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Reptiles of Daintree River drainage sub-basin

Total number of species: 61

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC Est. Wetland
Status
Records Specimens Last
seen
Elapidae Acanthophis sp. C QAI 1 0 12/06/1997
Elapidae Cacophis churchilli northern dwarf crowned snake C Q 2 1 31/12/1993
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA 2 0 31/10/2003
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrostriatus black-striped snake C QI 1 1 26/05/2004
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA 1 0 12/06/1997
Elapidae Demansia vestigiata lesser black whipsnake C QAI 1 1 28/07/1976
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I 4 1 10/12/2013
Elapidae Oxyuranus sp. C QAI 1 0 12/06/1997
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I 7 0 10/05/2018
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA 2 0 31/12/1993
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI 5 3 15/02/2023
Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra northern tree snake C QI I 1 0 12/12/2005
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI 6 5 26/05/2004
Colubridae Stegonotus australis slaty-grey snake C Q I 3 0 22/10/2013
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I 4 3 26/05/2004
Boidae Aspidites melanocephalus black-headed python C QA 2 0 18/07/2017
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA 5 1 03/05/2004
Boidae Simalia kinghorni amethystine python (Australian form) C Q 9 1 08/05/2018
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI 4 0 15/02/2023
Scincidae Calorodius thorntonensis Thornton Peak skink C Q 12 6 29/08/2009
Scincidae Carlia crypta C Q 56 37 30/08/2019
Scincidae Carlia jarnoldae lined rainbow-skink C Q 1 0 12/06/1997
Scincidae Carlia longipes closed-litter rainbow-skink C Q 4 0 30/08/2019
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA 1 0 22/10/2016
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded Q 3 3 21/07/1976
Scincidae Carlia storri Storr's rainbow-skink C QI 1 1 31/12/1989
Scincidae Coeranoscincus frontalis limbless snake-tooth skink C Q 6 2 31/12/1993
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA 3 3 04/11/1983
Scincidae Concinnia tigrina yellow-blotched forest-skink C Q 10 3 16/11/2004
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus striped snake-eyed skink C Q 1 1 26/05/2004
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI 2 1 26/05/2004
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA 1 0 31/12/1993
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis brown-tailed bar-lipped skink C Q 5 3 30/08/2019
Scincidae Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis black-tailed bar-lipped skink C QAI 11 9 22/10/2013
Scincidae Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae prickly forest skink C Q 44 34 21/10/2013
Scincidae Lampropholis coggeri rainforest sunskink C Q 13 7 09/09/2010
Scincidae Lampropholis robertsi grey-bellied sunskink C Q 9 0 15/11/2004
Scincidae Lygisaurus laevis rainforest edge litter-skink C Q 12 1 09/12/2014
Scincidae Saproscincus basiliscus basilisk shadeskink C Q 21 14 10/12/2013
Scincidae Saproscincus czechurai wedge-snouted shadeskink C Q 3 0 13/11/2004
Scincidae Saproscincus lewisi Cooktown shadeskink C Q 3 2 30/11/2003
Scincidae Saproscincus sp. C QA 3 0 12/12/2005
Scincidae Saproscincus tetradactylus four-fingered shadeskink C Q 2 2 31/07/1976
Varanidae Varanus scalaris spotted tree monitor C QAI 2 0 26/02/2018
Varanidae Varanus semiremex rusty monitor C Q 1 0 31/12/1999
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA 10 1 26/02/2018
Agamidae Chlamydosaurus kingii frilled lizard C QAI 2 2 26/05/2004
Agamidae Diporiphora sp. C QAI 1 0 12/06/1997
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I 5 1 18/07/2017
Agamidae Lophosaurus boydii Boyd's forest dragon C Q 10 5 18/01/2016
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA 1 1 26/05/2004
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI 1 1 17/01/2003
Carphodactylidae Carphodactylus laevis chameleon gecko C Q 12 7 13/12/2017
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius cornutus northern leaf-tailed gecko C Q 13 3 13/02/2023
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA 3 3 26/05/2004
Gekkonidae Hemidactylus frenatus house gecko II 2 0 15/02/2023
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA 1 1 26/05/2004
Gekkonidae Lepidodactylus lugubris mourning gecko C QI 2 0 15/02/2023
Gekkonidae Nactus cheverti Chevert gecko C Q 2 1 26/07/1994
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I 2 0 13/06/2016
Crocodylidae Crocodylus porosus estuarine crocodile V QAI I 11 0 14/02/2023

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Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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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 Daintree River drainage sub-basin, WetlandInfo website, accessed 4 April 2026. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.detsi.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=sub-basin-daintree-river&Class=reptiles&Kingdom=animals

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