The Recherche Archipelago, a large island group off the southern coast of Western Australia, is recognised as containing 22 terrestrial reptile species. This is a list of reptiles of the Recherche Archipelago:[1][2]
| Common name | Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Mallee lashtail dragon | Amphibolurus norrisi |
| Ornate crevice dragon | Ctenophorus ornatus |
| Western marbled gecko | Christinus marmoratus |
| Barking gecko | Underwoodisaurus milii |
| Southern heath monitor | Varanus rosenbergi |
| Southwestern cool skink | Acritoscincus trilineatus |
| Cream-striped fence skink | Cryptoblepharus virgatus clarus |
| Red-legged skink | Ctenotus labillardieri |
| King's skink | Egernia kingii |
| Bull-headed skink | Liopholis multiscutata |
| Southwestern crevice skink | Egernia napoleonis |
| Four-toed mulch skink | Hemiergis peronii peronii |
| Southern four-toed lerista | Lerista dorsalis |
| South Coast five-toed lerista | Lerista microtis intermedia |
| Southern pale-flecked morethia | Morethia obscura |
| Western bobtail | Tiliqua rugosa rugosa |
| Southern carpet python | Morelia spilota imbricata |
| Southern death adder | Acanthophis antarcticus |
| Crowned snake | Elapognathus coronatus |
| Recherche Island dugite | Pseudonaja affinis tanneri |
References
edit- ^ Browne-Cooper, R.; Bush, B.; Maryan, B. & Robinson, D. (2007). "Island species lists; Recherché Archipelago". Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-1-920694-74-6.
- ^ "Reptiles database: area search". FaunaBase. Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 1 April 2008.
Specimen records (Israelite Bay)
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Further reading
edit- Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. (1996). "Biogeography of the herpetofauna of the Recherché Archipelago, Western Australia". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 79: 165–173.