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The Australian Reptile Online Database is a searchable database containing information on all currently recognised Australian reptile species. At the moment, information for most species is limited to taxonomic details. Some species accounts are more complete than others. Some species accounts have photos. Over time, more information and pictures will be added. Please contact me if you feel you can contribute. Photos for species that are currently lacking them are especially appreciated.

Getting started

browse all reptiles on the reptile order page
view the complete list of Australian reptiles
identify a snake skin at the snake scale count page
view information on a random species
test your ID skills by taking the photo quiz
view reptiles by state by clicking on the map below

Click a state to see its reptiles.

See also:
Christmas Island
Norfolk Island
Lord Howe Island
Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands
200 m bathymetric

Recent taxonomic changes

Olkola slider skink (Lerista anyara) - Amey, Couper & Worthington Wilmer, 2019
Victorian grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) - Mitchell, 1948
Lined earless dragon (Tympanocryptis lineata) - Peters, 1863
Bathurst grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis mccartneyi) - Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre, 2019
Monaro grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis osbornei) - Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre, 2019
Chillagoe fine-lined slider (Lerista parameles) - Amey, Couper & Worthington Wilmer, 2019
Bulleringa fine-lined slider (Lerista alia) - Amey, Couper & Worthington-Wilmer, 2019
Mount Surprise slider (Lerista storri) - Greer, McDonald & Lawrie, 1983
Pinnacles Leaf-tailed Gecko (Phyllurus pinnaclensis) - Hoskin, Bertola, & Higgie, 2019
Arnhem mulch-skink (Glaphyromorphus arnhemicus) - (Storr, 1967)
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