List of reptiles of Western Australia

This is a list of reptiles of Western Australia:

Crocodylia (crocodiles)

Crocodylidae

Testudines (turtles)

Chelidae
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae

Squamata (lizards)

Agamidae (dragons)
Gekkonidae (geckoes)
Bynoe's gecko (Heteronotia binoei), Northern Territory, Australia
Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
Scincidae (skinks)
Varanidae (goannas or monitors)

Serpentes (Snakes)

Acrochordidae (file snakes)
Pythonidae (Pythons)
Colubridae (Colubrids)
Elapidae (Elapids)
Hydrophiidae (Sea Snakes)
Typhlopidae (Blind Snakes)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Rhodin AGJ, Shaffer HB, Bour R]. 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. In: Rhodin AGJ, Pritchard PCH, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (Editors). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 5 (7): 000.329–479, doi:10.3854/ crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014.

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