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REPTILES OF NSW

COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHONS OF NEW SOUTH WALES

ELAPID SNAKES OF NSW

SEA SNAKES OF NSW

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops NSW

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKOS OF NSW

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Australia

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TURTLES OF NEW SOUTH WALES - SPECIES LIST

ORDER: Testudines

Saw-shelled turtle Wollumbinia latisternum

FRESHWATER TURTLES OF NSW
Family:Cheluidae
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Common Name

(Internal Links)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Broad-Shelled River Turtle

Chelodina expansa
(Subgenus: Chelydera)

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic

Eastern Snake-necked Turtle or Common Long-necked Tortoise

Chelodina longicollis
(Subgenus: Chelodina)

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic
(Tas - introduced)

*Hunter River Turtle
(Status Uncertain)

Emydura macquarii gunabarra
(Proposed new name Emydura gunabarra) (Status Uncertain)

NSW (Hunter River)

* Macquarie Turtle or Common Short-necked Turtle
(Status Uncertain)

Emydura macquarii macquarii (Proposed new name Emydura macquarii) (Status Uncertain)

NSW, ACT, SA, Vic

* Brisbane Short-necked Turtle or Brisbane River Turtle
(Status Uncertain)

Emydura macquarii signata
(Proposed new name Emydura krefftii signata) (Status Uncertain)

Qld (SE Qld ), NE NSW?

* Manning River Helmeted Turtle or Purvis' Turtle

Flaviemys (was Myuchelys, Wollumbinia & Elseya) purvisi

(Manning River area) NSW

*Namoi River Snapping Turtle or Bell's Turtle

Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) bellii

NSW

* Bellinger River Snapping Turtle or Georges' Turtle

Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys) georgesi

NSW (Bellinger River)

*Saw-Shelled Turtle

Wollumbinia (was Myuchelys)
latisternum (=dorsii)

NSW, NT, Qld

 

SEA TURTLES (Marine)
Family: Cheloniidae

Note that although Sea Turtles may stray into or spend time in cooler water, the females must return to warmer climates to lay their eggs.

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

(All States)

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas japonica

(All States)

Pacific (or Olive) Ridley Turtle

Lepidochelys olivacea

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

Leathery or Luth Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (Marine)
Family: Dermochelyidae

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

Leathery or Luth Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

(All States)

 

Sliders (INTRODUCED)
Family:Emydidae

Common Name

(Internal Links)

Scientific Name
(Subgenus in parentheses)

(External Links)

Distribution

(Distribution key and map at bottom of page)

* Red-eared Slider - INTRODUCED

Trachemys scripta elegans

ACT?, NSW, Qld (From USA, introduced into many countries)

 

 

DISTRIBUTION KEY

Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

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)

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