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Australian Reptiles

Dragons [Order: Squamata (Sauria), Family: Agamidae]
The Jacky Lizard is pale grey to dark brown above. It has a series of large black angular patches along the middle of the back bordered by a pale grey stripe from neck to tail. The pale stripe may be...
Jacky Lizard
(Amphibolurus muricatus) 		The Nobbi Dragon has a distinctive stripe along their backs which is often pale-coloured or even yellow (but can have darker patches). The back part of the lizard (rump and tail) is often tinged with...
Nobbi Dragon
(Amphibolurus nobbi) 		The Frilled Lizard has a large extendible frill round the neck and under throat. When its is alarmed It raises the frill and opens its mouth showing the yellow inside. When resting, the frill is...
Frilled Lizard
(Chlamydosaurus kingii) 		The Central Netted Dragon gets its name from the net-like pattern over the body. They are reddish brown or yellowish-brown in colour. It is a medium-size terrestrial lizard with relatively short...
Central Netted Dragon
(Ctenophorus nuchalis)
Boyd's Forest Dragon is a lizard with large pointed scales on a crest behind the head. These reptiles spend much of their time perching on the side of tree trunks just one or two metres from the...
Boyd's Forest Dragon
(Hypsilurus boydii) 		The Southern Angle-headed Dragon ranges from greenish-grey to brown in colour. Has a raised flap of skin with spines on the neck. It is similar to Boyd's Forest Dragon which has even more prominent...
Southern Angle-headed Dragon
(Hypsilurus spinipes)
Northern Water Dragon
(Lophognathus temporalis) 		The Thorny Devil is an unusual little reptile covered in thorns including spines above each eye. This lizard belongs to the dragon family and is completely harmless. Thorny Devils have the ability to...
Thorny Devil
(Moloch horridus)
The Eastern Water Dragon is a large lizard. It is grey-brown with black banding and a row of spines from the crest of the head to the tail. Usually has a broad black stripe extending from the eye to...
Eastern Water Dragon
(Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii) 		The Gippsland Water Dragon is a large lizard. It is grey-green and brown with black banding on back and a row of spines from the crest of the head to the tail. The chest is olive green. Males often...
Gippsland Water Dragon
(Physignathus lesueurii howittii) 		The Bearded Dragon is one of the larger agamid lizards. Gray to brown in color. Pale underneath. Broad, triangular head. Stout body. Row of spines along edge of body and under throat. When threatened...
Bearded Dragon
(Pogona barbata) 		The Central Bearded Dragon is similar in shape to the Eastern Bearded Dragon. It has beard of spines around the throat and only one or two rows of spines down the sides. The spines across the back of...
Central Bearded Dragon
(Pogona vitticeps)

Dwarf Bearded Dragon
(Pogona minor minima)
Lawson's dragon
(Pogona henrylawsoni)
Western Bearded Dragon
(Pogona minor minor)

Geckos [Order: Squamata (Sauria), Family: Gekkonidae]

Wood Gecko
(Diplodactylus vittatus)
Eastern Dtella
(Gehyra dubia) 		The Asian House Gecko is an agile nocturnal lizard often seen running along walls, in search of moths and other insects. It has bulging lidless eyes and toe pads. It has spines in bands around the...
Asian House Gecko
(Hemidactylus frenatus) 		The Robust Velvet Gecko is a stocky lizard that is often seen climbing around walls of homes near suitable habitat. This reptile is dark brown with large rectangular blotches down the back and tail....
Robust Velvet Gecko
(Oedura robusta)
The Velvet Gecko is pale grey to brown above with a broad band down its back that forms a zigzag pattern or series of diamonds. The sides are dark grey or brown. The underside is whitish. The skin is...
Velvet Gecko
(Oedura lesueurii) 		The Broad-tailed Gecko is brown or grey with mottled with fine spots. The tail is broad and tapers to a point. I had this species incorrectly identified as a Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko. Thanks to...
Broad-tailed Gecko
(Phyllurus platurus)
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko
(Saltuarius swaini) 		The Barking Gecko is dark purple black to purple brown above, with small yellow or white spots arranged in bands across the head body and tail. There is a dense band of these spots around the neck....
Barking Gecko
(Underwoodisaurus milii)

Legless Lizards [Order: Squamata (Sauria), Family: Pygopodidae]

Pink-tailed Worm Lizard
(Aprasia parapulchella)
Burton's Legless Lizard
(Lialis burtonis)

Skinks [Order: Squamata (Sauria), Family: Scincidae]

Eastern Three-lined Skink
(Bassiana duperreyi)
Blue-tailed Skink
(Cryptoblepharus egeriae) 		The Wall Skink has distinct white stripes along its body from the eye area to the base of its tail.
Wall Skink
(Cryptoblepharus virgatus) 		The Striped Skink is a medium sized skink. Striped Skinks are olive brown on top with stripes of dark brown and white running from head to tail. They have a black, white edged band along the centre...
Striped Skink
(Ctenotus taeniolatus)
Cunningham's Skink colour varies from almost totally black with a few white spots, to grey with black bands, to rusty red colour.
Cunningham's Skink
(Egernia cunninghami) 		Hosmer's Skink is a spiny lizard with 3 or 4 sharp keels on each dorsal scale. It was one long spine on each tail scale. The body is pale yellow-brown or reddish brown. It has dark spots and pale...
Hosmer's Skink
(Egernia hosmeri)
King's Skink
(Egernia kingii) 		The Land Mullet is a large skink. Adults are glossy black or dark brown with a pale rim around the eye. Underside is white, yellow to orange-brown. Juveniles have white or cream spots on their side.
Land Mullet
(Egernia major)

Stoke's Skink
(Egernia stokesii)
White's Skink
(Egernia whitii)
Blue Mountain Water Skink
(Eulamprus leuraensis) 		The Eastern Water Skink is a medium sized stocky long-tailed skink. It is dark brown to olive above and cream to white underneath. The tail is usually olive green. It has obvious external ear hole....
Eastern Water Skink
(Eulamprus quoyii)
The Garden Skink is a small dark brown lizard, with bronze coloured stripe, from the shoulder and to the base of the tail.
Garden Skink
(Lampropholis delicata)
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
(Lampropholis guichenoti)
Boulenger's Skink
(Morethia boulengeri)
Tasmanian Tree Skink
(Niveoscincus pretiosus)

Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard
(Tiliqua nigrolutea)
Centralian Blue-tongue Lizard
(Tiliqua multifasciata) 		The Blue-tongue lizard is a large skink about 30-40cm long. It is brown and black blotched on a cream body with usually a dark band behind the eyes. They are easily recognised by their bright blue...
Common Blue Tongue
(Tiliqua scincoides)
Northern Blue-tongue
(Tiliqua scincoides intermedia)
The Shingle-back is a slow moving stocky lizard with short logs, short stumpy tail and blue tongue.
Shingleback
(Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Blue-tongue Lizard
(Tiliqua occipitalis)

Goannas [Order: Squamata (Sauria), Family: Varanidae]

Black-headed Monitor
(Varanus tristis) 		The Emerald Tree Monitor is a small to medium sized arboreal monitor lizard. The body colour is many shades of green to turquoise, with darker bands across the body. The tail is prehensile tail to...
Emerald Tree Monitor
(Varanus prasinus) 		Gould's Monitor varies considerably in colour and pattern. The back varies from brown to greenish-grey to almost black, with scattered flecks and spots of lighter colours. These spots are arranged in...
Gould's Monitor
(Varanus gouldii)




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