/2003
Elapidae Demansia papuensis greater black whipsnake C QA 2 1 20/10/2017
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA 5 0 18/01/2005
Elapidae Demansia sp. C QAI 1 0 31/03/1991
Elapidae Demansia torquata collared whipsnake C Q 22 4 23/10/2017
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI 29 5 15/04/2012
Elapidae Furina barnardi yellow-naped snake C Q 2 0 31/12/2003
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA 3 2 17/01/2003
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA 16 2 14/07/2009
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I 9 0 07/03/2005
Elapidae Hydrophis curtus spine-bellied sea snake C QAI I 16 15 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis elegans elegant sea snake C QAI I 23 23 26/05/2004
Elapidae Hydrophis kingii spectacled sea snake C QAI I 2 2 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis macdowelli small-headed sea snake C QAI I 3 3 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis major olive-headed sea snake C QAI I 6 6 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis ornatus spotted sea snake C QAI I 4 3 31/12/1998
Elapidae Hydrophis platurus yellow-bellied sea snake C QAI I 1 1 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis stokesii Stokes's sea snake C QAI I 4 3 31/12/1972
Elapidae Hydrophis zweifeli Australian beaked sea snake C QAI I 1 1 31/12/1972
Elapidae Microcephalophis gracilis slender sea snake C VI I 1 1 30/07/1882
Elapidae Oxyuranus scutellatus coastal taipan C QAI 10 0 16/07/2005
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I 25 1 16/12/2016
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded QA 4 0 31/12/2000
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI 14 2 15/04/2012
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA 3 3 17/01/2003
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA 2 0 31/12/1993
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA 1 0 14/10/2009
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI 37 1 22/03/2012
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I 3 0 18/12/2016
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI 90 11 21/06/2018
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I 3 1 21/10/2017
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I 75 7 20/10/2017
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus little file snake C QAI I 2 1 26/05/2004
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA 37 2 22/03/2012
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA 10 2 12/01/2021
Boidae Liasis fuscus water python C QAI 11 0 14/11/2014
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA 58 4 18/12/2016
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q 28 0 26/05/2000
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI 4 4 17/01/2003
Typhlopidae Anilios diversus northern blind snake C QA 1 0 31/10/1999
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA 1 1 17/01/2003
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI 4 2 05/04/2002
Typhlopidae Anilios torresianus north-eastern blind snake C QI 4 0 31/10/1999
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA 9 1 06/11/2001
Typhlopidae Indotyphlops braminus flowerpot blind snake II 4 1 15/03/2010
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI 11 0 10/09/2008
Scincidae Carlia decora elegant rainbow skink C Q 7 4 20/10/2017
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q 138 25 28/08/2020
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA 20 1 30/10/2009
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q 312 269 02/07/2010
Scincidae Carlia rhomboidalis blue-throated rainbow-skink C Q 18 0 23/10/2017
Scincidae Carlia rostralis black-throated rainbow-skink C Q 68 40 17/04/2009
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q 11 1 01/05/2013
Scincidae Carlia rubrigularis red-throated rainbow-skink C Q 40 21 11/10/2013
Scincidae Carlia schmeltzii robust rainbow-skink C Q 82 28 01/05/2013
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI 53 14 15/04/2012
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI 88 0 31/03/2002
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA 24 13 17/01/2003
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q 12 2 31/12/1993
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q 9 3 15/03/2010
Scincidae Concinnia martini dark bar-sided skink C QA 1 0 14/10/2009
Scincidae Concinnia sokosoma stout bar-sided skink C Q 18 17 23/10/2017
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA 24 2 17/01/2003
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus adamsi Adams' snake-eyed skink C Q 1 0 26/05/2015
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis coastal snake-eyed skink C Q 37 36 27/05/1976
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA 10 7 23/10/2017
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus ragged snake-eyed skink C QA 1 0 28/08/2020
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus sensu lato Superseded QA 2 0 26/09/1998
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA 2 0 04/03/2020
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI 2 0 21/05/2000
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q 12 0 01/05/2013
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded QAI 158 70 27/07/2006
Scincidae Ctenotus brevipes short-footed ctenotus C Q 1 0 31/01/1985
Scincidae Ctenotus eutaenius black-backed yellow-lined ctenotus C Q 4 2 31/12/2001
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI 2 0 15/10/2008
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI 93 14 17/05/2017
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA 51 10 28/03/2012
Scincidae Ctenotus terrareginae Hinchinbrook ctenotus C Q 1 0 31/12/1990
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA 16 1 31/10/1999
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA 20 0 11/10/2013
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA 1 0 27/09/2001
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus clandestinus Mt Elliot skink C Q 1 0 14/12/2013
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q 2 0 31/12/1993
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus punctulatus fine-spotted mulch-skink C Q 49 23 18/01/2012
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA 32 15 08/07/2009
Scincidae Lampropholis elliotensis C Q 6 4 14/12/2013
Scincidae Lampropholis mirabilis saxicoline sunskink NT Q 50 30 20/07/2017
Scincidae Lampropholis similis C Q 55 10 01/04/2012
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA 3 0 31/01/1991
Scincidae Liburnascincus mundivensis outcrop rainbow-skink C Q 3 3 02/10/1976
Scincidae Lygisaurus aeratus sensu lato Superseded Q 1 0 21/05/2000
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA 17 5 18/01/2012
Scincidae Lygisaurus laevis rainforest edge litter-skink C Q 2 2 10/10/1976
Scincidae Lygisaurus sesbrauna Eastern Cape litter-skink C Q 1 0 15/07/2000
Scincidae Lygisaurus zuma sun-loving litter-skink C Q 6 2 31/10/1999
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q 109 90 08/02/2012
Scincidae Praeteropus gowi speckled worm-skink C Q 12 10 31/12/1993
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus sadlieri Magnetic Island dwarf skink C Q 3 1 20/07/2017
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q 4 3 31/10/1999
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q 47 2 14/12/2013
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q 6 1 22/10/2017
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA 17 0 02/07/2010
Varanidae Varanus acanthurus ridge-tailed monitor C QA 1 1 17/01/2003
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA 28 0 31/12/2010
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA 6 1 20/10/2017
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI 22 1 11/01/2005
Varanidae Varanus semiremex rusty monitor C Q 8 3 26/05/2004
Varanidae Varanus sp. goanna C QAI 7 0 23/03/2019
Varanidae Varanus storri Storr's monitor C QA 3 2 17/01/2003
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA 5 0 28/11/2014
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA 43 1 28/08/2020
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI 40 3 02/11/2017
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA 135 45 28/08/2020
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA 4 1 30/10/2009
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI 3 0 17/01/2003
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I 14 1 28/10/2009
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q 3 0 03/12/1994
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA 3 1 28/10/2009
Pygopodidae Delma labialis striped-tailed delma C Q 10 0 18/07/2017
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA 24 12 08/07/2009
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI 44 9 14/03/2010
Pygopodidae Pygopus robertsi Cape York scaly-foot C Q 1 0 16/10/1997
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA 1 0 01/11/2005
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus asper spiny knob-tailed gecko C Q 1 0 21/12/1999
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus amnicola Mount Elliot broad-tailed gecko V Q 2 1 16/03/2010
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus gulbaru Gulbaru gecko CR CE Q 6 3 24/11/2018
Carphodactylidae Phyllurus sp. C QA 1 0 02/10/2009
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q 13 1 22/09/2019
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer sensu lato zigzag velvet gecko Superseded QA 26 11 02/12/2018
Diplodactylidae Amalosia robusta robust velvet gecko C QA 2 1 17/01/2003
Diplodactylidae Amalosia saxicola rock zigzag gecko C Q 18 12 02/12/2018
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus platyurus eastern fat-tailed gecko C Q 2 1 17/01/2003
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA 3 0 02/11/2005
Diplodactylidae Oedura castelnaui northern velvet gecko C Q 15 3 02/12/2018
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis ocellated velvet gecko C Q 13 4 02/12/2018
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded QA 7 2 17/01/2003
Diplodactylidae Oedura sp. C QA 1 0 31/12/1975
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA 4 2 02/12/2018
Gekkonidae Gehyra catenata chain-backed dtella C Q 1 0 24/02/1993
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA 116 17 02/12/2018
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI 4 2 29/07/2000
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA 1 1 15/05/1976
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II 45 6 04/03/2020
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA 159 61 02/12/2018
Chelidae Chelodina canni Cann's longneck turtle C QA I 12 6 25/08/2011
Chelidae Chelodina sp. C QAI 1 0 17/01/2003
Chelidae Elseya irwini Irwin's turtle V V Q I 3 1 30/04/1994
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I 61 22 12/12/2017
Chelidae Emydura macquarii macquarii Murray turtle C QA I 1 1 30/06/1971
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I 13 2 02/08/2015
Dermochelyidae Dermochelys coriacea leatherback turtle E E QAI 1 0 07/01/1966
Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas green turtle V V QAI 38 0 09/04/2021
Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata hawksbill turtle E V QAI 2 0 17/11/2005
Cheloniidae Lepidochelys olivacea olive ridley turtle E E QAI 9 0 18/08/2016
Cheloniidae Natator depressus flatback turtle V V QAI 6 1 06/01/2016
Crocodylidae Crocodylus johnstoni Australian freshwater crocodile C QA I 1 0 22/04/1990
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I 22 3 17/11/2011

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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 Townsville local government area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 27 May 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=lga-townsville&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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