Reptiles of the
Aru Islands [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 Wermuth & Mertens 1977

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons)
Genus Hypsilurus (Eastern Anglehead Agamas)
 
Hypsilurus binotatus

Two-marked Anglehead Agama

Denzer, Doughty, Johnstone & Manthey 2018 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967
 
Hypsilurus modestus

Green Anglehead Agama

Denzer, Doughty, Johnstone & Manthey 2018 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967
Genus Lophosaurus (Sahul Anglehead Agamas)
 
Lophosaurus dilophus

Keeled Anglehead Agama

Denzer, Doughty, Johnstone & Manthey 2018 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1967
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
 
Cyrtodactylus marmoratus

Marbled Bent-toed Gecko

Mertens 1930 Rooij 1915
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko gecko

Tokay

Allison 2007 Rooij 1915 [as verticillatus]
 
Gekko monarchus

Spotted House Gecko

Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1965
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Roesler, Ineich, Wilms & Boehme 2012 Rooij 1915
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Rooij 1915
 
Hemidactylus platyurus

Flat-tailed Gecko

Rooij 1915
Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)
 
Hemiphyllodactylus typus

Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko

Brongersma 1934
 Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards)
Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)
 
Lialis burtonis

Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard

Kluge 1974 Rooij 1915 Roux 1910
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia diguliensis

Digul River Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
 
Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae

New Guinean Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007 Mertens 1964
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia kordoana

Supiori Slender Tree Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia longicauda

Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink

Brown 1991 How, Durrant, Smith & Saleh 1998
 
Emoia reimschisseli

Morotai Slender Skink

How, Durrant, Smith & Saleh 1998
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus rufescens

Reddish Giant Skink

Rooij 1915
Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)
 
Eutropis multifasciata

Many-lined Sun Skink

O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Rooij 1915
Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)
 
Lygisaurus sp.

(Australian-Papuan Leaf-Litter Skink)

Kopstein 1926 [as novaeguineae]
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus jobiensis

Yapen Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
 
Sphenomorphus meyeri

Aru Islands Forest Skink

Doria 1875 Rooij 1915 [as melanopogon] Shea 2012
 
Sphenomorphus muelleri

East Indonesian Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
 
Sphenomorphus rufus

Reddish Forest Skink

Shea 2017 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990
 
Sphenomorphus sp.

(Forest Skink)

Rooij 1915 [as variegatum]
 
Sphenomorphus undulatus

Wavy-backed Forest Skink

Rooij 1915 [as aruanus]
Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)
 
Tiliqua gigas

Giant Blue-tongued Skink

Brongersma 1930 Rooij 1915 Shea 1990
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
  *
Varanus beccarii

Aru Islands Black Tree Monitor

Boehme 2003 Jacobs 2002 Koch, Ernst, Eidenmuller & Kraus 2014 Mertens 1963 Sprackland 1991
 
Varanus doreanus

Blue-tailed Monitor

Boehme 2003 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999
 
Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Mertens 1963 Rooij 1915 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 Rooij 1917
Genus Chrysopelea (Flying Tree Snakes)
 
Chrysopelea rhodopleuron

Moluccan Flying Tree Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kopstein 1926 Lang 2013 Mertens 1968
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis calligaster

Northern Australian Bronzeback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015
 
Dendrelaphis lineolatus

Papuan Striped Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
  *
Stegonotus aruensis

Aru Islands Ground Snake

Haas 1950 [as S. modestus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as S. modestus] Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Lang 2013 [as S. modestus] Rooij 1917 [as S. modestus]
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis doriae

Barred Keelback

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)
 
Acanthophis sp.

(Death Adder)

Haas 1950 [as A. antarcticus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as A. praelongus] O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as A. antarcticus]
Genus Furina (Australian Naped Snakes)
 
Furina tristis

Grey-naped Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917
Genus Micropechis (Papuan Small-eyed Snake)
 
Micropechis ikaheka

Papuan Small-eyed Snake

Golay, Smith, Broadley, Dixon, McCarthy, Rage, Schatti & Toriba 1993 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)
 
Aipysurus laevis

Olive Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Hydrelaps darwiniensis

Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001
Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)
 
Hydrophis atriceps

Black-headed Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 [as H. fasciatus] Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis elegans

Bar-bellied Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis kingii

Spectacled Sea Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001
 
Hydrophis ornatus

Reef Sea Snake

Gasperetti 1988 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926
 
Hydrophis stokesii

Large-headed Sea Snake

Haas 1950 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
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 Rooij 1917
Genus Parahydrophis (Arafura Smooth Sea Snake)
 
Parahydrophis mertoni

Arafura Smooth Sea Snake

Cogger in Dunson (ed.) 1975 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Smith 1926
 Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes)
Genus Myron (Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes)
  *
Myron karnsi

Aru Mangrove Snake

Gyi 1970 [as M. richardsonii] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as M. richardsonii] Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 [as M. richardsonii] Murphy 2011 O'Shea 1996 [as M. richardsonii] Rooij 1917 [as M. richardsonii]
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Malayopython (Malayan Pythons)
 
Malayopython reticulatus

Reticulated Python

David, Pauwels, Lays & Lenglet 2006
Genus Morelia (Carpet Pythons and allies)
 
Morelia viridis

Southern Green Tree Python

Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1975 Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020 Rooij 1917 Stimson 1969
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia amethistina

Amethystine Python

Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDowell 1975 Rooij 1917 Stimson 1969
 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 Mertens 1930 Rooij 1917 Wallach 2009

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles)
Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)
 
Elseya rhodini

Southern Papuan Snapping Turtle

Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Rooij 1915
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915
Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)
 
Eretmochelys imbricata

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Pritchard 1979 Rooij 1915