THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - NORFOLK ISLAND

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
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REPTILES OF NORFOLK ISLAND
(AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY)

GECKOS

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SKINKS

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COLUBRIDS

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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

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

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LINKS OF INTEREST

Norfolk Island

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Sea Snakes
School of Biomedical Sciences

Australian Sea Snakes
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AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

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REPTILES OF NORFOLK ISLAND (AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY)

GECKOS

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name

Distribution

Lord Howe Island Southern Gecko

LHI , NI

Hemidactylus frenatus

CI, CKI, LHI, NI, NT, Qld, WA, NSW, Vic?

SKINKS

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name

Distribution

Lord Howe Island Skink

COLUBRIDS

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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

Distribution

Lycodon capucinus

CI (Possibly introduced), South East Asia

BLIND SNAKES

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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

Distribution

Indotyphlops (was Ramphotyphlops) braminus

NT, Qld, WA, CI, CKI (Introduced to Australia)

S.E. Asia, Pacific Islands

Christmas Island Blind Snake

Ramphotyphlops exocoeti

CI

SEA SNAKES

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?

Common Name

Scientific Name

Distribution

Hydrophis (was Pelamis) platurus platurus

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA, CKI, CI, NI, LHI, SA?

SEA TURTLES

Common Name

Scientific Name (Subgenus in parentheses)

Distribution (Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Caretta caretta gigas

(All States)

Chelonia mydas japonica

(All States)

Eretmochelys imbricata bissa

(NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic)

Lepidochelys olivacea

(NT, Qld?, WA, Vic, SA?)

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

HYBRIDS Note that these hybrids occur in the wild

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

Sea Snakes of Australia MESA Sea Snakes School of Biomedical Sciences

Australian Sea Snakes Facebook

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AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Australian Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles

REPTILES OF NORFOLK ISLAND
(AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY)

Family Elapidae
Subfamily Hydrophiinae (True Sea Snakes)

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?

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

Distribution
(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

HYBRIDS

Note that these hybrids occur in the wild

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)

LINKS OF INTEREST

Norfolk Island

Sea Snakes of Australia
MESA

Sea Snakes
School of Biomedical Sciences

Australian Sea Snakes
Facebook

OTHER LINKS

F i n d a R a n d o m S p e c i e s o f A u s t r a l i a n R e p t i l e

Visit the Australian Herpetology Website

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