THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA - CROCODILES

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS AND INFORMATION
Covering Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards, Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia.

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COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHON SNAKES - Pythonidae

ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

SEA SNAKES - Hydrophiinae Laticaudidae Sea Kraits

FILE SNAKES - Acrochordidae

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops

Selection of Australian Frogs

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKO LIZARDS Gekkonidae

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Australia

CROCODILES Crocodylia Crocodilia Saltwater freshwater estuarine

REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS

A Listing of Australian Crocodiles
 Order Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)

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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

 

DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

Qld = Queensland

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

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
Adam Britton

Crocodylus porosus
Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile
IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group

Crocodylus johnstoni
Freshwater (Johnstone's) Crocodile
IUCN/SSC Crocodile Specialist Group

Crocodylus johnstoni
Freshwater (Johnstone's) Crocodile
Adam Britton

More Information about Australian Reptiles

 


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Crocodiles 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
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REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY


Reptiles of South Australia
REPTILES OF VICTORIA
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Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

Reptiles of Christmas Island

Reptiles
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Reptiles of Norfolk Island


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Updated January 15, 2023


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