Common Names of Australian Reptiles

 

Based on the Census of Australian Vertebrate Species (CAVS)  -  Reptiles Version 8.1 - 15 June 1995  -  Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS)

 

Common names and cross references added by J W Hardy, Coordinator Wildlife Licensing, Biodiversity Management Unit, NPWS in July 1997 (Nomenclatural changes updated 1 August 2002)

 

---

 

N.B. Scientific names generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. 

 

Common names have been added by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by reptile keepers.  Where more than one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular literature including Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.

---

 

N.B. Scientific names generally follow Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992 with additions and cross references from Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. 

 

Common names have been added by the NSW NPWS for the purpose of database recognition of species held by reptile keepers.  Where more than one common name is listed for the one species, the first is that appearing in Encyclopedia of Australian Animals - Reptiles, Harald Ehmann 1992 and/or Webster Mulimedia’s Reptiles and Frogs CD-ROM, Harald Ehmann and Michael Tyler 1996. Other common names were lifted from the popular literature including Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, H.G. Cogger 1992; and A Field Guide to the Snakes and Lizards of New South Wales, Gerry Swan, 1990.

---

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        NSW NPWS

Species                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Licence

  Code               Scientific Name                        Taxonomic Description                    Common Name                                  Distribution                  Class

 

REPTILES

 

 

Carettochelydidae - freshwater turtle

U2014         Carettochelys insculpta                   Ramsay,1886                                  Pig-nosed Turtle                                        NT                                      3

                                                                                                                                    Pitted-Shelled Turtle

                                                                                                                                    Warrajan

 

Chelidae - freshwater turtles

T2030         Chelodina burrungandjii                                                                           Sandstone Long-necked Turtle                 NT                                      3

E2018         Chelodina canni                               McCord & Thompson, 2002           Cann’s Long-necked Turtle                       NT, Qld                              1

A2016         Chelodina expansa                          Gray,1857                                        Broad-shelled Snake-necked Turtle         NSW,Qld,SA,Vic               3

                                                                                                                                    Broad-Shelled River Turtle

C2017        Chelodina longicollis                        (Shaw,1794)                                    Eastern Snake-necked Turtle                   NSW,Qld,SA,Vic               1

                                                                                                                                    Eastern Snake-headed Tortoise

                                                                                                                                    Long-necked Tortoise

                   Chelodina mccordi                                                                                                                                                     Indonesia

                   Chelodina novaeguineae                 Boulenger,1888                               New Guinea Snake-necked Turtle          New Guinea                        

                   (formerly E2018 this species is now regarded as restricted to New Guinea – the Aust population is C.canni)

G2019        Chelodina oblonga                           Gray,1841                                        Oblong Snake-necked Turtle                    WA                                     1

                                                                                                                                    Oblong Turtle

                   Chelodina pritchardi                                                                                                                                                   New Guinea

                   Chelodina reimanni                                                                                                                                                    New Guinea

Q2020        Chelodina rugosa                            Ogilby,1890                                      Northern Snake-necked Turtle                  NT,Qld,WA                        3

                                                                                                                                    Northern Long-necked Turtle

S2021         Chelodina steindachneri                  Siebenrock,1914                              Flat-shelled Snake-necked Turtle             WA                                     3

                                                                                                                                    Flat-Shelled Turtle

T2015         Chelodina sp.                                                                                           undescribed Northern Territory Turtle       NT                                      3

T2016         Chelodina sp.                                                                                           undescribed Queensland Turtle               Qld                                     3

T2033         Chelodina sp.                                                                                           Gilbert River Long-necked Turtle              Qld                                     3

T2013         Elseya belli                                      Cann, 1998                                      Namoi River Turtle                                    NSW                                  3

                                                                                                                                    Bell’s Turtle

Y2028         Elseya dentata                                 (Gray,1863)                                      Northern Snapping Turtle                        NT,Qld,WA                          1

                                                                                                                                    Victoria River Snapper

T2017         Elseya dentata ssp.                         Cann,1998                                       Burnett River Turtle                                   Qld                                     3

T2018         Elseya dentata irwini                       Cann, 1998                                      Irwin’s Turtle                                              Qld                                     3

T2012         Elseya georgesi                               Cann,1998                                       Bellinger River Turtle                                 NSW                                  3

T2035         Elseya flaviventralis                                                                                  Yellow-bellied Snapping Turtle                  NT                                      3

K2029         Elseya latisternum                           Gray,1867                                        Saw-shelled Turtle                                    NSW,NT,Qld                     1

                                                                                                                                    Common Saw-Shell

T2019         Elseya lavarackorum                       White and Archer,1993                    Lavarack’s Turtle                                       Qld                                     3

T2014         Elseya purvisi                                  Cann,1998                                       Manning River Turtle                                 NSW                                  3

Y2776         Elusor macrurus                             Cann and Legler, 1994                    Mary River Turtle                                       Qld                                     3

T2021         Emydura sp.                                    Cann,1998                                       King Edward River Short-necked Turtle   WA                                     3

T2022         Emydura australis                           Cann,1998                                       North-western Red-faced Turtle               WA                                     3

C2033        Emydura krefftii                               (Gray,1871)                                      Krefft’s Short-necked Turtle                      NSW(?),Qld                       1

                                                                                                                                    Krefft's River Turtle

E2034         Emydura macquarii                         (Gray,1830)                                      Murray Short-necked Turtle                      NSW,Qld,SA,Vic               1

                                                                                                                                    Murray Turtle

                                                                                                                                    Short-necked Tortoise

T2031         Emydura macquarii dharra                                                                      Macleay River Short-necked Turtle           NSW                                  1

T2032         Emydura macquarii gunaburra                                                                Hunter River Short-necked Turtle             NSW                                  1

G2035        Emydura macquarii signata            Ahl,1932                                           Brisbane River Short-necked Turtle         NSW,Qld                           1

                   Emydura signata                             Ahl,1932                                           Brisbane River Short-necked Turtle         NSW,Qld                           1

                   (Now regarded as a subspecies of E. macquarii)

Y2036         Emydura subglobosa                      (Krefft,1876)                                     Painted Short-necked Turtle                     Qld                                     3

                   Emydura subglobosa worrelli                                                                  Diamond-head Turtle                                NT                                      3

T2020         Emydura tanybaraga                       Cann,1998                                       Northern Yellow-faced Turtle                    NT                                      3

K2037         Emydura victoriae                           (Gray,1842)                                      Northern Red-faced Turtle                        NT,Qld,WA                        3

                                                                                                                                    Northern Short-necked Turtle

T2002         Emydura sp.                                    undescribed                                     Cooper Creek Short-necked Turtle           Qld,SA                               1

T2034         Emydura sp.                                                                                             Leichhardt River Short-necked Turtle       Qld                                     3

Y2044         Pseudemydura umbrina                  Siebenrock,1901                              Western Swamp Turtle                             WA                                     3

K2045         Rheodytes leukops                          Legler and Cann,1980                     Fitzroy River Turtle                                    Qld                                     3

---