Australian Reptile and Amphibian Photos

Scientific Name	Common Name	Original Description	Photo of Animal	Alternate Names

Anura	Frogs	Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures)

*Adelotus*	Tusked Frogs	Ogilby, 1907
Adelotus brevis	Tusked Frog	(Gunther, 1863)
*Cophixalus*	Rainforest Frogs	Boettger, 1892		Nursery Frogs
Cophixalus ornatus	Northern Ornate Nursery Frog	(Fry, 1912)		Ornate Nursery Frog
*Crinia*	(Australian Ground Frogs with separated toes)	Tschudi, 1838
Crinia parinsignifera	Beeping Froglet	Main, 1957		Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet
*Cyclorana*	(Water-holding Frogs)	Steindachner, 1867
Cyclorana alboguttata	Green-striped Frog	(Gunther, 1867)		Striped Burrowing Frog
Cyclorana novaehollandiae	Eastern Snapping Frog	Steindachner, 1867		New Holland Frog Giant Water-holding Frog New Holland Water-holding Frog Wide-mouthed Frog
Cyclorana platycephala	Water-holding Frog	(Gunther, 1873)
Cyclorana verrucosa	Rough Collared Frog	Tyler & Martin, 1977		Rough Frog
Hylarana	Wood Frogs	(Steindachner, 1868)
Hylarana daemeli	Wood Frog	(Steindachner, 1868)		Rana daemeli - Wood Frog
*Limnodynastes*	Australian Swamp Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
Limnodynastes peronii	Striped Marsh Frog	(Dumeril & Bibron, 1841)		Brown-striped Frog
*Litoria*	Australasian Treefrogs	Tschudi, 1838
Litoria caerulea	Green Tree Frog	(White, 1790)		White's Tree Frog Dumpy Tree Frog Australian Green Tree Frog
Litoria chloris	Southern Orange-eyed Tree Frog	(Boulenger, 1893)		Red-eyed Tree Frog
Litoria dahlii	Dahl's Aquatic Frog	(Boulenger, 1896)
Litoria fallax	Eastern Sedge Frog	(Peters, 1880)		Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Litoria gilleni	Centralian Tree Frog	(Spencer, 1896)
Litoria gracilenta	Graceful Tree Frog	(Peters, 1869)		Dainty Tree Frog
Litoria inermis	Bumpy Rocket Frog	(Peters, 1867)		Floodplain Frog
Litoria jungguy	Northern Stony-creek Frog	Donnellan & Mahony, 2004
Litoria latopalmata	Broad-palmed Rocket Frog	Gunther, 1867		Broad-palmed Frog
Litoria myola	Kuranda Tree Frog	Hoskin 2007
Litoria nannotis	Waterfall Frog	(Andersson, 1916)		Torrent Tree Frog
Litoria nasuta	Striped Rocket Frog	(Gray, 1842)		Rocket Frog
Litoria nigrofrenata	Tawny Rocket Frog	(Gunther, 1867)		Bridled Frog
Litoria pearsoniana	Cascade Tree Frog	(Copland, 1961)		Pearson's Tree Frog
Litoria peronii	Emerald-spotted Tree Frog	(Tschudi, 1838)		Peron's Tree Frog
Litoria rheocola	Common Mist Frog	Liem, 1974		Creek Frog
Litoria rothii	Northern Laughing Tree Frog	(De Vis, 1884)		Roth's Tree Frog
Litoria rubella	Desert Tree Frog	(Gray, 1842)
Litoria serrata	Green-eyed Tree Frog	(Andersson, 1916)
Litoria tyleri	Laughing Tree Frog	(Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn & Loftus-Hills, 1979)
Litoria wilcoxi	Eastern Stony Creek Frog	(Gunther, 1864)		Stony Creek Frog
*Mixophyes*	Barred Frogs	Günther, 1864
Mixophyes coggeri	Mottled Barred Frog	Mahony, Donnellan, Richards & McDonald, 2006
Mixophyes fasciolatus	Great Barred Frog	Gunther, 1864
Mixophyes schevilli	Northern Barred Frog	Loveridge, 1933
Nyctimystes	Big-Eyed Tree Frogs	Stejneger, 1916
Nyctimystes dayi	Australian Lace-lid	(Gunther, 1897)		Litoria dayi Day’s Frog Lace-eyed Tree Frog Day's Big-eyed Tree Frog
*Platyplectrum*	Australian Burrowing Frogs	Günther, 1863
Platyplectrum ornatum	Ornate Burrowing-Frog	(Gray, 1842)		Opisthodon ornatus - Ornate Burrowing Frog
Platyplectrum spenceri	Centralian Burrowing-Frog	(Parker, 1940)		Opisthodon spenceri - Spencer's Burrowing Frog
*Pseudophryne*	Toadlets (Ground Frogs)	Fitzinger, 1843
Pseudophryne raveni	Copper-backed Broodfrog	Ingram & Corben, 1994		Copper-backed Brood Frog
*Rhinella*	South American Toads	Fitzinger, 1826
Rhinella marina	Cane Toad	(Linnaeus, 1758)		Bufo marinus Marine Toad
*Uperoleia*	Toadlets	Gray, 1841
Uperoleia fusca	Dusky Toadlet	Davies, McDonald & Corben, 1986

Squamata	Lizards	Oppel, 1811

Amalosia	Small Velvet Geckos	Wells & Wellington, 1984
Amalosia lesueurii	Lesueur's Velvet Gecko	(Dumeril & Bibron, 1836)		Oedura lesueurii
Amphibolurus	Lashtail Dragons	Wagler, 1830
Amphibolurus burnsi	Burns’ Dragon	(Wells & Wellington, 1985)		Lophognathus burnsi
Amphibolurus gilberti	Gilbert's Dragon	Gray, 1842		Lophognathus gilberti
Amphibolurus muricatus	Jacky Dragon	(White, ex Shaw, 1790)		Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricata
Carlia	Rainbow Skinks	Gray, 1845
Carlia jarnoldae	Lined Rainbow-Skink	Covacevich & Ingram, 1975
Carlia longipes	Closed-litter Rainbow-skink	(Macleay, 1877)
Carlia munda	Striped Rainbow Skink	(De Vis, 1885)		Shaded-litter Rainbow-skink
Carlia triacantha	Desert Rainbow-skink	(Mitchell, 1953)
Carphodactylus	Chameleon Gecko	Gunter, 1897
Carphodactylus laevis	Chameleon Gecko	Gunther, 1897
*Chlamydosaurus*	Frilled Lizards	Gray, 1827
Chlamydosaurus kingii	Frilled Lizard	Gray, 1825		Frill-necked Dragon Frilled-neck Lizard Frilled Dragon Frilled Agama
Cryptoblepharus	Snake-eyed Skinks	Wiegmann, 1834
Cryptoblepharus pulcher	Elegant Snake-eyed Skink	(Sternfeld, 1918)		Cryptoblepharus suburbia
Cryptoblepharus virgatus	Wall Skink	(Garman, 1901)		Ablepharus virgatus Striped Snake-eyed Skink
*Ctenophorus*	Bicycle Dragons	Fitzinger, 1848
Ctenophorus caudicinctus	Ring-tailed Dragon	(Gunther, 1875)
Ctenophorus isolepis	Central Military Dragon	(Fischer, 1881)
Ctenophorus isolepis	Central Military Dragon	(Fischer, 1881)
Ctenophorus nuchalis	Central Netted Dragon	(De Vis, 1884)		Ctenophorus major
Ctenotus	Striped Skinks	Storr, 1964
Ctenotus brooksi	Brooks’ Ctenotus	(Loveridge, 1933)
Ctenotus dux	Narrow-lined Ctenotus	Storr, 1969		Fine Side-lined Ctenotus
Ctenotus eutaenius	Black-backed Yellow-lined Ctenotus	Storr, 1981
Ctenotus inornatus	Bar-shouldered Ctenotus	(J.E. Gray, 1845)
Ctenotus leonhardii	Leonhard's Ctenotus	(Sternfeld, 1919)
Ctenotus robustus	Eastern Striped Skink	Storr, 1970		Eastern Robust Skink
*Cyclodomorphus*	Pink-tongued Skinks	Fitzinger, 1843		Slender Blue-tongued Skinks
Cyclodomorphus gerrardii	Pink-tongued Skink	(J.E. Gray, 1845)
*Cyrtodactylus*	Ring-tailed Gecko			Bent-toed Geckos, Bow-fingered Geckos
Cyrtodactylus mcdonaldi	Inland Ring-tailed Gecko	Shea, Couper, Worthington Wilmer & Amey, 2011
Delma	Delmas	Gray, 1831
Delma butleri	Unbanded Delma	Storr, 1987		Spinifex Delma
Diporiphora	Two-lined Dragons	Gray, 1842
Diporiphora bilineata	Two-lined Dragon	Gray, 1842
Diporiphora magna	Yellow-sided Two-lined Dragon	Storr, 1974
Diporiphora nobbi	Nobbi Dragon	(Witten, 1972)		Common Nobbi Dragon Nobby
*Diplodactylus*	Stone Geckos	Gray, 1882
Diplodactylus conspicillatus	Variable Fat-tailed Gecko	Lucas & Frost, 1897		Burrow-plug Gecko
Diplodactylus galeatus	Helmeted Gecko	Kluge, 1963		Mesa Gecko
Diplodactylus tesselatus	Tesselated Gecko	Gunther, 1875
*Egernia*	Skinks	Gray, 1838
Egernia cunninghami	Cunningham’s Skink	(J.E. Gray, 1832)
Egernia hosmeri	Hosmer’s Skink	Kinghorn, 1955
Egernia mcpheei	Eastern Crevice Skink	Wells & Wellington, 1984
Egernia rugosa	Yakka Skink	De Vis, 1888
Eremiascincus	Sand-swimmers	Greer, 1879
Eremiascincus isolepis	Northern Bar-lipped Skink	(Boulenger, 1887)		Sphenomorphus isolepis Glaphyromorphus isolepis
*Eulamprus*	Water Skinks	Fitzinger, 1843
Eulamprus amplus	Lemon-barred Forest Skink	(Covacevich & McDonald, 1980)		Concinnia amplus
Eulamprus brachysoma	Northern Barsided Skink	(Lonnberg & Andersson, 1915)
Eulamprus martini	Dark Bar-sided Skink	Wells & Wellington, 1985		Concinnia martini
Eulamprus quoyi	Eastern Water-skink	(Dumeril & Bibron, 1839)		Eastern Water Skink
Gehyra	Dtellas	Gray, 1834		Web-toed Geckos
Gehyra dubia	Dubious dtella	(Macleay, 1877)
Gehyra purpurascens	Purplish dtella	Storr, 1982
Gehyra robusta	Robust Della	King, 1983
Gehyra versicolor	Eastern Tree Dtella	Hutchinson, Sistrom, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2014		Variable Dtella
Gnypetoscincus	Rainforest Skink	Wells and Wellington, 1984
Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae	Prickly Forest Skink	(De Vis, 1890)
Gowidon		Wells & Wellington, 1985
Gowidon longirostris	Long-nosed Dragon	Boulenger, 1883		Amphibolurus longirostris Lophognathus longirostris Long-nosed Water Dragon Long-snouted Lashtail
*Heteronotia*	Prickly Geckos	Wermuth, 1965
Heteronotia binoei	Bynoe's Gecko	(Gray, 1845)
Hypsilurus	Forest Dragons	W. Peters, 1867
Hypsilurus boydii	Boyd's Forest Dragon	(Macleay, 1884)		Northern Angle-headed Dragon Lophosaurus boydii Gonocephalus boydii Tiaris boydii
Hypsilurus spinipes	Southern Angle-headed Dragon	(Duméril & Duméril, 1851)		Rainforest Dragon, Southern Forest Dragon Lophosaurus spinipes Gonocephalus spinipes
Intellagama	Australian Water Dragon	Wells & Wellington, 1985
Intellagama lesueurii	Eastern Water Dragon	(Gray, 1831)
*Lampropholis*	Sunskinks	Fitzinger, 1843
Lampropholis delicata	Delicate Skink	(De Vis, 1888)		Garden Skink Rainbow Skink Metallic Skink Grass Skink Plague Skink
*Lerista*	Sliders	Bell, 1833
Lerista fragilis	Eastern Mulch-slider	(Gunther, 1876)
*Lialis*	Burton's Legless Lizard	Gray, 1835
Lialis burtonis	Burton's Legless Lizard	Gray, 1835
Liopholis	Skinks	Fitzinger, 1843		Egernia
Liopholis inornata	Desert Skink	(Rosen, 1905)
*Lucasium*	Ground Geckos	Wermuth, 1965
Lucasium immaculatum	Pale-striped Ground Gecko	(Storr, 1988)		Diplodactylus immaculatus
Lucasium steindachneri	Box-Patterned Gecko	(Boulenger, 1885)
Lucasium stenodactylum	Sandplain Gecko	(Boulenger, 1896)		Diplodactylus stenodactylus Crowned Gecko
*Morethia*	Fire-tailed Skinks	Gray, 1845
Morethia taeniopleura	Eastern Fire-tailed Skink	Peters, 1874
Nebulifera	Robust Velvet Gecko	Oliver, Bauer, Greenbaum, Jackman & Hobbie, 2012
Nebulifera robusta	Robust Velvet Gecko	(Boulenger, 1885) Oeduera robusta		Oedura robusta
Nephrurus	Knob-tailed Geckos	Gunther, 1876
Nephrurus amyae	Centralian Knob-tailed Gecko	Couper, 1994		Rough Knob-tailed Gecko
Nephrurus asper	Prickly Knob-tailed Gecko	Gunther, 1876		Rough Knob-tailed Gecko
Nephrurus laevissimus	Pale Knob-tailed Gecko	Mertens, 1958
Nephrurus levis	Smooth Knob-tailed Gecko	De Vis, 1886
Oedura	Velvet Geckos	Gray, 1842
Oedura cincta	Inland Marbled Velvet Gecko	De Vis, 1888
Oedura coggeri	Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko	Bustard, 1966
Oedura monilis	Ocellated Velvet Gecko	De Vis, 1888
Oedura tryoni	Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko	De Vis, 1884
Pogona	Bearded Dragons	Storr, 1982
Pogona barbata	Eastern Bearded Dragon	(Cuvier, 1829)
Pogona vitticeps	Central Bearded Dragon	(Ahl, 1926)		Inland Bearded Dragon
Phyllurus	Leaf-tailed Geckos	Schinz, 1822
Phyllurus caudiannulatus	Ringed Thin-tailed Gecko	Covacevich, 1975
Phyllurus nepthys	Eungella Broad-tailed Gecko	Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993		Peppered-belly Broad-tailed Gecko
Pygopus	Scaly-feet	Merrem, 1820
Pygopus nigriceps	Western Hooded Scaly-foot	(Fischer, 1882)
Rhynchoedura	Beaked Gecko	Gunther, 1867
Rhynchoedura ormsbyi	Eastern Beaked Gecko	Wells & Wellington, 1985
Rhyncoedura ornata	Western Beaked Gecko	Gunther, 1867
Saiphos	Three-toed Skink	Gray, 1831
Saiphos equalis	Three-toed Skink	(Gray, 1825)
*Saltuarius*	Leaf-tailed Geckos	Couper, Covacevich & Moritz, 1993
Saltuarius cornutus	Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko	(Obilby, 1892)
Saltuarius salebrosus	Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko	(Covacevich, 1975)
Saltuarius wyberba	Wyberba Leaf-tailed Gecko	Couper, Schneider, & Covacevich, 1997
Saproscincus	Shade Skinks	Wells & Wellington, 1983
Saproscincus tetradactylus	Four-fingered Shadeskink	(Greer & Kluge, 1980)
*Strophurus*	Spiny-tailed Geckos	Fitzinger, 1843		Striped Geckos
Strophurus ciliaris	Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko	(Boulenger, 1885)
Strophurus intermedius	Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko	(Ogilby, 1892)
Strophurus jeanae	Southern Phasmid Gecko	(Storr, 1988)
Strophurus krisalys	Kristin's Spiny-tailed Gecko	Sadlier, O’Meally & Shea, 2005
Strophurus taenicauda	Golden-Tailed Gecko	(De Vis, 1886)
Tiliqua	Blue-tongued Skinks	Gray, 1825		Blue Tongue Lizard Blue-tongued Lizard Blue-tongues
Tiliqua multifasciata	Centralian Blue-tongued Skink	Sternfeld 1919		Centralian Blue-tongue
Tiliqua scincoides	Common Blue-tongued Skink	(White, 1790)		Eastern Blue-tongue Northern Blue-tongue Australian Blue-tongued Skink
*Tympanocryptis*	Earless Dragons	Peters, 1868
Tympanocryptis tetraporophora	Eyrean Earless Dragon	Lucas & Frost, 1895
*Varanus*	Goannas	Merrem, 1820
Varanus acanthurus	Ridge-tailed Monitor	Boulenger, 1885
Varanus giganteus	Perentie	(Gray, 1845)
Varanus gouldii	Gould's Monitor	(Gray, 1838)		Sand Goanna
Varanus panoptes	Yellow-spotted Monitor	Storr, 1980
Varanus spenceri	Spencer's Monitor	Lucas & Frost, 1903
Varanus tristis	Black-headed Monitor	(Schlegel, 1839)		Black-tailed Monitor Freckled Monitor
Varanus varius	Lace Monitor	(White, ex Shaw, 1790)

Squamata	Snakes	Oppel, 1811

Acrochordus	File Snakes	Hornstedt, 1787		Wart Snake Java File Snake
Acrochordus arafurae	Arafura File Snake	McDowell, 1979		Elephant Trunk Snake, Wrinkle File Snake
*Anilios*	Blind Snakes	Gray, 1845
Anilios grypus	Long-beaked Blind Snake	(Waite, 1918)		Ramphotyphlops grypus Ramphotyphlops nigroterminatus
Antaresia	Children’s Pythons	Wells & Wellington, 1984
Antaresia stimsoni	Stimson's Python	(Smith, 1985)		Large-blotched Python Liasis stimsoni
Boiga	Cat-Eyed Snakes	Fitzinger, 1826		Cat Snakes
Boiga irregularis	Brown Tree Snake	(Merrem, 1802)		Night tiger Doll's eye snake Boiga fusca
*Brachyurophis*	Shovel-nosed Snakes	Günther, 1863
Brachyurophis fasciolatus	Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake			Simoselaps fasciolatus
Brachyurophis incinctus	Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake	(Storr, 1968)
Cacophis	Crowned Snakes	Gunther, 1863
Cacophis squamulosus	Golden-crowned Snake	(Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854)
*Cryptophis*	Small-eyed Snakes	Worrell, 1961		Rhinoplocephalus
Cryptophis nigrescens	Eastern Small-eyed Snake	(Gunther, 1862)		Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens Denisonia nigrescens
*Demansia*	Whipsnakes	Gunther, 1858
Demansia psammophis	Yellow-Faced Whipsnake	(Schlegel, 1837)
*Furina*	Naped Snakes	A.M.C. Duméril, 1853
Furina ornata	Orange-naped Snake	(Gray, 1842)		Moon Snake
Morelia	Carpet Pythons & Relatives	Gray, 1842
Morelia kinghorni	Scrub Python	(Stull, 1933)		Amethystine Python Amethyst Python Liasis amethistina kinghorni Morelia amethistina
Morelia spilota	Carpet Python	(Lacepede, 1804)		Carpet Snake Bredl’s Python Inland Rivers Carpet Python Python spilotes
Parasuta	Hooded Snakes	Orrell, 1961
Parasuta monachus	Monk Snake	(Storr, 1964)		Hooded Snake Suta monachus
Pseudechis	Black Snakes	Wagler, 1830
Pseudechis australis	Mulga Snake	(Gray, 1842)		King Brown Snake Naja australis
Pseudechis weigeli	Pygmy Mulga Snake	(Wells & Wellington, 1987)		Weigel’s Black Snake
Pseudonaja	Brown Snakes	Gunther, 1858
Pseudonaja mengdeni	Western Brown Snake	Wells & Wellington, 1985		Mengden’s Brown Snake Gwardar
Pseudonaja modesta	Ringed Brown Snake	(Gunther, 1872)
Simoselaps	Burrowing Banded Snakes	Jan, 1859
Simoselaps anomalus	Desert Banded Snake	(Sternfeld, 1919)
Stegonotus	Slaty Snakes	Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854
Stegonotus cucullatus	Slaty-grey Snake	(Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854)
*Suta*	Stitched Snakes	Worrell, 1961
Suta suta	Curl Snake	(Peters, 1863)		Myall Snake Denisonia suta
*Tropidonophis*	Keelback	Jan, 1863
Tropidonophis mairii	Keelback	(Gray, 1841)		Freshwater Snake Natrix mairii Aphibiesma mairii Styporhynchus mairii

Order Testudines	Turtles	Linnaeus, 1758		Chelonii

Chelodina	Long-necked Turtles	Fitzinger, 1826
Chelodina longicollis	Eastern Snake-necked Turtle	(Shaw, 1794)		Eastern Long-necked Turtle
*Wollumbinia*	Saw-shelled Turtles	Wells, 2007
Wollumbinia bellii	Bell’s Turtle	(Gray, 1844)		Bald Rock Creek Turtle Elseya belli Elseya latisternum Myuchelys bellii
Wollumbinia latisternum	Saw-shelled Turtle	Gray, 1867		Elseya latisternum