List of reptiles of Tasmania

This is a list of reptiles occurring in Tasmania:

Rankinia diemensis

Order: Squamata (lizards and snakes)

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Image Scientific name Distribution
  Rankinia diemensis, mountain dragon  
  Bassiana duperreyi, eastern three-lined skink  
  Cyclodomorphus casuarinae, she-oak skink Tasmania
  Egernia whitii, White's skink  
  Eulamprus tympanum, southern water skink New South Wales, Victoria and Rodondo Island, Tasmania
  Lampropholis delicata, delicate skink Eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii, and Lord Howe Island.
  Lerista bougainvillii, Bougainville's skink South-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania
  Carinascincus ocellatus, spotted skink Tasmania
Carinascinus microlepidotus, southern snow skink Tasmania
Carinascinus greeni, alpine cool-skink Tasmania
  Carinascinus metallicus, metallic skink Southern Victoria and Tasmania
Carinascinus orocryptus, Tasmanian mountain skink Tasmania
Carinascinus palfreymani, Pedra Branca skink Pedra Branca, Tasmania
  Pseudomoia entrecasteauxii, southern grass skink  
  Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, southern grass tussock skink  
  Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, glossy grass skink New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania
  Tiliqua nigrolutea, blotched blue-tongued lizard New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania
Image Scientific name Distribution
  Austrelaps superbus, lowland copperhead South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania
  Drysdalia coronoides, white-lipped snake South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania
  Hydrophis platurus, yellow-bellied sea snake Tropics. Reported sightings in colder waters such as California, New Zealand, and Tasmania.
  Notechis scutatus, tiger snake Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania

Order: Testudines (turtles and tortoises)

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Image Scientific name Distribution
  Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtle  
  Chelodina longicollis, eastern-long necked turtle East Australia, introduced to Tasmania[1]
  Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle  
  Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback sea turtle  

References

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  1. ^ "Freshwater Turtles | Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania". nre.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 29 December 2022.