THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - NORFOLK ISLAND
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REPTILES OF NORFOLK ISLAND
(AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY)
GECKOS
Common Name
(Internal Links)
Scientific Name
Distribution
(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
Lord Howe Island Southern Gecko
Christinus guentheri
LHI
,
NI
Asian House Gecko (Introduced)
Hemidactylus frenatus
CI,
CKI,
LHI,
NI,
NT, Qld, WA, NSW, Vic?
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SKINKS
Common Name
(Internal Links)
Scientific Name
Distribution
(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
Lord Howe Island Skink
Cyclodina
(was
Pseudemoia and
Oligosoma
)
lichenigera
LHI,
NI
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COLUBRIDS
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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)
SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)
Distribution
Common Wolf Snake
Lycodon capucinus
CI (Possibly introduced), South East Asia
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BLIND SNAKES
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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)
SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)
Distribution
Flowerpot Blind Snake or Brahminy Blind Snake
Indotyphlops
(was
Ramphotyphlops
)
braminus
NT, Qld, WA, CI, CKI (Introduced to Australia)
S.E. Asia, Pacific Islands
Christmas Island Blind Snake
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
CI
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SEA SNAKES
Sea Snakes are often placed in their own family, however now many experts now consider them to be in the
Elapid family
All true Sea Snakes and Sea Kraits have a paddle shaped tail
All Sea Snakes and Sea Kraits all have fangs at the front of their mouths and most are believed to have extremely potent venom, however bites to humans are rare and snakes in the
Emydocephalus
genus are not considered dangerous due to a highly degenerated venom system!
Family
Elapidae
Subfamily
Hydrophiinae
(True Sea Snakes)
(Previously Family
Hydrophiidae
)
TABLE 1 - TRUE SEA SNAKES
THESE SNAKES ARE LIVEBEARERS THAT SPEND THEIR ENTIRE LIFE IN WATER
Common Name
Scientific Name
Distribution
Common Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Hydrophis (was Pelamis) platurus platurus
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA,
CKI,
CI,
NI,
LHI,
SA?
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SEA TURTLES
Common Name
Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)
DISTRIBUTION
(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)
Pacific Loggerhead Turtle
Caretta caretta
gigas
(All States)
Pacific Green Turtle
Chelonia mydas japonica
(All States)
Hawksbill Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata bissa
(NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic)
Pacific Ridley Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
(NT, Qld?, WA, Vic, SA?)
Leathery or Luth Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
(All States)
HYBRIDS
Note that these hybrids occur in the wild
Loggerhead Turtle
(Caretta caretta
)
×
Pacific Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
Loggerhead Turtle
(Caretta caretta
)
×
Kemp's Ridley Turtle (
Lepidochelys kempii
)
Loggerhead Turtle
(Caretta caretta
)
×
Hawksbill Turtle (
Eretmochelys imbricata
)
Loggerhead Turtle
(Caretta caretta
)
×
Green Turtles
(Chelonia mydas)
Hawksbill Turtle (
Eretmochelys imbricata
)
×
Green Turtles
(Chelonia mydas)
Hawksbill (
Eretmochelys imbricata
)
×
Pacific Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea)
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DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area
CI =
Christmas Island
CKI =
Cocos (Keeling) Island
NSW =
New South Wales
NT =
Northern Territory
Qld =
Queensland
SA =
South Australia
Tas =
Tasmania
Vic =
Victoria
WA =
Western Australia
NI =
Norfolk Island
LHI =
Lord Howe Island
ACT =
Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)
LINKS OF INTEREST
Norfolk Island
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Australian Sea Snakes
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