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Reptiles of South West Regional Plan

Total number of species: 161

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status
Records Specimens Last
seen
Elapidae Antaioserpens warro Warrego burrowing snake C Q 2 1 31/05/2014
Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C QA 4 0 08/10/2014
Elapidae Brachyurophis fasciolatus narrow-banded snake C QA 7 3 09/11/2011
Elapidae Brachyurophis incinctus unbanded shovel-nosed snake C QA 4 0 16/11/2012
Elapidae Cryptophis boschmai Carpentaria whip snake C Q 4 0 09/04/2014
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA 1 0 26/01/2005
Elapidae Demansia cyanochasma desert whip snake C QA 5 0 09/11/2011
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA 10 0 09/04/2014
Elapidae Demansia rimicola soil-crack whipsnake C QA 11 1 08/11/2011
Elapidae Denisonia devisi De Vis' banded snake C QA 21 4 22/03/2016
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA 10 0 28/04/2017
Elapidae Furina ornata orange-naped snake C QA 2 1 13/10/1995
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I 1 1 26/05/2004
Elapidae Hoplocephalus bitorquatus pale-headed snake C QA 5 0 09/04/2014
Elapidae Pseudechis australis king brown snake C QA 133 5 19/09/2017
Elapidae Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha strap-snouted brown snake C QA 42 2 14/10/2014
Elapidae Pseudonaja guttata speckled brown snake C QA 25 0 06/10/2011
Elapidae Pseudonaja mengdeni Mengden's brown snake C QA 32 0 09/11/2011
Elapidae Pseudonaja modesta ringed brown snake C QA 40 3 09/09/2017
Elapidae Pseudonaja nuchalis sensu lato western brown snake Superseded QA 35 3 10/12/2007
Elapidae Pseudonaja sp. C QAI 1 0 31/12/1996
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI 56 1 22/09/2017
Elapidae Suta dwyeri Dwyer's snake C QA 39 4 11/10/2014
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA 171 11 18/11/2020
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA 10 1 26/02/2014
Boidae Antaresia childreni children's python C QA 25 1 07/11/2012
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA 1 0 04/04/2011
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA 6 0 13/07/2011
Boidae Aspidites ramsayi woma NT QA 25 2 10/03/2016
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA 25 0 13/10/2014
Typhlopidae Anilios affinis small-headed blind snake C QAI 1 1 26/05/2004
Typhlopidae Anilios australis southern blind snake C QA 3 1 23/11/1975
Typhlopidae Anilios bituberculatus prong-snouted blind snake C QA 30 2 14/10/2014
Typhlopidae Anilios diversus northern blind snake C QA 1 1 30/12/1890
Typhlopidae Anilios endoterus interior blind snake C QA 6 0 09/11/2011
Typhlopidae Anilios grypus long-beaked blind snake C QA 1 1 26/05/2004
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA 8 0 17/10/2014
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA 2 0 30/04/1970
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI 8 0 05/11/2011
Typhlopidae Anilios unguirostris claw-snouted blind snake C QA 1 0 31/12/1998
Scincidae Anomalopus leuckartii two-clawed worm-skink C QA 4 0 09/04/2014
Scincidae Austroablepharus kinghorni red-tailed soil-crevice skink C QA 15 1 17/10/2014
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA 29 0 09/04/2014
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q 9 0 27/01/2005
Scincidae Carlia rubigo orange-flanked rainbow skink C Q 6 0 20/11/2013
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI 1 0 31/10/1995
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA 1 0 30/04/1970
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus australis inland snake-eyed skink C QA 48 2 18/11/2020
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus metallicus metallic snake-eyed skink C QA 4 0 05/11/2003
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pannosus ragged snake-eyed skink C QA 43 6 13/10/2014
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA 3 0 24/01/2005
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI 1 0 26/07/1995
Scincidae Ctenotus allotropis brown-blazed wedgesnout ctenotus C QA 11 1 09/04/2014
Scincidae Ctenotus ariadnae Ariadna's ctenotus C QA 1 0 09/11/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus hebetior stout ctenotus C QA 4 3 15/10/1996
Scincidae Ctenotus ingrami unspotted yellow-sided ctenotus C QA 20 1 18/11/2020
Scincidae Ctenotus inornatus bar-shouldered ctenotus C QA 26 0 09/11/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus joanae black-soil ctenotus C QA 3 0 21/10/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus leonhardii Leonhardi's ctenotus C QA 60 2 09/11/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus olympicus Olympic ctenotus C QA 2 2 07/11/1990
Scincidae Ctenotus pantherinus leopard ctenotus C QA 49 0 09/11/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA 147 6 18/11/2020
Scincidae Ctenotus schomburgkii Schomburgk's ctenotus C QA 84 6 18/11/2020
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI 16 0 09/11/2011
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI 121 6 03/09/2015
Scincidae Ctenotus strauchii eastern barred wedgesnout ctenotus C QA 72 5 18/11/2020
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniatus ribbon ctenotus C QA 24 3 16/10/1998
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus venustus saltbush slender bluetongue C QA 10 4 07/09/2011
Scincidae Egernia rugosa yakka skink V V Q 3 0 08/10/2009
Scincidae Egernia stokesii gidgee skink C QA 4 0 01/10/1976
Scincidae Egernia striolata tree skink C QA 43 2 23/07/2014
Scincidae Eremiascincus fasciolatus narrow-banded sand swimmer C Q 4 0 20/03/1993
Scincidae Eremiascincus phantasmus ghost skink C QA 58 2 08/11/2012
Scincidae Eremiascincus richardsonii broad-banded sand swimmer C QA 80 3 18/11/2020
Scincidae Eremiascincus sp. C QA 3 0 26/02/2014
Scincidae Lerista fragilis eastern mulch slider C Q 15 0 16/03/2012
Scincidae Lerista labialis southern sandslider C QA 5 4 04/11/2011
Scincidae Lerista punctatovittata eastern robust slider C QA 42 3 18/11/2020
Scincidae Lerista sp. C QA 1 0 31/12/1991
Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C QA 199 19 18/11/2020
Scincidae Lerista xanthura yellow-tailed plain slider C QA 1 1 22/08/1967
Scincidae Liopholis inornata desert skink C QA 3 1 27/11/1975
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA 21 0 09/04/2014
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA 117 5 17/10/2014
Scincidae Menetia sp. C QA 1 0 27/01/2005
Scincidae Morethia adelaidensis saltbush morethia skink C QA 7 0 17/09/1996
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA 258 14 18/11/2020
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q 9 0 13/05/2003
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q 1 0 07/11/2003
Scincidae Tiliqua multifasciata Centralian blue-tongued lizard C QA 22 1 09/11/2011
Scincidae Tiliqua rugosa shingle-back C QA 54 5 31/07/2018
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides eastern blue-tongued lizard C QA 4 0 04/11/2011
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA 28 1 28/04/2017
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA 142 4 15/10/2021
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA 8 0 31/10/2009
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA 42 1 19/09/2014
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA 14 0 13/10/2021
Agamidae Amphibolurus burnsi Burns's dragon C QA 55 4 10/10/2014
Agamidae Amphibolurus muricatus jacky lizard C QA 1 0 31/12/1962
Agamidae Amphibolurus sp. C QA 3 0 13/03/1976
Agamidae Ctenophorus isolepis military dragon C QA 15 5 09/11/2011
Agamidae Ctenophorus kartiwarru red-backed sand dragon C QA 9 3 20/03/1993
Agamidae Ctenophorus nuchalis central netted dragon C QA 172 8 01/03/2022
Agamidae Ctenophorus pictus painted dragon C QA 88 3 09/11/2011
Agamidae Ctenophorus slateri Slater's ring-tailed dragon C QA 1 1 12/08/1961
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA 2 0 17/10/1970
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA 27 0 23/07/2014
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI 1 0 23/09/1974
Agamidae Diporiphora winneckei canegrass dragon C QA 2 0 08/11/2011
Agamidae Gowidon longirostris long-nosed dragon C QA 1 0 23/09/1974
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded QA 50 8 31/10/2012
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA 91 3 18/11/2020
Agamidae Pogona vitticeps central bearded dragon C QA 382 26 08/11/2012
Agamidae Tympanocryptis darlingensis Darling earless dragon C QA 13 13 07/11/2015
Agamidae Tympanocryptis intima gibber earless dragon C QA 54 3 23/07/2014
Agamidae Tympanocryptis sp. C QA 6 1 18/11/2020
Agamidae Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Eyrean earless dragon C QA 59 8 15/11/2011
Pygopodidae Delma butleri unbanded delma C QA 21 0 09/11/2011
Pygopodidae Delma nasuta sharp-snouted legless lizard C QA 4 0 27/11/1975
Pygopodidae Delma sp. C QA 4 0 27/11/1975
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA 18 7 04/09/2011
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI 97 8 28/04/2017
Pygopodidae Paradelma orientalis brigalow scaly-foot C Q 15 0 09/04/2014
Pygopodidae Pygopus nigriceps sensu lato hooded scaly-foot Superseded QA 8 0 09/11/2011
Pygopodidae Pygopus schraderi eastern hooded scaly-foot C QA 33 3 30/10/2012
Carphodactylidae Nephrurus levis three-lined knob-tail C QA 104 5 21/03/2012
Carphodactylidae Underwoodisaurus milii thick-tailed gecko C QA 11 0 04/05/2003
Diplodactylidae Amalosia sp. C QA 1 0 25/06/2000
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus ameyi eastern deserts fat-tailed gecko C QA 22 1 18/11/2020
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus conspicillatus variable fat-tailed gecko C QA 13 1 12/10/2014
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus conspicillatus sensu lato fat-tailed diplodactylus Superseded QA 8 4 09/05/2011
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus tessellatus tessellated gecko C QA 46 9 18/11/2016
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA 14 1 09/04/2014
Diplodactylidae Lucasium byrnei Byrne's gecko C QA 3 0 07/09/2001
Diplodactylidae Lucasium damaeum beaded gecko C QA 15 3 08/11/2011
Diplodactylidae Lucasium microplax southern sandplain gecko C QA 13 1 06/02/1999
Diplodactylidae Lucasium steindachneri Steindachner's gecko C QA 66 2 07/10/2014
Diplodactylidae Oedura cincta inland marbled velvet gecko C QA 123 6 18/11/2020
Diplodactylidae Oedura elegans elegant velvet gecko C QA 34 2 09/04/2014
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded QA 1 0 17/04/1998
Diplodactylidae Oedura monilis sensu lato ocellated velvet gecko Superseded QA 1 0 04/05/2003
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura angusta border beaked gecko C QA 1 0 07/09/2001
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura eyrensis Eyre Basin beaked gecko C QA 1 0 07/11/2011
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura mentalis brigalow beaked gecko C Q 2 0 31/03/2016
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ormsbyi eastern beaked gecko C QA 103 31 18/11/2020
Diplodactylidae Rhynchoedura ornata sensu lato beaked gecko Superseded QA 45 1 29/08/2011
Diplodactylidae Strophurus ciliaris spiny-tailed gecko C QA 53 3 17/10/2014
Diplodactylidae Strophurus elderi jewelled gecko C QA 15 0 09/11/2011
Diplodactylidae Strophurus krisalys Kristin's spiny-tailed gecko C Q 12 0 18/08/2011
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA 49 10 18/11/2020
Gekkonidae Gehyra catenata chain-backed dtella C Q 10 0 23/07/2014
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA 26 5 28/04/2017
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI 3 1 14/10/2003
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA 348 32 18/11/2020
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA 204 27 29/06/2023
Chelidae Chelodina expansa broad-shelled river turtle C QA I 3 0 17/04/2020
Chelidae Chelodina longicollis eastern snake-necked turtle C QA I 30 5 12/03/2015
Chelidae Emydura macquarii emmotti Emmott's short-neck turtle C QA I 21 10 03/06/2021
Chelidae Emydura macquarii krefftii Krefft's river turtle C Q I 7 0 17/04/2020
Chelidae Emydura macquarii macquarii Murray turtle C QA I 43 4 22/09/2017
Chelidae Emydura sp. C QAI 1 1 10/04/1982

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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


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Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2025) Reptiles of South West Regional Plan, WetlandInfo website, accessed 28 May 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=regional-plan-south-west&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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