Reptiles of
Ambon [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

Jong 1926 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 Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
Genus Calotes (South Asian Forest Agamas)
  *
Calotes nigriplicatus

Black-shouldered Tree Agama

Hallermann 2000 Manthey 2008
Genus Draco (Gliding Dragons)
 
Draco lineatus

Lineated Gliding Dragon

Inger 1983 Jong 1926 Manthey 2008 McGuire & Kiew 2001 [as bourouniensis] McGuire, Brown, Mumpuni, Riyanto & Andayani 2007 Musters 1983 [as bourouniensis] Wermuth 1967 [as amboinensis]
Genus Hydrosaurus (Sail-tailed Agamas)
 
Hydrosaurus amboinensis

Ambon Sail-tailed Agama

Denzer, Campbell, Manthey, Glasser-Trobisch & Koch 2020 Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus

Marbled Bent-toed Gecko

Kopstein 1926
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko gecko

Tokay

Jong 1926 [as verticillatus]
 
Gekko monarchus

Spotted House Gecko

Brown & Alcala 1978 Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Jong 1926 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Roesler, Ineich, Wilms & Boehme 2012 Rooij 1915
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
 
Hemidactylus garnotii

Fox Gecko

Jong 1926
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia leucotaenia

White-striped Rainbow Skink

Jong 1926 [as Lygosoma fuscum] Zug 2004
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus intermedius

Moluccan Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007 Jong 1926 [as boutoni]
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Brown 1991 Jong 1926
 
Emoia caeruleocauda

Pacific Blue-tailed Skink

Brown 1991 Jong 1926 [as Lygosoma cyanurum]
 
Emoia kuekenthali

East Indonesian Slender Skink

Brown 1991 Jong 1926
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus rufescens

Reddish Giant Skink

Jong 1926 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

Jong 1926 O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Rooij 1915
 
Eutropis rudis

Three-keeled Sun Skink

Kopstein 1926
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Jong 1926 Mertens 1929 Rooij 1915 Schmitt, How, Hisheh, Goldberg & Maryanto 2000
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
 
Lygisaurus sp.

(Australian-Papuan Leaf-Litter Skink)

Jong 1926 [as Lygosoma novaeguineae] Rooij 1915 [as novaeguineae]
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus undulatus

Wavy-backed Forest Skink

Kopstein 1926 [as amboinense]
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua gigas

Giant Blue-tongued Skink

Jong 1926 Rooij 1915 Shea 1990
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus cerambonensis

Banded Pacific Monitor

Boehme 2003 Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 [as indicus] Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as indicus] Jong 1926 [as indicus] Philipp, Boehme & Ziegler 1999 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 Jong 1926 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)
 
Candoia carinata

Pacific Tree Boa

Boehme, Smith, Rybak, Breukelen & Chiszar 1998 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Lang 2013 McDowell 1979 Rooij 1917 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Lang 2013 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917
Genus Calamaria (Oriental Reed Snakes)
 
Calamaria ceramensis

Seram Reed Snake

Inger & Marx 1965 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013
Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)
 
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron

Moluccan Flying Tree Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Lang 2013 Mertens 1968 Rooij 1917
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis grismeri

Central Moluccan Bronzeback

Haas 1950 [as pictus] Lang 2013 Mertens 1930 [as pictus] Rooij 1917 [as pictus] Vogel & Rooijen 2008
 
Dendrelaphis keiensis

Southern Moluccan Bronzeback

How & Kitchener 1997 [as calligaster] Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Lycodon (Oriental Wolf Snakes)
 
Lycodon capucinus

Island Wolf Snake

Lang 2013 O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
 
Stegonotus modestus

Ambon Ground Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Lang 2013 McDowell 1972 Rooij 1917
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis elongatus

Moluccan Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kopstein 1926 Lang 2013 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)
 
Acanthophis ceramensis

Seram Death Adder

Kuch, McGuire & Yuwono 2006 [as A. laevis complex] Lang 2013 [as A. spp.]
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 
Hydrophis platurus

Yellow-bellied Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Jong 1926 Rooij 1917
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Haas 1950 Jong 1926 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

Haas 1950 McCarthy 1986
 
Laticauda semifasciata

Erabu Sea Krait

Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Mertens 1930 Stejneger 1907
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
 
Gerrhopilus suturalis

Andai Blind Snake

Wallach 1996
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Brachyorrhos (Moluccan Short-tailed Snakes)
 
Brachyorrhos albus

Ambon Short-tailed Snake

Jong 1926 Lang 2013 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy & Voris 2021 Murphy, Mumpuni, Lang, Gower & Sanders 2012 Rooij 1917
Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)
 
Cerberus schneiderii

South East Asian Dog-faced Water Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. rynchops] Jong 1926 [as C. rhynchops] Lang 2011 [as C. rynchops] Lang 2013 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012 Rooij 1917 [as C. rynchops]
Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)
 
Fordonia leucobalia

White-bellied Mangrove Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Lang 2011 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)
 
Malayopython reticulatus

Reticulated Python

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 Lang 2013 Rooij 1917
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia clastolepis

Seram Scrub Python

Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 [as amethystinus] Lang 2013 McDowell 1975 [as Python amethistinus] Rooij 1917 [as Python amethystinus]
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)
 
Ramphotyphlops olivaceus

Olive Blind Snake

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

Brahminy Blind Snake

Hahn 1980 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Jong 1926 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 Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Jong 1926 Rooij 1915
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Jong 1926 Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Jong 1926 Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)
 
Cuora amboinensis

Southeast Asian Box Turtle

Iverson 1992 Jong 1926 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1915 Wermuth & Mertens 1977