Reptiles
Snakes
Elapidae
Pseudachis porphyriacus red-bellied black
Have a look at Tony's video, taken 1 Nov 2016 of this snake.
Cryptophis nigrescens small-eyed snake
Cacophis squamulosus golden-crowned snake
Colubridae
Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake
Pythonidae
Morelia spilota diamond python
Typhlopidae
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens blind snake
Lizards
ORDER Squamata
Scincidae
Saproscincus mustelinus weasel skink
Tiliqua scincoides eastern bluetongue
Tiliqua casuarinae oak skink
Egernia major land mullet
Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink
Cyclomorphus gerrardii pink tongue
Varanidae
Varanus varius goanna
Agamidae
Physignathus leseurii water dragon
Gekkonnidae
Phyllurus platurus southern leaf-tailed gecko
Turtles
Chelidae
Cheladina longicollis long-necked Tortoise
Here is one of our commoner lizards, the bluetongue Tiliqua scincoides. Joanne Hill, education project officer for the Catchment Management Authority, has just removed a large tick from its neck. And below is its relative the oak skink, Tiliqua casuarinae.
Photo: Dorian Moey
Another skink, the pink tongue, Cyclodomorphus gerrardii, discovered in November 2019 by the contractors Bangalow Bushland while weeding honeysuckle in sclerophyll enclosure S6, Water Gum Corner.
Photo: Ray Galway
Some more finds - blind snakes (Ramphotyphlops nigrescens), found under a piece of corrugated iron in June 2011. They are about 25 cm long, live on ants and termites and avoid the sun. Our contracted Bush Regeneration team report finding them fairly often under logs. Despite their name, their eyes are functional, but half-concealed under scales that protect them from ants
