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Mountain dragon on hand
Rankinia diemensis

This is a list of reptiles occurring in Tasmania:

Order: Squamata (lizards and snakes)

Lizards

Image Scientific name Distribution
Rankinia diemensis 102836075.jpg Rankinia diemensis, mountain dragon Rankinia diemensis distribution.png
3linedskink1.jpg Bassiana duperreyi, eastern three-lined skink Range Map for Eastern three-lined skink.jpg
Mainland She-oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli) (8397228981).jpg Cyclodomorphus casuarinae, she-oak skink Tasmania
White's Skink, NSW.jpg Egernia whitii, White's skink Liopholis whitii distribution.png
Eulamprus tympanum skink at Mount Donna Buang.JPG Eulamprus tympanum, southern water skink New South Wales, Victoria and Rodondo Island, Tasmania
Lampropholis delicata (9047218439).jpg Lampropholis delicata, delicate skink Eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Accidentally introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii, and Lord Howe Island.
Lerista bougainvillii, South-eastern Slider (41010036484).jpg Lerista bougainvillii, Bougainville's skink South-eastern Australia, including north-eastern Tasmania
Spotted Skink (Niveoscincus ocellatus).jpg Carinascincus ocellatus, spotted skink Tasmania
Carinascinus microlepidotus, southern snow skink Tasmania
Carinascinus greeni, alpine cool-skink Tasmania
Niveoscincus metallicus - Austin's Ferry.jpg Carinascinus metallicus, metallic skink Southern Victoria and Tasmania
Carinascinus orocryptus, Tasmanian mountain skink Tasmania
Carinascinus palfreymani, Pedra Branca skink Pedra Branca, Tasmania
Southern Grass Skink (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii).jpg Pseudomoia entrecasteauxii, southern grass skink Southern Grass Skink.png
Tussock Skink (Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) (9038861799).jpg Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, southern grass tussock skink Pseudemoia pagenstecheri distribution.png
Glossy Grass Skink (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni) 2.jpg Pseudemoia rawlinsoni, glossy grass skink New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania
Blotched Blue Tongue (Tiliqua nigrolutea) (8485228336).jpg Tiliqua nigrolutea, blotched blue-tongued lizard New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, and Tasmania

Snakes

Image Scientific name Distribution
LowlandcopperheadMullawallah.jpg Austrelaps superbus, lowland copperhead South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania
CSIRO ScienceImage 7486 Whitelipped Snake.jpg Drysdalia coronoides, white-lipped snake South-eastern Australia, including Tasmania
Pelamis platura, Costa Rica.jpg Hydrophis platurus, yellow-bellied sea snake Tropics. Reported sightings in colder waters such as California, New Zealand, and Tasmania.
Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus) (8398219954).jpg Notechis scutatus, tiger snake Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania

Order: Testudines (turtles and tortoises)

Image Scientific name Distribution
Loggerhead sea turtle.jpg Caretta caretta, loggerhead sea turtle Cypron-Range Caretta caretta.svg
CSIRO ScienceImage 7775 Eastern Snakenecked Turtle.jpg Chelodina longicollis, eastern-long necked turtle East Australia, introduced to Tasmania
Chelonia mydas green sea turtle 5.jpg Chelonia mydas, green sea turtle Green turtle nesting sites.svg
Leatherback turtle in sand dermochelys coriacea.jpg Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea map.svg
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