Field Guide/Reptiles/Australia

Australia has a large diversity of reptiles, with over 860 species. Australia has a large diversity of reptiles which can be dangerous to humans. The world's largest reptile, the Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), is native to Australia.

Reptiles
Common Name -	        Scientific Name
 * Amythystine Python 	(Morelia amethistina)
 * Arafura File Snake 	(Acrochordus arafurae)
 * Asian House Gecko 	(Hemidactylus frenatus)
 * Banded Sea Snake 	(Laticauda colubrina)
 * Barking Gecko 	(Underwoodisaurus milii)
 * Bearded Dragon 	(Pogona barbata)
 * Black Tiger Snake 	(Notechis ater)
 * Black-headed Monitor 	(Varanus tristis)
 * Black-headed Python 	(Aspidites melanocephalus)
 * Black-headed sea snake 	(Hydrophis melanocephalus)
 * Blind Snake 	(Ramphotyphlops braminus)
 * Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard 	(Tiliqua nigrolutea)
 * Blue Mountain Water Skink 	(Eulamprus leuraensis)
 * Blue-lipped Sea Krait 	(Laticauda laticaudata)
 * Blue-tailed Skink 	(Cryptoblepharus egeriae)
 * Bockadam 	(Cerberus rhynchops)
 * Boulenger's Skink 	(Morethia boulengeri)
 * Boyd's Forest Dragon 	(Hypsilurus boydii)
 * Brisbane Short-necked Turtle 	(Emydura signata)
 * Broad-Banded Sand Swimmer 	(Eremiascincus richardsonii)
 * Broad-headed Snake 	(Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
 * Broad-tailed Gecko 	(Phyllurus platurus)
 * Brown Tree Snake 	(Boiga irregularis)
 * Burton's Legless Lizard 	(Lialis burtonis)
 * Carpet Python 	(Morelia spilota)
 * Central Bearded Dragon 	(Pogona vitticeps)
 * Central Netted Dragon 	(Ctenophorus nuchalis)
 * Centralian Blue-tongue Lizard 	(Tiliqua multifasciata)
 * Centralian Carpet Python 	(Morelia bredli)
 * Chappell Island Tiger Snake 	(Notechis ater serventyi)
 * Children's python 	(Antaresia childreni)
 * Clawless Gecko 	(Crenadactylus ocellatus)
 * Coastal Carpet Python 	(Morelia spilota mcdowelli)
 * Coastal Taipan 	(Oxyuranus scutellatus)
 * Collett's Snake 	(Pseudechis colletti)
 * Common Blue Tongue 	(Tiliqua scincoides)
 * Common Scaly Foot 	(Pygopus lepidopodus)
 * Cunningham's Skink 	(Egernia cunninghami)
 * D'alberti's Python 	(Leiopython albertisii)
 * Desert Death Adder 	(Acanthophis pyrrhus)
 * Diamond Python 	(Morelia spilota spilota)
 * Dugite 	(Pseudonaja affinis)
 * Dwarf Bearded Dragon 	(Pogona minor minima)
 * Earless Dragon 	(Tympanocryptis tetraporophora)
 * Eastern Brown Snake 	(Pseudonaja textilis)
 * Eastern Dtella 	(Gehyra dubia)
 * Eastern Small-eyed Snake 	(Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens)
 * Eastern Snake-necked Turtle 	(Chelodina longicollis)
 * Eastern Three-lined Skink 	(Bassiana duperreyi)
 * Eastern Tiger Snake 	(Notechis scutatus)
 * Eastern Water Dragon 	(Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii)
 * Eastern Water Skink 	(Eulamprus quoyii)
 * Emerald Tree Monitor 	(Varanus prasinus)
 * Fierce Snake 	(Oxyuranus microlepidotus)
 * Flatback Turtle 	(Natator depressus)
 * Freshwater Crocodile 	(Crocodylus johnstoni)
 * Frilled Lizard 	(Chlamydosaurus kingii)
 * Garden Skink 	(Lampropholis delicata)
 * Giant Cave Gecko 	(Pseudothecadactylus lindneri)
 * Gilbert's Dragon 	(Lophognathus gilberti)
 * Gippsland Water Dragon 	(Physignathus lesueurii howittii)
 * Golden-crowned snake 	(Cacophis squamulosus)
 * Golden-tailed Gecko 	(Diplodactylus taenicauda)
 * Gould's Monitor 	(Varanus gouldii)
 * Green Python 	(Morelia viridis)
 * Green Tree Snake 	(Dendrelaphis punctulata)
 * Green Turtle 	(Chelonia mydas)
 * Hawksbill Turtle 	(Eretmochelys imbricata)
 * Heath Monitor 	(Varanus rosenbergii)
 * Hosmer's Skink 	(Egernia hosmeri)
 * Inland Carpet Python 	(Morelia spilota metcalfei)
 * Jacky Lizard 	(Amphibolurus muricatus)
 * Jungle Carpet python 	(Morelia spilota cheynei)
 * Keelback Snake 	(Tropidonophis mairii)
 * Kimberley Rock Monitor 	(Varanus glauerti)
 * King Island Tiger Snake 	(Notechis ater humphreysi)
 * King's Skink 	(Egernia kingii)
 * Krefft's River Turtle 	(Emydura krefftii)
 * Lace Monitor / Goanna 	(Varanus varius)
 * Land Mullet 	(Egernia major)
 * Lawson's dragon 	(Pogona henrylawsoni)
 * Leathery Sea Turtle 	(Dermochelys coriacea)
 * Little File Snake 	(Acrochordus granulatus)
 * Loggerhead Turtle 	(Caretta caretta)
 * Lowland Copperhead 	(Austrelaps superbus)
 * Mangrove Monitor 	(Varanus indicus)
 * Mertens' Water Monitor 	(Varanus mertensi)
 * Metallic Skink 	(Niveoscincus metallicus)
 * Mitchell's Dragon 	(Pogona mitchelli)
 * Mourning Gecko 	(Lepidodactylus lugubris)
 * Mulga Snake 	(Pseudechis australis)
 * Murray Turtle 	(Emydura macquarii)
 * New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle 	(Chelodina novaeguineae)
 * Nobbi Dragon 	(Amphibolurus nobbi)
 * Northern Blue-tongue 	(Tiliqua scincoides intermedia)
 * Northern Death Adder 	(Acanthophis praelongus)
 * Northern Red-throated Skink 	(Carlia rubrigularis)
 * Northern Tree Snake 	(Dendrelaphis calligastra)
 * Northern Water Dragon 	(Lophognathus temporalis)
 * Northwestern Carpet Python 	(Morelia spilota variegata)
 * Oblong Turtle 	(Chelodina oblonga)
 * Olive Python 	(Liasis olivaceus)
 * Ornamental Snake 	(Denisonia maculata)
 * Pacific Ridley Turtle 	(Lepidochelys olivacea)
 * Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink 	(Lampropholis guichenoti)
 * Perentie 	(Varanus giganteus)
 * Pig-nose Turtle 	(Carettochelys insculpta)
 * Pink-tailed Worm Lizard 	(Aprasia parapulchella)
 * Prickly Gecko 	(Heteronotia binoei)
 * Pygmy Copperhead 	(Austrelaps labialis)
 * Pygmy Mulga Monitor 	(Varanus gilleni)
 * Pygmy python 	(Antaresia perthensis)
 * Pygmy Rock Monitor 	(Varanus kingorum)
 * Red-bellied Black Snake 	(Pseudechis porphyriacus)
 * Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle 	(Emydura subglobosa)
 * Red-naped Snake 	(Furina diadema)
 * Ridge-tailed Monitor 	(Varanus acanthurus)
 * Robust striped skink 	(Ctenotus robustus)
 * Robust Velvet Gecko 	(Oedura robusta)
 * Rough-scaled Snake 	(Tropidechis carinatus)
 * Saltwater Crocodile 	(Crocodylus porosus)
 * Saw-shelled Turtle 	(Elseya latisternum)
 * Shingleback 	(Tiliqua rugosa)
 * Skink 	(Ctenotus pantherinus)
 * Southern Angle-headed Dragon 	(Hypsilurus spinipes)
 * Southern Death Adder 	(Acanthophis antarcticus)
 * Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko 	(Saltuarius swaini)
 * Southwestern Carpet Python 	(Morelia spilota imbricata)
 * Spencer's Monitor 	(Varanus spenceri)
 * Spotted Black Snake 	(Pseudechis guttatus)
 * Spotted Python 	(Antaresia maculosa)
 * Spotted Tree Monitor 	(Varanus timorensis)
 * Stimson's Python 	(Antaresia stimsoni)
 * Stoke's Skink 	(Egernia stokesii)
 * Storr's Monitor 	(Varanus storri)
 * Stripe-tailed Monitor 	(Varanus caudolineatus)
 * Striped Skink 	(Ctenotus taeniolatus)
 * Tasmanian Tree Skink 	(Niveoscincus pretiosus)
 * Tawny Dragon 	(Ctenophorus decresii)
 * Thorny Devil 	(Moloch horridus)
 * Tommy Roundhead Dragon 	(Diporiphora australis)
 * Two-toed Earless Skink 	(Hemiergis quadrilineata)
 * Velvet Gecko 	(Oedura lesueurii)
 * Wall Skink 	(Cryptoblepharus virgatus)
 * Weasel Skink 	(Saproscincus mustelinus)
 * Western Bearded Dragon 	(Pogona minor minor)
 * Western Blue-tongue Lizard 	(Tiliqua occipitalis)
 * Western Brown snake 	(Pseudonaja nuchalis)
 * Western Netted Dragon 	(Ctenophorus reticulatus)
 * White's Skink 	(Egernia whitii)
 * White-Lipped Snake 	(Drysdalia coronoides)
 * White-throated snapping turtle 	(Elseya albagula)
 * Woma Python 	(Aspidites ramsayi)
 * Wood Gecko 	(Diplodactylus vittatus)
 * Yellow Spotted Monitor 	(Varanus panoptes)
 * Yellow-Faced Whip Snake 	(Demansia psammophis)
 * Yellowbelly Sea Snake 	(Pelamis platurus)

Families
Family -	Common Names -	Example Species
 * Cheloniidae -	Sea turtles 	-Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 * Dermochelyidae -	Leatherback Sea Turtle -	Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
 * Chelidae 	-Austro-American Side-necked Turtles -	Common Snakeneck Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
 * Carettochelyidae -	Pig-nosed Turtle    -Pig-nosed Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
 * Gekkonidae -	Geckos-	Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) 	-
 * Pygopodidae -	Legless lizards -	Burton's Legless-lizard (Lialis burtonis)
 * Agamidae -	... -	Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)
 * Varanidae -	Monitors or goannas -	Lace Monitor (Varanus varius)
 * Scincidae -	Skinks -	Western Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)
 * Typhlopidae -	Blind snakes- 	...
 * Pythonidae -	Pythons -	Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
 * Colubridae 	-Colubrid snakes 	-Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)
 * Elapidae-...	-Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)
 * Hydrophiidae -	Sea snakes -...
 * Laticaudidae -	Sea kraits-...
 * Acrochordidae- File snakes -Arafura File Snake (Acrochordus arafurae)
 * Crocodylidae 	-Crocodiles -	Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni)