FFNC Reptile List for the Boonah Area

Carpet Python (Photo L.Cross)

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The Fassifern Field Naturalists have been recording local flora and fauna both for Club outings, and individual member sightings for over 30 years. In that time we have recorded 64 species of reptiles. 

All lists have their weaknesses. They depend on so many factors:
1) Human – the experience of the observers, the number of surveys, the change in personnel of a group, etc.; 2) Environmental – the areas surveyed, droughts, fires, floods, tree clearing, change in agricultural practices, building of dams, etc.

The best time to see reptiles depends on the individual species. Some are nocturnal, others diurnal. In winter they like to find warm, sunny spots to laze.

Legend:
VC = very commonly reported – almost every month 
C = commonly reported – 6-8 times a year 
OS = occasionally reported - 3-5 times a year  
UN = uncommonly reported - only 1-2 times a year
R = rarely reported - only a few times in 30+ years, often only once in that time

Freshwater Turtles
Broad-shelled Turtle (Chelodina expansa) R
Eastern long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis) C [particularly above and below Moogerah Dam wall]
Brisbane Short-necked Turtle (Emydura krefftii signata) R
Saw-shelled Turtle (Wollumbinia latisternum) C

Eastern Water Dragon (Photo L.Cross) 

Dragons
Tommy Roundhead (Diporiphora australis) OS    
Southern Angle-headed Dragon (Lophosaurus spinipes) R
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) C
Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) VC

Geckoes
Dubious Dtella (Gehyra dubia) OS
Spotted Dtella (Gehyra punctata) R
Tree Dtella (Gehyra variegata) R
Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) OS
Bynoe's Gecko (Heteronotia binoei) R
Robust Velvet Gecko (Oedura robusta) R
Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko (Oedura tryoni) R

Goannas
Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) OS                         

Bearded Dragon (Photo L. Cross)

Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii) R

Legless Lizards
Common or Leaden Delma (Delma plebeia) R

Excitable Delma (Delma tincta) R
Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) R

Skinks

Verreaux’s Skink (Anomalopus verreauxii) R

Major Skink (Bellatorias frerei) R
Land Mullet (Bellatorias major) R
Open-litter Rainbow-skink (Carlia pectoralis) R
Robust Rainbow-skink (Carlia schmeltzii) R  

Lively Rainbow-skink (Carlia vivax) C

Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) C 

Elegant Snake-eyed Skink
(Photo L. Beaton)

Wall Skink (Cryptoblepharus virgatus) C

Eastern Striped skink (Ctenotus robustus) OS

Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus) R
Pink-tongued Skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii) R
Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami) R
Martin’s Skink (Eulamprus martini) R
Eastern Water-skink (Eulamprus quoyii) R

Bar-sided Skink (Eulamprus tenuis) OS

Garden skink (Lampropholis delicata) UN

Iridescent litter-skink (Lygisaurus foliorum) R

Fire-tailed Skink (Morethia taeniopleura) UN

Three-toed Skink (Saiphos equalis) R
Challenger's Skink (Saproscincus challengeri) R
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard (Tiliqua scincoides) R

Blind Snakes

Robust Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops ligatus) UN
Brown-snouted Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops wiedii) UN

Colubrid Snakes
Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis) OS
Common Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) C

Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii) UN

Pythons
Spotted Python (Antaresia maculosa) UN (only 2 records, one was found dead)
Carpet Python (Morelia spilota) C

Venomous Snakes
White-crowned Snake (Cacophis harriettae) UN
Southern Dwarf Crowned Snake (Cacophis krefftii) UN
Golden-crowned Snake (Cacophis squamulosus) UN
Eastern Small-eyed Snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) UN
Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis) C
Red-naped Snake (Furina diadema) UN

Black-bellied Swamp Snake (Hemiaspis signata) UN

Pale-headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bitorquatus) UN
Stephens’ Banded Snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii) UN
Spotted Black Snake (Pseudechis guttatus) UN
Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) OS
Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) C

Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) UN