Department of National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing
Reptiles, Frogs and Freshwater Fish
Fraser Island World Heritage Area
Reptiles
Sea Turtles
loggerhead turtle
green turtle hawksbill turtle olive ridley flatback turtle Caretta caretta
Chelonia mydas
Eretmochelys imbricata
Lepidochelys olivacea
Natator depressus
Leathery Turtles
leatherback turtle Dermochelys coriacea
Freshwater Turtles
broad-shelled river turtle eastern snake-necked turtle Fraser Island short-neck turtle Chelodina expansa
Chelodina longicollis
Emydura macquarii nigra
Geckoes
wood gecko dubious dtella * house gecko a velvet gecko southern spotted velvet gecko Diplodactylus vittatus
Gehyra dubia
Hemidactylus frenatus
Oedura cf. rhombifer
Oedura tryoni
Flap-footed Lizards
Burton’s legless lizard Lialis burtonis
Dragons
nobbi frilled lizard eastern two-lined dragon eastern water dragon bearded dragon Amphibolurus nobbi nobbi
Chlamydosaurus kingii
Diporiphora australis
Physignathus lesueurii
Pogona barbata
Goannas
sand monitor lace monitor Varanus gouldii
Varanus varius
Skinks
three-clawed worm-skink cone-eared calyptotis tree-base litter-skink tussock rainbow-skink
three-toed snake-tooth skink Fraser Island sand-skink cream-striped shinning-skink Anomalopus verreauxii
Calyptotis lepidorostrum
Carlia foliorum
Carlia vivax
Coeranoscincus reticulatus
Coggeria naufragus
Cryptoblepharus virgatus
Great state. Great opportunity.
Skinks (cont.)
arcane ctenotus robust ctenotus copper-tailed skink pink-tongued skink major skink elf skink a forest-skink eastern water skink bar-sided forest-skink friendly sunskink dark-flecked garden sunskink pale-flecked garden skink common dwarf skink fire-tailed skink Cooloola snake-skink common blue-tongue Ctenotus arcanus
Ctenotus robustus
Ctenotus taeniolatus
Cyclodomorphus gerrardii
Egernia frerei
Eroticoscincus graciloides
Eulamprus martini
Eulamprus quoyii
Eulamprus tenuis
Lampropholis amicula
Lampropholis delicata
Lampropholis guichenoti
Menetia greyii
Morethia taeniopleura
Ophioscincus cooloolensis
Tiliqua scincoides
Blind or Worm Snakes
proximus blind snake Sylvia’s blind snake Ramphotypholps proximus
Ramphotyphlops silvia
Pythons
eastern small blotched python carpet python Antaresia maculosus
Morelia spilota variegata
Rear-fanged and Solid Toothed Snakes
brown tree snake Boiga irregularis
common tree snake Dendrelaphis punctulata
keelback snake Tropidonophis mairii
Front-Fanged Snakes
common death adder white-crowned snake dwarf crowned snake golden crowned snake yellow-faced whip snake black whip snake black-bellied swamp snake pale-headed snake taipan red-bellied black snake eastern brown snake eastern small-eyed snake rough-scaled snake eastern bandy-bandy Acanthophis antarcticus
Cacophis harriettae
Cacophis krefftii
Cacophis squamulosus
Demansia psammophis
Demansia vestigiata
Hemiaspis signata
Hoplocephalus bitorquatus
Oxyuranus scutelllatus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudonaja textilis
Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens
Tropidechis carinatus
Vermicella annulata
Seasnakes
horned seasnake reef shallows sea snake spine-tailed sea snake olive sea snake Stoke’s sea snake
spectacled sea snake olive-headed sea snake turtle-headed sea snake beaked sea snake elegant sea snake small-headed sea snake yellow-bellied sea snake Freshwater Fish
Acalyptophis peronii
Aipysurus duboisii
Aipysurus eydouxii
Aipysurus laevis
Astrotia stokesii
Disteira kingii
Disteira major
Emydocephalus annulatus
Enhydrina schistosa
Hydrophis elegans
Hydrophis mcdowelli
Pelamis platurus
Seasnake records derived from strandings
occurring primarily on the eastern beach
Frogs and Toads
Southern Frogs
beeping froglet clicking froglet wallum froglet striped marshfrog scarlet-sided pobblebonk great barred-frog copper-backed broodfrog sandy gungan eastern gungan Crinia parinsignifera
Crinia signifera
Crinia tinnula
Limnodynastes peronii
Limnodynastes terraereginae
Mixophyes fasciolatus
Pseudophryne raveni
Uperoleia fusca
Uperoleia laevigata
Tree Frogs and Ground Hylids
common green treefrog Cooloola sedgefrog wallum rocketfrog graceful treefrog striped rocketfrog wallum sedgefrog emerald-spotted treefrog ruddy treefrog Litoria caerulea
Litoria cooloolensis
Litoria freycineti
Litoria gracilenta
Litoria nasuta
Litoria olongburensis
Litoria peronii
Litoria rubella
True Toads
*cane toad Bufo marinus
The introduced cane toad poses a serious threat to some of
our native wildlife. Breeding by this pest is encouraged by
thedamming of creeks. This activity is illegal and fines apply.
Freshwater Eels
long-finned eel south Pacific eel Anguilla reinhardtii
Anguilla obscura
Herrings
bony bream Nematolosa erebi
Fork-tailed Catfish
lesser salmon catfish Arius graeffei
Eel-tailed Catfish
hyrtl’s tandan eel-tailed catfish Neosilurus hyrtli
Tandanus tandanus
Hardyheads
flyspecked hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum
Rainbow Fish
Duboulay’s rainbow fish ornate rainbow fish Melanotaenia duboulayi
Rhadinocentrus ornatus
Blue-eyes
honey blue-eye pacific blue-eye Pseudomugil mellis
Pseudomugil signifer
Swamp Eels
a swamp eel Ophisternon cf. gutturale
Glass Fish
Aggassiz’s perchlet Ambassis agassizi
Freshwater Basses and Cods
Australian bass Macquaria novemaculeata
Grunters
jungle perch Kuhlia rupestris
Pygmy Perches
Oxleyan pygmy perch Nannoperca oxleyana
Gudgeons
striped gudgeon empire gudgeon firetail gudgeon western carp gudgeon purple spotted gudgeon Gobiomorphus australis
Hypseleotris compressa
Hypseleotris galii
Hypseleotris klunzingeri
Mogurnda adspersa
Gobies
a goby speckled goby Pseudogobius sp.
Redigobius bikolanus
Livebearers
*mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
* Introduced species
List current to 10.06.05.
Compiled By: R. Hobson & I. Thrash
Natural Resource Rangers, Fraser Island.
Bp2031
Reptiles (cont.)
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Reptiles, frogs and freshwater fish Fraser Island World Heritage Area