THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - CROCODILES

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REPTILES OF QUEENSLAND

COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

QUEENSLAND PYTHON SNAKES - Pythonidae

Qld ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

QLD SEA SNAKES - Hydrophiinae Laticaudidae Sea Kraits

FILE SNAKES - Acrochordidae

Qld BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

QUEENSLAND DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKO LIZARDS Gekkonidae

Queensland LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

Queensland MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Queensland

Qld CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

LISTING OF QUEENSLAND CROCODILES
Order Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)



Distribution Key

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Freshwater Crocodile

Crocodylus johnstoni (or C. johnsoni)

NT, Qld, WA

Estuarine or Salt-Water Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

NT, Qld, WA

Crocodile warning sign, Slade Point, 2016
Crocodile warning sign, Slade Point, Qld
Kerry Raymond, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons


DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the links below for more information

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
ESTUARINE (or Salt-Water) CROCODILE
(Crocodylus porosus)
John Fowler

Crocodylus johnstoni
Freshwater (Johnstone's) Crocodile
John Fowler

Crocodile Man - Steve Irwin
Crocodylus porosus
Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile
IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group

More Information about Australian Reptiles

Take a walk on the wild side with these crocodile encounters in Queensland


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OTHER LINKS

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Crocodiles and Alligators of the World

CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

Qld CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

LISTING OF NORTHERN TERRITORY CROCODILES

LISTING OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CROCODILES

Crocodiles
of The World

Crocodiles
of
Australia

Crocodiles
of
QLD

Crocodiles
of
NT

Crocodiles
of
WA




AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY


Reptiles of South Australia
REPTILES OF VICTORIA
REPTILES OF NSWREPTILES OF QUEENSLANDREPTILES OF NORTHERN TERRITORYREPTILES OF Western AustraliaReptiles of the ACT(Canberra)
Reptiles of Tasmania

Reptiles of South Australia

Reptiles
of
Victoria

Reptiles
of
NSW

Reptiles
of
Qld

Reptiles
of
NT

Reptiles
of
WA

Reptiles
of the
ACT

Reptiles of Tasmania




Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

Reptiles of Christmas Island

Reptiles
of Cocos Keeling Islands

Reptiles of Norfolk Island



Reptiles of Australia

Selection of Australian Frogs

Reptiles of the World

Amphibians of the World

Reptiles
of
Australia

Frogs
of
Australia

Reptiles
of
The World

Amphibians of the
World

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