Reptiles of
Ternate [Indonesia]

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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. www.repfocus.dk (Compilation date: 14th April, 2023).

Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles)
Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)
 
Crocodylus porosus

Saltwater Crocodile

Rooij 1915

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Bronchocela (Long-tailed Agamas)
 
Bronchocela cristatella

Malayan Green Crested Agama

Hallermann 2005 Rooij 1915
Genus Hydrosaurus (Sail-tailed Agamas)
 
Hydrosaurus weberi

Halmahera Sail-tailed Agama

Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967
 Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks)
Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)
 
Dibamus novaeguineae

Indo-Australian Blind Skink

Greer 1985
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus halmahericus

Halmahera Bent-toed Gecko

Oliver, Edgar, Mumpuni, Iskandar & Lilley 2009
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra marginata

Giant Moluccan Dtella

Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1965
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Rooij 1915
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Rooij 1915
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia tutela

Moluccan Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia sorex

Halmahera Slender Skink

Brown 1991
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus mentovarius

Moluccan Recluse Skink

Shea 2018
 
Eugongylus rufescens

Reddish Giant Skink

Mys 1988
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Rooij 1915
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Mertens 1929 Rooij 1915
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
 
Lygisaurus sp.

(Australian-Papuan Leaf-Litter Skink)

Rooij 1915 [as novaeguineae]
Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)
 
Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink

Rooij 1915 Zweifel 1979
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus solomonis

Solomon Forest Skink

Greer & Parker 1974 Rooij 1915
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua gigas

Giant Blue-tongued Skink

Rooij 1915 Shea 1990
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus rainerguentheri

Moluccan Mangrove Monitor

Boehme 2003 [as indicus] Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 [as indicus] Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as indicus] Koch, Auliya & Ziegler 2010 Somma & Koch 2012 Weijola 2010 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007 [as indicus]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes)
Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)
 
Acrochordus granulatus

Lesser File Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)
 
Candoia paulsoni

Pacific Ground Boa

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. carinata] Koch 2012 Lang 2013 McDowell 1979 [as C. carinata] Rooij 1917 [as Enygrus carinatus] Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Ahaetulla (Oriental Whip Snakes)
 
Ahaetulla prasina

Short-nosed Whip Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis modestus

Northern Moluccan Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 Rooijen & Vogel 2012
 
Dendrelaphis pictus

Southern Painted Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
 
Stegonotus batjanensis

Bacan Ground Snake

Haas 1950 [as S. modestus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Lang 2013
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis halmahericus

Red-spotted Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Malnate & Underwood 1988
 
Tropidonophis truncatus

Halmahera Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Malnate & Underwood 1988 Rooij 1917
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis belcheri

Western Faint-banded Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis nigrocinctus

Black-banded Sea Snake

Rooij 1917
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Rooij 1917
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Haas 1950 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rooij 1917
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

Haas 1950 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 McCarthy 1986 Rooij 1917
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
 
Gerrhopilus suturalis

Andai Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 [as ater] Lang 2013 [as ater] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as ater] McDowell 1974 [as ater] Rooij 1917 [as ater]
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Brachyorrhos (Moluccan Short-tailed Snakes)
  *
Brachyorrhos raffrayi

Ternate Short-tailed Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as albus] Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy & Voris 2021 Murphy 2007 [as albus] Murphy, Mumpuni, Lang, Gower & Sanders 2012 Rooij 1917 [as albus]
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus schneiderii

South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2011 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2013 Rooij 1917 [as C. rynchops]
Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)
 
Malayopython reticulatus

Reticulated Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917
Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)
 
Ramphotyphlops flaviventer

Yellow-bellied Blind Snake

Brongersma 1934 Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 Rooij 1917
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Virgotyphlops (Brahminy Blind Snake)
 
Virgotyphlops braminus

Brahminy Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917 Wallach 2009

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915