The Action Plan for Australian Reptiles

Foreword......Page 4
Table of contents......Page 6
Executive summary......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 19
Abbreviations......Page 20
Key to the distribution maps for species recovery outlines......Page 22
Elseya sp. nov. (Namoi River, NSW) Namoi River Elseya......Page 24
Emydura signata (Bellinger River, NSW) Bellinger River Emydura......Page 27
Pseudemydura umbrina - Western Swamp T\ortoise......Page 30
Rheodytes leukops - Fitzroy Tortoise......Page 33
Gen. nov.sp. nov. (Mary River, Qld) Mary River Tortoise......Page 36
Christinus guentheri - Lord Howe Island Gecko......Page 40
Lepidodactylus listeri - Christmas Island Gecko......Page 45
Nephrurus deleani - Pernatty Knob-tail......Page 49
Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus - Border Thick-tailed Gecko......Page 52
Aprasia aurita - Malle Worm-lizard......Page 55
Aprasia pseudopulchella - Flinders Ranges Worm-lizard......Page 58
Aprasia rostrata rostrata - Hermite Island Worm-lizard......Page 61
Delma impar - Striped Legless Lizard......Page 64
Delma labialis - Striped-tailed Delma......Page 68
Delma torquata - Collared Delma......Page 71
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus - Bronzeback Snake-lizard......Page 74
Paradelma orientalis - Brigalow Scaly-foot......Page 77
Ctenophorus yinnietharra - Yinnietharra Rock Dragon......Page 80
Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla - South-eastern Lined Earless Dragon......Page 83
Anomalopus mackayi - Long-legged Worm-skink......Page 87
Coeranoscincus reticulatus - Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink......Page 90
Ctenotus lancelini - Lancelin Island Skink......Page 93
Ctenotus zastictus - Hamelin Ctenotus......Page 96
Egernia kintorei - Great Desert Skink......Page 99
Egernia pulchra longicauda - Jurien Bay Rock-skink......Page 102
Egernia stokesii aethiops - Baudin Island Spiny-tailed Skink......Page 105
Egernia stokesii badia - Western Spiny-tailed Skink......Page 108
Egernia stokesii stokesii - Houtman Abrolhos Spiny-tailed Skink......Page 111
Eulamprus leuraensis - Blue Mountains Water Skink......Page 114
Eulamprus tympanum ssp. nov. - Dreeite Water Skink......Page 118
Lerista allanae - Allan's Lerista......Page 121
Lerista vittata - Mount Cooper Striped Lerista......Page 124
Niveoscincus palfreymani - Pedra Branca Skink......Page 127
Pseudemoia lichenigera - Lord Howe Island Skink......Page 130
Tiliqua adelaidensis - Pygmy Bluetongue......Page 135
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti - Christmas Island Blind Snake......Page 138
Aspidites ramsayi (south-western WA) Woma......Page 141
Morelia spilota imbricata - Western Australian Carpet Python......Page 145
Denisonia maculata - Ornamental Snake......Page 152
Austrelaps labialis (Adelaide, SA) Pygmy Copperhead......Page 149
Echiopsis articeps - Lake Cronin Snake......Page 155
Echiopsis curta (population east of Adelaide) Bardick......Page 158
Elapognathus minor - Short-nosed Snake......Page 161
Furina dunmalli - Dunmall's Snake......Page 164
Hoplocephalus bungaroides - Broad-headed Snake......Page 167
Notechis ater ater (Flinders Ranges, SA) Krefft's Tiger Snake......Page 171
Simoselaps calonotus - Black-striped Snake......Page 175
Appendix 1 - Taxonomic list of Australia's threatened reptiles......Page 178
Appendix 2 - Status of Australia's threatened reptiles ranked by the Millsap et al. method......Page 184
Appendix 3 - Status of Australia's threatened reptiles assighed by agencies and individuals......Page 190
Appendix 4 - Habitats of Australia's endangered and vulnerable terrestrial reptiles......Page 198
Appendix 5.1 - Distribution by states and territories of Australia's threatened reptiles......Page 202
Appendix 5.2 - Species richness map for Australia's endangered and vulnerable terrestrial reptiles......Page 204
Appendix 5.3 - Species richness map for Australia's endangered terrestrial reptiles......Page 205
Appendix 5.4 - Species richness map for Australia's vulnerable terrestrial reptiles......Page 206
Caretta caretta - Loggerhead Turtle......Page 207
Chelonia mydas - Green Turtle......Page 209
Eretmochelys imbricata - Hawksbill Turtle......Page 211
Lepidochelys olivacea - Olive Ridley......Page 213
Dermochelys coriacea - Leatherback Turtle......Page 215
Appendix 6.2 - Species richness map for marine turtles based on records in Australian museums......Page 218
Appendix 7 - Processes threatening Australia's endangered and vulnerable terrestrial reptiles......Page 219
Appendix 8.1 - Worldmap - analysis of priority areas for conservation of terrestrial reptiles......Page 223
Appendix 8.2 - Map of endemism values for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 228
Appendix 8.3 - Map of root weight values for engangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 229
Appendix 8.4 - Map of mean root weight values for engangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 230
Appendix 8.5 - Map of higher taxon weightings for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 231
Appendix 8.6 - Map of mean higher taxon weightings for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 232
Appendix 8.7 - Map of span weight values for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 233
Appendix 8.8 - Map of mean span weight values for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 234
Appendix 8.9 - Map of dispersion weight values for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 235
Appendix 8.10 - Map of mean dispersion weight values for endangered and vulnerable reptiles......Page 236
Appendix 9 - List of herpetological authorities consulted......Page 238
Appendix 10 - Methodology......Page 242
Appendix 11 - Scores assigned to Australia's threatened reptiles, based on the methodology of Millsap et al. (1990)......Page 252
Appendix 11.1 - Distribution of biological scores of all threatened taxa......Page 261
Index of threatened reptile taxa......Page 262