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MAGNETIC ISLAND
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESOURCE CENTRE

REPTILES OF MAGNETIC ISLAND

From small skinks to visiting crocodiles the list of reptiles on and around Magnetic Island is extensive:

SNAKES
Amethystine python (Australian form) Simalia kinghorni
Black-striped snake Cryptophis nigrostriatus
Black-headed python Aspidites melanocephalus
Brown tree snake Boiga irregularis
Coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus
Carpet python Morelia spilota
Collared whipsnake Demansia torquata
Common death adder Acanthophis antarcticus
Eastern brown snake Pseudonaja textilis
Freshwater snake Tropidonophis mairii
Greater black whipsnake Demansia papuensis
Green tree snake Dendrelaphis punctulatus
Lesser black whipsnake Demansia vestigiata
Little file snake Acrochordus granulatus
Orange-naped snake Furina ornata
Spine-bellied sea snake Hydrophis curtus
Spotted python Antaresia maculosa
Yellow-naped snake Furina barnardi
Water python Liasis fuscus

SKINKS & GECKOS
Atherton Tableland mulch-skink Glaphyromorphus mjobergi
Black-backed yellow-lined ctenotus Ctenotus eutaenius
Blue-throated rainbow-skink Carlia rhomboidalis
Bynoe's gecko Heteronotia binoei
Coastal snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus litoralis litoralis
Dark-flecked garden sunskink Lampropholis delicata
Dubious dtella Gehyra dubia
Elegant rainbow skink Carlia decora
Fine-spotted mulch-skink Glaphyromorphus punctulatus
Fire-tailed skink Morethia taeniopleura
House gecko Hemidactylus frenatus
Lesueur's velvet gecko Amalosia lesueurii
Magnetic Island dwarf skink Pygmaeascincus sadlieri
Major skink Bellatorias frerei
Metallic snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus metallicus
Orange-flanked rainbow skink Carlia rubigo
Red-throated rainbow-skink (Superseded) Carlia rubrigularis sensu lato
Robust rainbow-skink Carlia schmeltzii
Saxicoline sunskink Lampropholis mirabilis
Shaded-litter rainbow-skinkCarlia munda
Stout bar-sided skink Concinnia sokosoma
Straight-browed ctenotus Ctenotus spaldingi
Striped snake-eyed skink Cryptoblepharus virgatus
Tree-base litter-skink Lygisaurus foliorum
Tussock rainbow-skink Carlia vivax
Zig-zag gecko Amalosia rhombifer
Ocellated velvet gecko (Superseded) Oedura monilis sensu lato
Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato (Superseded)
Carlia pectoralis sensu lato (Superseded)

MONITORS & LIZARDS
Black-tailed monitor Varanus tristis
Burton's legless lizard Lialis burtonis
Eastern blue-tongued lizard Tiliqua scincoides
Excitable delma Delma tincta
Frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii
Lace monitor Varanus varius
Rusty monitor Varanus semiremex
Sand monitor Varanus gouldii
Striped-tailed delma Delma labialis
Tommy roundhead Diporiphora australis
Yellow-spotted monitor Varanus panoptes
Diporiphora sp.

TURTLES
Cann's longneck turtle Chelodina canni
Chelodina sp.
Krefft's river turtle Emydura macquarii krefftii
Green turtle Chelonia mydas
Hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
Flatback turtle Natator depressus
Estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus
Picture
(Photo: Tim Hempstead)

PROTECTING RARE AND ENDANGERED REPTILES

One of the many reasons why MINCA manage the Bolger Bay Conservation Park, is to preserve the habitat for vulnerable and rare reptiles. These include:

  • The endemic and rare Sadlier's Dwarf Skink (Menetia sadlieri);
  • The vulnerable Single-striped Delma (Delma labialis);
  • The rare Saxicoline Sunskink (Lampropholis mirabilis);
  • The rare Rusty Monitor (Varanus semiremex);
  • The rare Common Death-adder (Acanthophis antarcticus); and
  •  The vulnerable Coastal Sheathtail Bat (Taphozous australis).

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  • Home
  • Donations
  • About
    • History of MINCA
    • Become A Member
    • Renew Your Membership
  • Resources
    • World heritage Values of Magnetic Island
    • Plants of Magnetic Island
    • Weeds of Magnetic Island
    • Favourite Trees
    • Native animals of Magnetic Island
    • Birds of Magnetic Island
    • Butterflies of Magnetic Island
    • Reptiles of Magnetic Island
    • Frogs (Amphians) of Magnetic Island
    • Spiders, Insects & Bugs of Magnetic Island
    • Life in the ocean around Magnetic Island
    • The geology of Magnetic Island
    • Library & Links
  • Projects
    • Caring for the West Point Road
    • Bolger Bay Conservation Park
    • Protection of Radical Bay
    • Townsville Port expansion >
      • Flyer
    • Clear Water Townsville >
      • The Future of Cleveland Bay >
        • Historical Impacts of Silt Pollution
      • The Story So Far
      • Cleveland Bay: Current & Impacts
      • The Impact of Dredging
      • Dolphins, Dugongs & Turtles
      • Where Have All the Fish Gone?
      • Proposed Port Expansion & Master Plan
      • Port of Townsville's Changing Plans
      • How Many New Berths?
      • Big Enough Already!
      • Jobs and the Port
      • The $1.64 Billion Quesion: WHY?
      • Contact Clear Water Townsville
    • Freecycle
  • Achievements
    • Claude's Block
    • 2011 Anti-plastic Bag Campaign
    • 2011 Short Film Competition
    • 2010 Low Carbon Diet Inter-Bay Challenge
    • 2010 'Carbon Cuts' Film Competition
    • 1996 Nelly Bay Habitat Reserve
    • ARCHIVE NEWS
  • Gallery
  • Contact
  • Activities