Largest Aspidites. Ground colour cream, pale yellowish-brown to reddish-brown; palest bearing sharpest pattern in far west of range (west Kimberley region, W.A. south-westwards). Numerous dark brown to blackish...
BLACK-HEADED PYTHON Read More
Children’s Pythons are among Australia’s smallest pythons, they are relatively slender snakes, with their head being only slightly wider than their neck. the body colour ranges from pale...
CHILDREN’S PYTHON Read More
Comprises 3 subspecies, including 2 dwarf island races. P. a. affinis (Günther, 1872) Large subspecies. Ground colour variable; yellowish-brown, pale or dark brown, grey to almost black. Many individuals bear...
DUGITE Read More
The Gwardar is a latge slender agile snake, with glossy smooth scales. Adults can get up to 160cm . Colouration is highly variable, several distinct colour forms occur with a multitude of intergrades: Hooded...
Gwardar Read More
Largest Pseudechis. Ground colour highly variable; pale brown, olive, rich reddish-brown to coppery-brown. Populations from southern parts of range may be darker to almost black. Individual scales usually bear...
MULGA SNAKE Read More
The Spotted Mulga snake has smooth scales that are black with groups of cream, brown, or yellow-centered scales providing a generally spotted pattern that varies considerably between individuals. Their head and...
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Two subspecies recognised. L. o. olivaceus: Ground colour dark olive, yellowish-brown to olive-brown, fading laterally. Lips, side of throat, neck and ventral surfaces white to cream. Lips may be finely dotted...
OLIVE PYTHON Read More
The Water Python is Australia’s most aquatic python, their body colouration is without pattern and can be almost black to olive-brown or olive-grey, with an obvious opalescent sheen. The lips, throat and...
WATER PYTHON Read More
The Desert Death Adder is a bright reddish-brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands may have...
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The Pilbara Death Adder is a bright reddish to dark brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands...
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Relatively slender death adder with strongly-keeled dorsal scales and very rugose head shields. Ground colour pale reddish-brown to rich red, marked with transversely-aligned dark flecks, alternating with 50-70...
SOUTHERN DEATH ADDER Read More
The Brown Tree Snake is brown to bright reddish-brown with numerous narrow, irregular, dark crossbands, or cream to light reddish-brown with numerous broad, irregular, bright red or reddish-brown cross-bands....
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  The Green Tree Snake’s scales are smooth and colour varies considerably from grey and olive-green through various shades of brown to almost black, or even bright blue, the skin between their scales...
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The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is a moderately large slender green snake with smooth matte scales. Colour is usually a lime-green, becoming a lemon-yellow on flanks. Some individuals are olive-green to drank-green....
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North-western carpet pythons are a robust species with a large head quite distinct from the neck. they are reddish brown in colour, with darker cream edged bands along the entire length of their body, and a...
NORTH-WESTERN CARPET PYTHON Read More
The Rough-scaled Python is a slender snake with a head that is quite distinct from its neck, it is the only known python species with keeled scales. The body is a pale brownish white with coarse variegations, ...
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Large distinctive python with small fragmented head shields. Four subspecies are currently recognised though a number of distinctly patterned populations occur. It remains to be demonstrated whether these...
SOUTHWEST CARPET PYTHON Read More
The Pygmy Python is the smallest python species in the world. their colouration varies depending on region and habitat, they may be a reddish-brown (brick brown) to a sandy yellow/orange. Most have a pattern of...
PYGMY PYTHON Read More
Pattern usually prominent and including pale ventrolateral line. Has 260 – 302 ventral scales and usually 6th and 7th upper labial scales contacting eye. Pale brown, yellowish brown to cream, irregularly marked...
STIMSON’S PYTHON Read More
Two subspecies recognised. Status of western form is uncertain; regarded here as being a subspecies of N. scutatus. N. s. scutatus (Peters, 1861) Ground colour extremely variable, ranging from pale grey through...
TIGER SNAKE Read More
Ground colour pale brown, yellowish-brown, reddish-brown to pale olive, marked with numerous irregular darker brown to reddish-brown bands. These may be slightly narrower to broader than pale interspaces and...
WOMA PYTHON Read More
Banded Knob-tailed Geckos are a pinkish-brown or purplish-brown with four or five broad, dark brown cross-bands on the body and tail, each dark band nearly as wide as the paler interspaces. Their head is large...
BANDED KNOB-TAILED GECKO Read More
Three described small, long-tailed sub species with small granular scales mixed with many scattered to longitudinally aligned enlarged tubercles, and angular, bird-like clawed feet — claws arising from 3 scales,...
BYNOE’S GECKO Read More
Large variable Oedura. Tail slender and round in cross-section to plump and weakly depressed. Ground colour dark purplish brown. Juveniles bear simple pattern of broad, prominent yellow to cream bands; 5 or 6...
MARBLED VELVET GECKO Read More
Large member of S. strophurus group with long spines over eye and on tail. Two subspecies recognised with additional undescribed subspecies in eastern Australia. S. c. ciliaris (Boulenger, 1885) Up to 4 spines...
NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO Read More
Member of S. strophurus group. Two subspecies recognised. S. s. spinigerus (Gray, 1842) Bears 2 prominent rows of soft black dorsal spines which become larger on tail. Iris rimmed with yellow in south, white in...
SOUTHWEST SPINY-TAILED GECKO Read More
Thick Tailed Gecko’s have large deep heads, plump tails and slender limbs,  digits short, clawed and padless, tails squarish to carrot shaped, original tail black with 5 – 6 white bands, tail-tip tapering,...
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The Three-Lined Knob-tailed Gecko is plump bodied, with a large deep head and slender limbs. Digits short, clawed and padless. Their tails are moderately slender to plump and heart shaped,  original tails...
THREE-LINED KNOB-TAILED GECKO Read More
Member of G. punctata group. Composite species as currently recognised. 16 small to moderate sub species exist. Three distinct chromosome races occur, each of which probably constitutes a distinct taxon. Eastern...
TREE DTELLA Read More
Large, very robust Tiliqua with a broad deep triangular head and short blunt tail. Scales extremely large, irregularly-shaped and rugose. Three subspecies recognised. T. r. rugosa: Tail relatively long and...
BOBTAIL Read More
Robust Tiliqua with short slightly depressed angular head, very short body, short slender tail and smooth scales. Ground colour pale grey to greyish-brown, bearing approximately 9-12 orange to yellowish-brown...
CENTRALIAN BLUETONGUE Read More
Northern Blue-Tongue Skinks are the largest and heaviest of the Blue-tongues, they usually have a pale head, occasionally with dark freckling, they do not have the dark temporal (Side of their head) stripe that...
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Sole member of genus. Chlamydosaurus kingii: SVL 258mm Very distinctive with a loose frill of scaly skin attached to neck. At rest it folds like a cape over the neck and shoulders; erect, it stands at 90 degrees...
FRILLED LIZARD Read More
Large variably marked Egernia; sole member of E. kingii group. Ground colour brown, greyish-brown, dark grey to almost black. Juveniles are sparsely to densely marked with prominent cream to yellow dashes and...
KING SKINK Read More
Seven moderate sized sub species with long limbs and tails and 1-5 crests of slightly enlarged to spinose scales. On some sub species the nuchal and vertebral crests can be raised. Tympanum exposed. Pores...
LONG-NOSED TA-TA DRAGON Read More
Variable member of E. striolata group with strongly-keeled dorsal scales. Dorsal ground colour pale or dark olive-brown, grey to blackish, often flushed with brown on hips, hindlimbs and base of tail....
SOUTH-WESTERN CREVICE EGERNIA Read More
The Western Netted Dragon is a small to moderate sized, robust, swift moving lizard. They have a round head with a very blunt snout, short limbs and tail. They have spines on the crest of their head and sides of...
WESTERN NETTED DRAGON Read More
Slender Tiliqua with long slightly depressed head, elongate body, long slender tail and smooth scales. Ground colour pale yellowish-brown to pale greyish-brown, marked with approximately 4-6 broad dark brown...
WESTERN BLUETONGUE Read More
Moderate to very large species with relatively short limbs and weakly to strongly dorsally depressed bodies. Typanum exposed. Many spines over body, limbs and tail, including a row across base of head, a row at...
WESTERN BEARDED DRAGON Read More
Large, very robust Tiliqua with a broad deep triangular head and short blunt tail. Scales extremely large, irregularly-shaped and rugose. Three subspecies recognised. T. r. rugosa: Tail relatively long and...
BOBTAIL Read More
Three described small, long-tailed sub species with small granular scales mixed with many scattered to longitudinally aligned enlarged tubercles, and angular, bird-like clawed feet — claws arising from 3 scales,...
BYNOE’S GECKO Read More
Robust Tiliqua with short slightly depressed angular head, very short body, short slender tail and smooth scales. Ground colour pale grey to greyish-brown, bearing approximately 9-12 orange to yellowish-brown...
CENTRALIAN BLUETONGUE Read More
Northern Blue-Tongue Skinks are the largest and heaviest of the Blue-tongues, they usually have a pale head, occasionally with dark freckling, they do not have the dark temporal (Side of their head) stripe that...
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Large variably marked Egernia; sole member of E. kingii group. Ground colour brown, greyish-brown, dark grey to almost black. Juveniles are sparsely to densely marked with prominent cream to yellow dashes and...
KING SKINK Read More
One of Australia’s largest frogs and one of the most impressive. It has a large gland that covers the top of its head, which makes it look like its brain is bulging. Its head and body are green and bear small,...
MAGNIFICENT TREE FROG Read More
Body small to large and slender to robust. Pupils horizontal. Vomerine teeth present or absent. Eardrums at least partly visible. Limbs short to long and fingers and toes with terminal discs, fingers webbed or...
NORTHERN GREEN TREE FROG Read More
Large member of S. strophurus group with long spines over eye and on tail. Two subspecies recognised with additional undescribed subspecies in eastern Australia. S. c. ciliaris (Boulenger, 1885) Up to 4 spines...
NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO Read More
Variable member of E. striolata group with strongly-keeled dorsal scales. Dorsal ground colour pale or dark olive-brown, grey to blackish, often flushed with brown on hips, hindlimbs and base of tail....
SOUTH-WESTERN CREVICE EGERNIA Read More
Member of S. strophurus group. Two subspecies recognised. S. s. spinigerus (Gray, 1842) Bears 2 prominent rows of soft black dorsal spines which become larger on tail. Iris rimmed with yellow in south, white in...
SOUTHWEST SPINY-TAILED GECKO Read More
Member of G. punctata group. Composite species as currently recognised. 16 small to moderate sub species exist. Three distinct chromosome races occur, each of which probably constitutes a distinct taxon. Eastern...
TREE DTELLA Read More
Slender Tiliqua with long slightly depressed head, elongate body, long slender tail and smooth scales. Ground colour pale yellowish-brown to pale greyish-brown, marked with approximately 4-6 broad dark brown...
WESTERN BLUETONGUE Read More
Moderate to very large species with relatively short limbs and weakly to strongly dorsally depressed bodies. Typanum exposed. Many spines over body, limbs and tail, including a row across base of head, a row at...
WESTERN BEARDED DRAGON Read More
Body small to large and slender to robust. Pupils horizontal. Vomerine teeth present or absent. Eardrums at least partly visible. Limbs short to long and fingers and toes with terminal discs, fingers webbed or...
WESTERN GREEN TREE FROG Read More
Banded Knob-tailed Geckos are a pinkish-brown or purplish-brown with four or five broad, dark brown cross-bands on the body and tail, each dark band nearly as wide as the paler interspaces. Their head is large...
BANDED KNOB-TAILED GECKO Read More
Children’s Pythons are among Australia’s smallest pythons, they are relatively slender snakes, with their head being only slightly wider than their neck. the body colour ranges from pale...
CHILDREN’S PYTHON Read More
The Flat-Shelled Turtle has a slender neck and a small, moderately depressed head. The shell is flat and round, and is uniform brown colour above and pale below. Forefeet each have 4 claws.  These carnivores...
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Large variable Oedura. Tail slender and round in cross-section to plump and weakly depressed. Ground colour dark purplish brown. Juveniles bear simple pattern of broad, prominent yellow to cream bands; 5 or 6...
MARBLED VELVET GECKO Read More
The North-Western Red-Faced Turtle’s shell is a brown to blackish-brown colour on top, usually with obscure dark flecks and blotches. Underneath is a whitish colour, flushed with a pink or salmon tone...
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The Long Neck Turtle has a long, thick, broad neck that is as long as or longer than the carapace (the upper shell). The carapace is narrow and oval, dark brown to black above, pale below.  Forefeet each have 4...
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Three subspecies recognised. V. a. acanthurus (Boulenger, 1885) Medium-sized robust monitor with thick, strongly spinose tail; depressed at base and round to triangular in cross-section distally. Ground colour...
RIDGE-TAILED MONITOR Read More
Head and body pale yellowish-brown to pinkish-brown or fawn, with numerous small flecks of dark brown or creamy-white scattered over the head, body, limbs and tail; the darker flecks tend to be larger on the...
SHORT-TAILED PYGMY MONITOR Read More
Large distinctive python with small fragmented head shields. Four subspecies are currently recognised though a number of distinctly patterned populations occur. It remains to be demonstrated whether these...
SOUTHWEST CARPET PYTHON Read More
Pattern usually prominent and including pale ventrolateral line. Has 260 – 302 ventral scales and usually 6th and 7th upper labial scales contacting eye. Pale brown, yellowish brown to cream, irregularly marked...
STIMSON’S PYTHON Read More
Tail round in cross-section, bearing keeled scales. Grey, often with a reddish brown tinge on back, marked with numerous dark spots over body and base of tail, and 4-5 longitudinal stripes on remaining two...
STRIPE-TAILED MONITOR Read More
Thick Tailed Gecko’s have large deep heads, plump tails and slender limbs,  digits short, clawed and padless, tails squarish to carrot shaped, original tail black with 5 – 6 white bands, tail-tip tapering,...
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The Three-Lined Knob-tailed Gecko is plump bodied, with a large deep head and slender limbs. Digits short, clawed and padless. Their tails are moderately slender to plump and heart shaped,  original tails...
THREE-LINED KNOB-TAILED GECKO Read More
The Western Netted Dragon is a small to moderate sized, robust, swift moving lizard. They have a round head with a very blunt snout, short limbs and tail. They have spines on the crest of their head and sides of...
WESTERN NETTED DRAGON Read More
The Western Spotted Frog is a large and very robust burrowing frog. It is purplish to chocolate-brown in colour with numerous pale spots on its back, sides and limbs.  They have a short high-pitched...
WESTERN SPOTTED FROG Read More
Ground colour pale brown, yellowish-brown, reddish-brown to pale olive, marked with numerous irregular darker brown to reddish-brown bands. These may be slightly narrower to broader than pale interspaces and...
WOMA PYTHON Read More
Largest Aspidites. Ground colour cream, pale yellowish-brown to reddish-brown; palest bearing sharpest pattern in far west of range (west Kimberley region, W.A. south-westwards). Numerous dark brown to blackish...
BLACK-HEADED PYTHON Read More
Tail long, strongly keeled and round in cross-section. Scales on top of head sharply delineated from smaller scales above eyes. Sub species (ill defined).V. t. Tristis is pale grey, brown to black with numerous...
BLACK-TAILED TREE MONITOR Read More
Sole member of genus. Chlamydosaurus kingii: SVL 258mm Very distinctive with a loose frill of scaly skin attached to neck. At rest it folds like a cape over the neck and shoulders; erect, it stands at 90 degrees...
FRILLED LIZARD Read More
Seven moderate sized sub species with long limbs and tails and 1-5 crests of slightly enlarged to spinose scales. On some sub species the nuchal and vertebral crests can be raised. Tympanum exposed. Pores...
LONG-NOSED TA-TA DRAGON Read More
The Water Python is Australia’s most aquatic python, their body colouration is without pattern and can be almost black to olive-brown or olive-grey, with an obvious opalescent sheen. The lips, throat and...
WATER PYTHON Read More
  The Green Tree Snake’s scales are smooth and colour varies considerably from grey and olive-green through various shades of brown to almost black, or even bright blue, the skin between their scales...
GREEN TREE SNAKE Read More
North-western carpet pythons are a robust species with a large head quite distinct from the neck. they are reddish brown in colour, with darker cream edged bands along the entire length of their body, and a...
NORTH-WESTERN CARPET PYTHON Read More
The Pygmy Python is the smallest python species in the world. their colouration varies depending on region and habitat, they may be a reddish-brown (brick brown) to a sandy yellow/orange. Most have a pattern of...
PYGMY PYTHON Read More
Comprises 3 subspecies, including 2 dwarf island races. P. a. affinis (Günther, 1872) Large subspecies. Ground colour variable; yellowish-brown, pale or dark brown, grey to almost black. Many individuals bear...
DUGITE Read More
The Gwardar is a latge slender agile snake, with glossy smooth scales. Adults can get up to 160cm . Colouration is highly variable, several distinct colour forms occur with a multitude of intergrades: Hooded...
Gwardar Read More
Moderate to large variably patterned monitor with long laterally compressed tail. Three major forms occur, varying in size and colouration. These tend to intergrade in several areas. Two poorly diagnosed...
GOULD’S MONITOR Read More
Largest Pseudechis. Ground colour highly variable; pale brown, olive, rich reddish-brown to coppery-brown. Populations from southern parts of range may be darker to almost black. Individual scales usually bear...
MULGA SNAKE Read More
The Spotted Mulga snake has smooth scales that are black with groups of cream, brown, or yellow-centered scales providing a generally spotted pattern that varies considerably between individuals. Their head and...
SPOTTED MULGA SNAKE Read More
Two subspecies recognised. L. o. olivaceus: Ground colour dark olive, yellowish-brown to olive-brown, fading laterally. Lips, side of throat, neck and ventral surfaces white to cream. Lips may be finely dotted...
OLIVE PYTHON Read More
The Desert Death Adder is a bright reddish-brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands may have...
DESERT DEATH ADDER Read More
The Pilbara Death Adder is a bright reddish to dark brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands...
PILBARA DEATH ADDER Read More
Relatively slender death adder with strongly-keeled dorsal scales and very rugose head shields. Ground colour pale reddish-brown to rich red, marked with transversely-aligned dark flecks, alternating with 50-70...
SOUTHERN DEATH ADDER Read More
The Brown Tree Snake is brown to bright reddish-brown with numerous narrow, irregular, dark crossbands, or cream to light reddish-brown with numerous broad, irregular, bright red or reddish-brown cross-bands....
BROWN TREE SNAKE Read More
The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is a moderately large slender green snake with smooth matte scales. Colour is usually a lime-green, becoming a lemon-yellow on flanks. Some individuals are olive-green to drank-green....
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Large monitor with long laterally compressed tail. Ground colour dark grey to black, peppered with yellow to grey. Pattern prominent to obscure, consisting of transversely aligned yellow spots or narrow blackish...
SOUTHERN HEATH MONITOR Read More
The Rough-scaled Python is a slender snake with a head that is quite distinct from its neck, it is the only known python species with keeled scales. The body is a pale brownish white with coarse variegations, ...
ROUGH-SCALED PYTHON Read More
Two subspecies recognised. Status of western form is uncertain; regarded here as being a subspecies of N. scutatus. N. s. scutatus (Peters, 1861) Ground colour extremely variable, ranging from pale grey through...
TIGER SNAKE Read More