Reptiles of the
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]

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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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Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)
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Cyrtodactylus klugei

Gesirava River Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2008
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Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis

Louisiade Islands Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2008 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Rooij 1915
  *
Cyrtodactylus robustus

Rossel Island Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2008 Rooij 1915 [as louisiadensis]
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Cyrtodactylus tripartitus

Misima Island Bent-toed Gecko

Kraus 2008 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra membranacruralis

New Guinean Giant Stump-toed Gecko

Bauer 1994 [as vorax]
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Shea 2005
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2005
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Shea 2005 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Rooij 1915
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2005
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
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Lepidodactylus aignanus

Misima Scaly-toed Gecko

Kraus 2019
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Bauer 1994 Kraus & Shea 2005
 
Lepidodactylus orientalis

Port Moresby Scaly-toed Gecko

Kraus & Shea 2005
Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)
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Nactus acutus

Rossel Island Hook-toed Gecko

Kraus 2005
 
Nactus amplus

Giant Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
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Nactus fredkrausi

Misima Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
  *
Nactus modicus

Louisiade Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
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Nactus panaeati

Panaeati Hook-toed Gecko

Zug 2020
 
Nactus sphaerodactylodes

Sudest Hook-toed Gecko

Kraus 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia eothen

Eastern Papuan Rainbow Skink

Rooij 1915 [as fuscum] Zug 2004
Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)
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Cryptoblepharus richardsi

Misima Snake-eyed Skink

Horner 2007
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Brown 1991 Kraus & Shea 2005
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Emoia beryllion

Rossel Island Slender Skink

Brown 1991 [as tetrataenia] Kraus 2018 Rooij 1915 [as tetrataenia]
 
Emoia caeruleocauda

Pacific Blue-tailed Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia jakati

Jakati River Slender Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia kordoana

Supiori Slender Tree Skink

Kraus & Shea 2005
 
Emoia longicauda

Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink

Brown 1991
 
Emoia obscura

Idenburg River Slender Skink

Kraus & Shea 2005
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus albofasciolatus

White-banded Giant Skink

Brongersma 1948 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915
Genus Glaphyromorphus (Short-legged Mulch Skinks)
 
Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink

Rooij 1915 [as elegantulum]
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005
Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)
 
Lipinia longiceps

East Papuan Striped Skink

Gunther 2000 Zweifel 1979
Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)
 
Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink

Zweifel 1979
Genus Prasinohaema (Green Tree Skinks)
 
Prasinohaema virens

Eastern Green Tree Skink

Rooij 1915
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus aignanus

Misima Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
 
Sphenomorphus jobiensis

Yapen Forest Skink

Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 Rooij 1915
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Sphenomorphus louisiadensis

Rossel Island Forest Skink

Rooij 1915
 
Sphenomorphus minutus

Papuan Dwarf Forest Skink

Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005
 
Sphenomorphus solomonis

Solomon Forest Skink

Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus bogerti

Papuan Black Tree Monitor

Boehme 2003 Koch, Ernst, Eidenmuller & Kraus 2014 Mertens 1963 Sprackland 1991
 
Varanus indicus

Pacific Monitor

Kraus & Shea 2005
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Varanus telenesetes

Rossel Island Tree Monitor

Boehme 2003 Koch, Ernst, Eidenmuller & Kraus 2014 Sprackland 1991

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)
 
Candoia paulsoni

Pacific Ground Boa

Haas 1950 [as carinata] O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as Enygrus carinatus] Shea & Kraus 2007 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Kraus & Shea 2005 Rooij 1917
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis calligaster

Northern Australian Bronzeback

Kraus & Shea 2005 [as salomonis] O'Shea 1996 [as salomonis] Rooij 1917
 
Dendrelaphis papuensis

Eastern Papuan Bronzeback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
 
Stegonotus cucullatus

Doberai Ground Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis aenigmaticus

East Papuan Keelback

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Aspidomorphus (Papuan Crowned Snakes)
 
Aspidomorphus lineaticollis

Striped Crowned Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Toxicocalamus (Papuan Worm-eating Snakes)
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Toxicocalamus holopelturus

Rossel Island Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
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Toxicocalamus mintoni

Sudest Worm-eating Snake

Kraus 2009 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
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Toxicocalamus misimae

Misima Worm-eating Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015
 Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes)
Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)
 
Laticauda colubrina

Yellow-lipped Sea Krait

Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 O'Shea 1996
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
  *
Gerrhopilus addisoni

Panaeati Blind Snake

Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as depressiceps] Kraus 2017 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as depressiceps] Wallach 1996 [as depressiceps]
  *
Gerrhopilus hades

Bibikea Blind Snake

Kraus 2005
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia amethistina

Amethystine Python

Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996