List of reptiles of Tasmania
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This is a list of reptiles occurring in Tasmania:
Order: Squamata (lizards and snakes)
Lizards
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Rankinia diemensis, mountain dragon | ![]() |
![]() | Bassiana duperreyi, eastern three-lined skink | ![]() |
![]() | Cyclodomorphus casuarinae, she-oak skink | Tasmania |
![]() | Egernia whitii, White's skink | ![]() |
Eulamprus tympanum, southern water skink | New South Wales, Victoria and Rodondo Island, Tasmania | |
![]() | Lampropholis delicata, delicate skink | Eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii, and Lord Howe Island. |
![]() | Lerista bougainvillii, Bougainville's skink | South-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania |
![]() | Carinascincus ocellatus, spotted skink | Tasmania |
Carinascinus microlepidotus, southern snow skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus greeni, alpine cool-skink | Tasmania | |
![]() | Carinascinus metallicus, metallic skink | Southern Victoria and Tasmania |
Carinascinus orocryptus, Tasmanian mountain skink | Tasmania | |
Carinascinus palfreymani, Pedra Branca skink | Pedra Branca, Tasmania | |
![]() | Pseudomoia entrecasteauxii, southern grass skink | ![]() |
![]() | Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, southern grass tussock skink | ![]() |
![]() | Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, glossy grass skink | New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania |
![]() | Tiliqua nigrolutea, blotched blue-tongued lizard | New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania |
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Austrelaps superbus, lowland copperhead | South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania |
![]() | Drysdalia coronoides, white-lipped snake | South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania |
![]() | Hydrophis platurus, yellow-bellied sea snake | Tropics. Reported sightings in colder waters such as California, New Zealand, and Tasmania. |
![]() | Notechis scutatus, tiger snake | Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania |
Order: Testudines (turtles and tortoises)
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtle | ![]() |
![]() | Chelodina longicollis, eastern-long necked turtle | East Australia, introduced to Tasmania[1] |
![]() | Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle | ![]() |
![]() | Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback sea turtle | ![]() |
References
- ^ "Freshwater Turtles | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania". nre.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment". Retrieved 4 May 2014.