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Common Names of Australian
Reptiles
TURTLES & TORTOISES
Based on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS) - Reptiles Version 8.1 - 15 June 1995 - Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)
Common
names and cross references added by J W Hardy, Coordinator Wildlife Licensing,
Biodiversity Management Unit, NPWS in July 1997 (Nomenclatural changes updated 1
August 2002)
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N.B. Scientific names
generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians
of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals -
Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann
and Michael Tyler 1996.
Common names have been added
by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by
reptile keepers. Where more than
one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals -
Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann
and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular
literature including Reptiles and
Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of
New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.
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NSW NPWS
Species
Licence
Code Scientific
Name
Taxonomic Description
Common Name
Distribution
Class
REPTILES
Cheloniidae - sea
turtles
Q2004 Caretta
caretta
(Linnaeus,1758)
Loggerhead Turtle
NT,Qld,Tas,WA
P
W2007 Chelonia
mydas
(Linnaeus,1758)
Green Turtle
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
Chelonia depressa
(see Natator depressus)
A2008
Eretmochelys imbricata
(Linnaeus,1766)
Hawksbill Turtle
NSW(?),NT,Qld,Tas,
P
WA
Z2011
Lepidochelys olivacea
(Eschscholtz,1829)
Olive Ridley
NT,Qld,WA
P
Pacific Ridley Turtle
U2006
Natator depressus
(Garman,1880)
Flatback Turtle
NSW(?),NT,Qld,WA
P
Dermochelyidae - sea
turtle
S2013
Dermochelys coriacea
(Vandelli,1761)
Leathery Turtle
NSW,NT,Qld,Tas,WA
P
Luth Turtle
Crocodylidae - crocodiles
K2001
Crocodylus johnstoni
Krefft,1873
Freshwater Crocodile
NT,Qld,WA
P
Johnstone River Crocodile
M2002 Crocodylus
porosus
Schneider,1801
Estuarine Crocodile
NT,Qld,WA
P
Saltwater Crocodile
Colubridae - tree and water
snakes
Boiga fusca
Northern Brown Tree Snake
Qld,NT,WA
U2630 Boiga
irregularis
(Merrem,1802)
Eastern Brown Tree Snake
NSW,Qld
1
Brown Tree Snake
Northern Barred Tree Snake
W2631 Cerberus
rhynchops
(Schneider,1799)
Bockadam
NT,Qld,WA
A2632
Dendrelaphis calligastra
(Günther,1867)
Northern Tree Snake
Qld
3
C2633
Dendrelaphis punctulata
(Gray,1827)
Green Tree Snake
NSW,NT,Qld,WA
1
Common Tree Snake
E2634
Enhydris polylepis
(Fischer,1886)
Macleay's Water Snake
NT,Qld
3
Y2636
Fordonia leucobalia
(Schlegel,1837)
White-bellied Mangrove Snake
NT,Qld,WA
S2005
Lycodon capucinus
Boie,1827
Common Wolf Snake
CI
K2637 Myron
richardsonii
Gray,1849
Richardson's Mangrove Snake
NT,WA
M2638 Stegonotus
cucullatus
(Duméril,Bibron & Duméril,1854) Slaty-grey Snake
NT,Qld
1
Z2639
Stegonotus parvus
(Meyer,1874)
Slate-brown Snake
Qld(Murray Island)
K2629
Tropidonophis mairii
(Gray,1841)
Keelback Snake
NSW,NT,Qld,WA
3
Freshwater Snake
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