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Endangered Reptiles of Australia
Show reptiles in Australia with profiles available.
Show all reptiles of concern in Australia.
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Common Name Range ***
Adelaide Pigmy Blue-tongue Skink Australia
Allan's Lerista Australia
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle Papua New Guinea
Bardick Snake Australia
Blue Mountain Water Skink Australia
Brigalow Scaly-foot Australia
Broad-headed Snake Australia
Bronzeback Snake-lizard Australia
Brother's Island Tuatara New Zealand (Brother's Island)
Cantor's Giant Softshell Papua New Guinea
Chevron Skink New Zealand
Christmas Island Blind Snake Australia, Indian Ocean (Christmas Island)
Collared Delma Australia
Crocker's Sea Snake Solomon Islands
Dunmall's Snake Australia
Fitzroy River Turtle Australia
Fly River Turtle Australia, Papua New Guinea
Grand Skink New Zealand
Great Desert Skink Australia
Hamelin Ctenotus Australia
Lake Cronin Snake Australia
Lancelin Island Skink Australia
Lister's Gecko Indian Ocean (Christmas Island)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Australia
Long-legged Worm-skink Australia
Lord Howe Island Skink Australia, Indian Ocean (Norfolk Islands)
Lord Howe Island Southern Gecko Australia and Norfolk Island
Macgregor's Skink New Zealand
Mallee Worm-lizard Australia
Mary River Turtle Australia (Queensland)
Mount Cooper Striped Lerista Australia
Namoi River Snapping Turtle Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)
Ornamental Snake Australia
Otago Skink New Zealand
Parker's Snake-necked Turtle Papua New Guinea
Pedra Branca Skink Australia
Pernatty Knob-tail Australia
Pritchard's Snake-necked Turtle Papua New Guinea
Pygmy Copperhead Australia
Ramsay's Python Australia
Robust Skink New Zealand
Scree Skink New Zealand
Short-necked Turtle Australia
Small-scaled Skink New Zealand
Stephen's Island Gecko New Zealand
Striped Legless Lizard Australia
Striped Skink New Zealand
Striped Tailed Delma Australia
Tuatara New Zealand
Whitaker's Skink New Zealand
Yinnietharra Rock Dragon Australia
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**What reptiles are listed here?:

The Australia section of this site lists the folllowing reptiles appearing on select endangered species lists:
  • Reptiles that dwell in or migrate to any region found on the Australian continent and any nearby islands.
  • Reptiles that dwell in or travel to New Zealand and any nearby islands.
  • Reptiles that dwell in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands (east of Indonesia).

Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.

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