Reptiles of
New Ireland  [Papua New Guinea: Bismarck Archipelago]

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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

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Whitaker 1980 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

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

Green Anglehead Agama

Hediger 1934 Manthey & Denzer 2006
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)
 
Gehyra mutilata

Common Four-clawed Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001
 
Gehyra oceanica

Oceanic Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Gekko (Tokays)
 
Gekko vittatus

White-striped Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus frenatus

Asian House Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)
 
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Common Mourning Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001
Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)
 
Nactus robertfisheri

Bismarcks Hook-toed Gecko

Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as "cf. pelagicus"] Hediger 1934 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zug 2020
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)
 
Carlia mysi

Morobe Rainbow Skink

Zug 2004
Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)
 
Emoia atrocostata

Pacific Mangrove Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Emoia bismarckensis

Bismarck Slender Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991
 
Emoia caeruleocauda

Pacific Blue-tailed Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991
 
Emoia cyanogaster

Pacific Green-bellied Tree Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991
 
Emoia impar

Dark-bellied Copper-striped Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001
 
Emoia jakati

Jakati River Slender Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991
Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)
 
Eugongylus albofasciolatus

White-banded Giant Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)
 
Lamprolepis smaragdina

Emerald Tree Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 Mertens 1929 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)
  *
Lipinia rouxi

New Ireland Striped Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Greer & Mys 1987 Hediger 1934
Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)
 
Ornithuroscincus noctua

Moth Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Greer & Mys 1987 Hediger 1934 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979
Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)
 
Sphenomorphus jobiensis

Yapen Forest Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001
 
Sphenomorphus simus

Papuan Black-sided Forest Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Shea 2017
 
Sphenomorphus solomonis

Solomon Forest Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982
 
Sphenomorphus tanneri

Pale-spotted Forest Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001
 
Sphenomorphus wolfi

Bismarck Archipelago Forest Skink

Allison & Bigilale 2001
 Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards)
Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)
 
Varanus douarrha

New Ireland Mangrove Monitor

Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as V. finschi] Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as indicus] Lesson 1830 Philipp, Boehme & Ziegler 1999 [as indicus] Philipp, Ziegler & Boehme in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 [as finschi] Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999 [as finschi] 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

Clegg & Jocque 2016 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 Family Boidae (Typical Boas)
Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)
 
Candoia aspera

Viper Boa

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996
 
Candoia carinata

Pacific Tree Boa

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 O'Shea 1996 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001
 
Candoia paulsoni

Pacific Ground Boa

Clegg & Jocque 2016
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)
 
Boiga irregularis

Brown Cat Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Hediger 1934 O'Shea 1996
Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)
 
Dendrelaphis calligaster

Northern Australian Bronzeback

Clegg & Jocque 2016 Hediger 1934 Rooijen & Vogel 2016
 
Dendrelaphis lineolatus

Papuan Striped Bronzeback

Hediger 1934
 
Dendrelaphis macrops

Papuan Large-eyed Bronzeback

Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as punctulatus] O'Shea 1996 [as punctulatus]
Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)
 
Stegonotus heterurus

Bismarck Ground Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996
Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)
 
Tropidonophis hypomelas

Bismarck Keelback

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996
 Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.)
Genus Aspidomorphus (Papuan Crowned Snakes)
 
Aspidomorphus muelleri

Mount Lamantsiro Crowned Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brongersma 1934 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
 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
 
Laticauda laticaudata

Blue-lipped Sea Krait

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 O'Shea 1996
 Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)
  *
Gerrhopilus lestes

New Ireland Blind Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as depressiceps] Kraus 2017
 Family Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus Bothrochilus (Bismarck Ringed Python)
 
Bothrochilus boa

Bismarck Ringed Python

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Hediger 1934 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996
Genus Leiopython (White-lipped Pythons)
 
Leiopython albertisii

Northern White-lipped Python

Clegg & Jocque 2016
Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)
 
Simalia amethistina

Amethystine Python

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 O'Shea 1996
 Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes)
Genus Acutotyphlops (Sharp-nosed Blind Snakes)
 
Acutotyphlops subocularis

Bismarck Sharp-nosed Blind Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Hediger 1934 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014
Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)
 
Ramphotyphlops depressus

Melanesian Blind Snake

Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996

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

Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982