List of reptiles of Tasmania

This is a list of reptiles occurring in Tasmania:

Order: Squamata (lizards and snakes)

Lizards

Image Scientific name Distribution
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

Snakes

Image Scientific name Distribution
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)

Image Scientific name Distribution
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

  1. ^ "Freshwater Turtles | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania". nre.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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