List of reptiles of Tasmania
Appearance
This is a list of reptiles occurring in Tasmania:
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Rankinia diemensis, mountain dragon | ||
Bassiana duperreyi, eastern three-lined skink | ||
Cyclodomorphus casuarinae, she-oak skink | Tasmania | |
Egernia whitii, White's skink | ||
Eulamprus tympanum, southern water skink | New South Wales, Victoria and Rodondo Island, Tasmania | |
Lampropholis delicata, delicate skink | Eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii, and Lord Howe Island. | |
Lerista bougainvillii, Bougainville's skink | South-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania | |
Carinascincus ocellatus, spotted skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus microlepidotus, southern snow skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus greeni, alpine cool-skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus metallicus, metallic skink | Southern Victoria and Tasmania | |
Carinascinus orocryptus, Tasmanian mountain skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus palfreymani, Pedra Branca skink | Pedra Branca, Tasmania | |
Pseudomoia entrecasteauxii, southern grass skink | ||
Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, southern grass tussock skink | ||
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, glossy grass skink | New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania | |
Tiliqua nigrolutea, blotched blue-tongued lizard | New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania |
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Austrelaps superbus, lowland copperhead | South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania | |
Drysdalia coronoides, white-lipped snake | South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania | |
Hydrophis platurus, yellow-bellied sea snake | Tropics. Reported sightings in colder waters such as California, New Zealand, and Tasmania. | |
Notechis scutatus, tiger snake | Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania |
Order: Testudines (turtles and tortoises)
[edit]Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtle | ||
Chelodina longicollis, eastern-long necked turtle | East Australia, introduced to Tasmania[1] | |
Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle | ||
Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback sea turtle |
References
[edit]- ^ "Freshwater Turtles | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania". nre.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment". Retrieved 4 May 2014.