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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. Note: Your comments to the checklist (omissions, errors, etc.) are welcomed, preferably if they are provided with reliable references. If possible, please attach a pdf file of the relevant reference to an email addressed to:

	Crocodilians (Crocodylia)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Crocodylidae (Crocodiles) Genus Crocodylus (Typical Crocodiles)   * Crocodylus halli Southern New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan 2019   Crocodylus novaeguineae Northern New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Murray, Russo, Zorrilla & McMahan 2019 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Allison & Bigilale 2001 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Rooij 1915 Wermuth & Mertens 1977 Whitaker 1980 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982

	Lizards (Sauria)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Agamidae (Agamas and Dragons) Genus Chlamydosaurus (Frilled Lizard)   Chlamydosaurus kingii Frilled Lizard Pepper, Hamilton, Merkling, Svedin, Cser, Catullo, Pryke & Keogh 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Diporiphora (Two-pored Dragons)   Diporiphora jugularis Black-throated Two-pored Dragon Rooij 1915 [as bilineata] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as bilineata] Genus Hypsilurus (Eastern Anglehead Agamas)   Hypsilurus auritus Eared Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus binotatus Two-marked Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus bruijnii Arfak Mountains Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   * Hypsilurus capreolatus Chevron-marked Anglehead Agama Kraus & Myers 2012   Hypsilurus geelvinkianus Papuan Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus godeffroyi Greater Crested Anglehead Agama Hediger 1934 Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus hikidanus Enarotali Anglehead Agama Kraus 2010   Hypsilurus longii Bismarck Anglehead Agama Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 [as godeffroyi] Manthey & Denzer 2006 McCoy 2006 Richards 2011   Hypsilurus magnus Gariau Anglehead Agama Kraus 2010 Kraus 2013   Hypsilurus modestus Green Anglehead Agama Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards & Dahl 2011 Richards 2011   * Hypsilurus ornatus Ornate Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   * Hypsilurus papuensis White-cheeked Anglehead Agama Austin 2006 Denzer, Doughty, Johnstone & Manthey 2018 Kraus & Allison 2004 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Rooij 1915 Shea & Sadlier 1999   * Hypsilurus schoedei Rambutyo Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi Nondugl Anglehead Agama Kraus 2010 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Genus Lophosaurus (Sahul Anglehead Agamas)   Lophosaurus dilophus Keeled Anglehead Agama Denzer, Doughty, Johnstone & Manthey 2018 Kraus 2013 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards & Dahl 2011 Rooij 1915 Genus Tropicagama (Northern Water Dragon)   Tropicagama temporalis Northern Water Dragon Karin, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Austin & McGuire 2020 Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte 2018 Rooij 1915 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   * Cyrtodactylus arcanus Dagbaru Bent-toed Gecko Oliver & Switak 2019 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012   * Cyrtodactylus atremus Karkar Island Bent-toed Gecko Kraus & Weijola 2019   Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus Torricelli Mountains Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Krey, Mumpuni & Richards 2011   * Cyrtodactylus capreoloides Southern Highlands Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   * Cyrtodactylus crustulus Manus Island Bent-toed Gecko Kraus & Allison 2006 [as sermowaiensis] Oliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards 2020   * Cyrtodactylus derongo Derongo Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007 Shea & Kraus 2007   * Cyrtodactylus epiroticus Morobe Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2008 Rooij 1915 [as louisiadensis]   Cyrtodactylus equestris Knight Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016   * Cyrtodactylus hutchinsoni Sandaun Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen & Richards 2021   * Cyrtodactylus klugei Gesirava River Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2008   Cyrtodactylus loriae Giant New Guinean Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2007 Kraus 2013 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   * Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis Louisiade Islands Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2008 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Rooij 1915   * Cyrtodactylus manos Yellow-snouted Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019   Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Marbled Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007   * Cyrtodactylus medioclivus Tualapa Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards & Sistrom 2012   Cyrtodactylus mimikanus Mimika River Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Cyrtodactylus minor Huon Peninsula Bent-toed Gecko Oliver & Richards 2012 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019   * Cyrtodactylus murua Woodlark Island Bent-toed Gecko Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007 Rooij 1915 [as louisiadensis]   Cyrtodactylus novaeguineae Common New Guinea Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brongersma 1934 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Mahony & Kamei 2022 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016 Purkayastha, Lalremsanga, Litho, Rathee, Bohra, Mathipi, Biakzuala & Muansanga 2022 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Cyrtodactylus papuensis Papuan Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   Cyrtodactylus rex King Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016   * Cyrtodactylus robustus Rossel Island Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2008 Rooij 1915 [as louisiadensis]   Cyrtodactylus salomonensis Solomon Islands Bent-toed Gecko McCoy 2006 [as louisiadensis] Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis Sermowai River Bent-toed Gecko Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Weijola 2019 Kraus 2007 Oliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards 2020 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   * Cyrtodactylus serratus Tabubil Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2007 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Richards & Dahl 2011 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   * Cyrtodactylus tanim Kaiangibib Bent-toed Gecko Nielsen & Oliver 2017 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019   * Cyrtodactylus tripartitus Misima Island Bent-toed Gecko Kraus 2008 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)   Gehyra baliola Short-tailed Dtella Bauer 1994 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Gehyra interstitialis Western New Guinean Four-clawed Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Gehyra lampei Madang Dtella Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Bauer 1994 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gehyra leopoldi Doberai Dtella Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Gehyra membranacruralis New Guinean Giant Stump-toed Gecko Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Bauer 1994 [as vorax] Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 [as vorax] Shea & Kraus 2007   Gehyra mutilata Common Four-clawed Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Bauer 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 [as insulensis/mutilata] Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Rooij 1915   Gehyra oceanica Oceanic Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 Bauer 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2005 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Rooij 1915 Tanner 1951 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Gehyra papuana Papuan Dtella Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Gehyra rohan Rohan Stump-toed Gecko Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko vittatus White-striped Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2005 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Ineich, Wilms & Boehme 2012 Rooij 1915 Wermuth 1965 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 Kraus 2005 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Hemidactylus garnotii Fox Gecko Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   Hemiphyllodactylus typus Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko Agung, Grismer, Grismer, Quah, Chornelia, Lu & Hughes 2021 Bauer 1994 Grismer, Wood, Anuar, Muin, Quah, McGuire, Brown, Ngo & Pham 2013 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2005 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zug 2010 Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)   * Lepidodactylus aignanus Misima Scaly-toed Gecko Kraus 2019   Lepidodactylus guppyi Solomon Islands Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Lepidodactylus kwasnickae Woodlark Scaly-toed Gecko Kraus 2019   Lepidodactylus lugubris Common Mourning Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 1980 McCoy 2006 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Lepidodactylus magnus Kol Jim Valley Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Lepidodactylus mitchelli Boiaboiawaga Island Scaly-toed Gecko Kraus 2019   * Lepidodactylus mutahi Mutahi Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 McCoy 2006 Shea & Kraus 2007   Lepidodactylus novaeguineae Lake Sentani Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & Oliver 2020 Kraus & Allison 2004 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Lepidodactylus orientalis Port Moresby Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 [as browni] Brown & Parker 1977 Kraus & Shea 2005 Pernetta & Black 1983 [as browni] Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 [as browni] Shea & Kraus 2007 [as browni] Shea & Sadlier 1999 [as browni]   Lepidodactylus pantai Kai Islands Scaly-toed Gecko Karin, Oliver, Stubbs, Arifin, Iskandar, Arida, Oong, McGuire, Kraus, Fujita, Ineich, Ota, Hathaway & Fisher 2021   * Lepidodactylus pulcher Admiralty Islands Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Lepidodactylus pumilus Torres Strait Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Lepidodactylus sacrolineatus Keki Scaly-toed Gecko Kraus & Oliver 2020   Lepidodactylus woodfordi Fauro Island Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Lepidodactylus zweifeli Wanuma Scaly-toed Gecko Kraus 2019 Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)   * Nactus acutus Rossel Island Hook-toed Gecko Kraus 2005   * Nactus aktites Awar Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus allenallisoni Madang Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus alotau Southern Forest Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus amplus Giant Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus chrisaustini Milne Bay Pygmy Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus erugatus Milne Bay Smooth-tailed Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus fredkrausi Misima Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus grevifer Torricelli Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus heteronotus Central Savanna Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus intrudusus Markham Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   Nactus inundatus Fly River Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus kamiali Kamiali Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus kunan Manus Island Hook-toed Gecko Zug & Fisher 2012   * Nactus modicus Louisiade Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   Nactus multicarinatus Melanesian Hook-toed Gecko Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 [as "cf. multicarinatus"] McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as pelagicus]   * Nactus nanus Dwarf North-coast Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus notios Southern Mountains Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus panaeati Panaeati Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus papua Uraru Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus robertfisheri Bismarcks Hook-toed Gecko Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as "cf. pelagicus"] Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Hediger 1934 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zug 2020   Nactus septentrionalis North Coast Papuan Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus sphaerodactylodes Sudest Hook-toed Gecko Kraus 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007   Nactus vankampeni Modderlust Hook-toed Gecko Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Bauer 1994 Kraus 2005 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Tallowin & Oliver 2015  Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards) Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)   Lialis burtonis Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard Kluge 1974 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915   Lialis jicari New Guinea Snake Lizard Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kluge 1974 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Alpinoscincus (Papuan Alpine Skinks)   * Alpinoscincus alpinus Sidibamul Alpine Skink Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007   * Alpinoscincus subalpinus Morobe Alpine Skink Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Shea & Kraus 2007 Genus Bellatorias (Papua-Australian Giant Skinks)   Bellatorias frerei Major Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)   * Carlia aenigma Enigmatic Rainbow Skink Zug 2004   * Carlia ailanpalai Admiralty Islands Rainbow Skink Greer 1982 [as fusca] Shea & Kraus 2007 Zug 2004   * Carlia aramia Aramia River Rainbow Skink Zug 2004   * Carlia bicarinata Papuan Bicarinate Rainbow Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Carlia eothen Eastern Papuan Rainbow Skink Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Allison 2006 Rooij 1915 [as fuscum] Zug 2004   * Carlia luctuosa Black-hooded Rainbow Skink Zug 2004   Carlia mysi Morobe Rainbow Skink Austin 2006 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 McCoy 2006 Richards 2011 Zug 2004   Carlia pulla Dark Rainbow Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zug 2004   Carlia storri Brown Bicarinate Rainbow Skink Ingram & Covacevich 1989 Genus Corucia (Solomon Islands Prehensile-tailed Skink)   Corucia zebrata Solomon Islands Prehensile-tailed Skink Koehler 1997 McCoy 2006 Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)   * Cryptoblepharus furvus Normanby Island Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007   Cryptoblepharus litoralis Coastal Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007   Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae New Guinean Snake-eyed Skink Hediger 1934 [as pallidus] Horner 2007   Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus Oceanic Snake-eyed Skink Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Mertens 1964 Mys 1988   * Cryptoblepharus richardsi Misima Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007   * Cryptoblepharus xenikos Trans-Fly Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007   * Cryptoblepharus yulensis Yule Island Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007 Genus Ctenotus (Australian Comb-eared Skinks)   Ctenotus robustus Robust Striped Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Ctenotus spaldingi Straight-browed Comb-eared Skink Boulenger 1887 [as Lygosoma dorsale] Rooij 1915 [as Lygosoma dorsale] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)   Emoia aenea Venus Forest Skink Brown 1991   Emoia atrocostata Pacific Mangrove Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Emoia aurulenta Golden Forest Skink Brown 1991 Shea & Kraus 2007   Emoia battersbyi Huon Gulf Slender Skink Brown 1991 [as ahli]   * Emoia beryllion Rossel Island Slender Skink Brown 1991 [as tetrataenia] Kraus 2018 Rooij 1915 [as tetrataenia]   * Emoia bismarckensis Bismarck Slender Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007   Emoia brongersmai Sibil Valley Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia caeruleocauda Pacific Blue-tailed Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 [as werneri] McCoy 2006   * Emoia coggeri Singorakai Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia cyanogaster Pacific Green-bellied Tree Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 McCoy 2006   Emoia cyanura White-bellied Copper-striped Skink Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 McCoy 2006 Zug 1991   Emoia flavigularis Yellow-throated Slender Skink Brown 1991 McCoy 2006   * Emoia guttata Papuan Spotted Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia impar Dark-bellied Copper-striped Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Ineich & Zug 1991 McCoy 2006 Werner 1898 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zug 1991   Emoia irianensis Irian Slender Skink Kraus & Allison 2006   Emoia jakati Jakati River Slender Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Kraus & Allison 2006 McCoy 2006 Richards 2011   Emoia klossi Utakwa River Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia kordoana Supiori Slender Tree Skink Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 [as iridescens] Hediger 1934 [as beccari] Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 Richards 2011   Emoia longicauda Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2004   Emoia loveridgei Toem Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia maxima Greater Papuan Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia mivarti Admiralty Islands Slender Skink Brown 1991 Greer 1982   * Emoia montana Western Highlands Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia nigra South Pacific Black Skink Brown 1991 McCoy 2006   Emoia obscura Idenburg River Slender Skink Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005   Emoia oribata Blotch-necked Slender Skink Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2006   Emoia pallidiceps Mafulu Slender Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2004 Woodruff 1972   Emoia physicae Morobe Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia physicina Lesser Keel-scaled Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia popei Marienberg Slender Skink Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2006   Emoia pseudocyanura Solomons Blue-tailed Slender Skink Brown 1991 McCoy 2006   Emoia pseudopallidiceps Fly River Slender Tree Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia submetallica Hall Sound Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia tetrataenia Four-striped Slender Skink Brown 1991 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2018 Rooij 1915   Emoia tropidolepis Southern Keel-scaled Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia veracunda Southern Papuan Slender Skink Brown 1991 Genus Eremiascincus (Glossy Night Skinks and Sand Swimmers)   Eremiascincus emigrans Lesser Sundas Glossy Night Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)   Eugongylus albofasciolatus White-banded Giant Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Hamilton & Tallowin 2019 Brongersma 1948 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Richards 2011 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Eugongylus rufescens Reddish Giant Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Burt & Burt 1932 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Eugongylus unilineatus Papuan Single-lined Skink Greer & Shea 2000 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Fojia (Papuan Forest Stream Skink)   * Fojia bumui Papuan Forest Stream Skink Greer & Simon 1982 Shea & Kraus 2007 Genus Geomyersia (Dwarf Flat Skinks)   * Geomyersia coggeri Admiralty Islands Dwarf Flat Skink Greer 1982 Mys 1988 Tallowin & Allison 2013   Geomyersia glabra Solomon Islands Dwarf Flat Skink Greer 1982 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Genus Glaphyromorphus (Short-legged Mulch Skinks)   Glaphyromorphus crassicauda Cape York Mulch Skink Greer & Parker 1979 Rooij 1915   Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink Rooij 1915 [as elegantulum] Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)   Lamprolepis smaragdina Emerald Tree Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Burt & Burt 1932 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 Mertens 1929 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Tanner 1951 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980 Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)   Lipinia cheesmanae Cyclops Mountains Striped Skink Kraus & Allison 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Lipinia longiceps East Papuan Striped Skink Gunther 2000 Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980   * Lipinia rouxi New Ireland Striped Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Greer & Mys 1987 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988   Lipinia septentrionalis North Papuan Striped Skink Gunther 2000 Genus Lobulia (Papuan Moss Skinks)   Lobulia brongersmai Lowland Comb-eared Skink Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1972   * Lobulia elegans Elegant Comb-eared Skink Allison & Greer 1986 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2020 Mys 1988 Richards & Dahl 2011 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   * Lobulia fortis Mount Strong Moss Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   * Lobulia huonensis Huon Moss Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   * Lobulia lobulus Central Range Moss Skink Kraus 2020 Loveridge 1945   * Lobulia marmorata Marbled Moss Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021 Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)   * Lygisaurus curtus Mount Victoria Leaf-litter Skink Kraus 2007 Rooij 1915   Lygisaurus macfarlani Translucent Leaf-litter Skink Ingram & Covacevich 1988 Kraus 2007 Genus Nubeoscincus (Papuan Glacier Skinks)   * Nubeoscincus stellaris Dokfuma Skink Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)   * Ornithuroscincus albodorsalis White-backed Striped Skink Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Shea & Greer 2002 Tallowin 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Ornithuroscincus bengaun Daga Smooth-eared Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   * Ornithuroscincus inornatus Plain Smooth-eared Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   Ornithuroscincus noctua Moth Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer & Mys 1987 Greer 1982 Gunther 2000 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Tanner 1952 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980   Ornithuroscincus nototaenia South Papuan Striped Skink Rooij 1915 Shea 2008 Tallowin & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Ornithuroscincus pterophilus Mount Victoria Smooth-eared Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   * Ornithuroscincus sabini Mount Simpson Comb-eared Skink Kraus 2020   * Ornithuroscincus shearmani Milne Bay Comb-eared Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021   * Ornithuroscincus viridis Green Smooth-eared Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021 Genus Palaia (Papuan Mountain Striped Skink)   Palaia pulchra Papuan Mountain Striped Skink Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Gunther 2000 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Tallowin & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1979 Zweifel 1980 Genus Papuascincus (Papuan Slender Skinks)   * Papuascincus buergersi Sepik Slender Skink Brown 1991 [as Emoia atrocostata [part]] Vogt 1932   Papuascincus morokanus Moroka Slender Skink Tallowin, Allison & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Papuascincus phaeodes West Papuan Slender Skink Tallowin, Allison & Shea 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Papuascincus stanleyanus Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972 Zweifel 1980 Genus Prasinohaema (Green Tree Skinks)   * Prasinohaema flavipes Yellow-footed Green Tree Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as "cf. flavipes"] Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972 Zweifel 1980   * Prasinohaema prehensicauda Madang Green Tree Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Kraus 2013 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Woodruff 1972   Prasinohaema semoni Papuan Green Tree Skink Rooij 1915 Tallowin, Shea & Allison 2019 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Prasinohaema virens Eastern Green Tree Skink Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Allison 2006 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   * Sphenomorphus aignanus Misima Forest Skink Kraus & Allison 2004 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus annectens Moroka Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus anotus Morobe Forest Skink Greer 1973 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   * Sphenomorphus brunneus Chimbu Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Shea & Kraus 2007 Shea 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus cinereus Ashy Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus concinnatus Elegant Forest Skink McCoy 2006   Sphenomorphus cranei Santa Isabel Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 McCoy 2006   * Sphenomorphus darlingtoni Begonia Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus derooyae Doorman Peak Forest Skink Austin 2006 Mys 1988 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   * Sphenomorphus forbesii Sogere Slender Forest Skink Kraus & Allison 2004 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus fragilis Hall Sound Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1979 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus fragosus Bougainville Black-Lined Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1967 McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus Dark-lined Forest Skink Greer & Shea 2004 Mys 1988 [formally described by Greer & Shea 2004] Shea & Kraus 2007   * Sphenomorphus granulatus Southeast Papuan Forest Skink Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   * Sphenomorphus jeudei Northeast Papuan Forest Skink Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus jobiensis Yapen Forest Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Burt & Burt 1932 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 [as "cf. jobiensis"] Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 Mys 1988 Richards 2011 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Sphenomorphus latifasciatus Broad-banded Forest Skink Rooij 1915   * Sphenomorphus leptofasciatus Narrow-banded Forest Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus longicaudatus Long-tailed Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus loriae Bartholomew Range Forest Skink Boulenger 1897 Rooij 1915 Shea 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus louisiadensis Rossel Island Forest Skink Rooij 1915   Sphenomorphus maindroni Common Papuan Forest Skink Rooij 1915   * Sphenomorphus megaspilus Large-spotted Forest Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus meyeri Aru Islands Forest Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as melanopogon] Rooij 1915 [as melanopogon] Shea 2012 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as melanopogon]   * Sphenomorphus microtympanus Small-eared Forest Skink Greer 1973 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus milnense Milne Bay Forest Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus minutus Papuan Dwarf Forest Skink Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Sphenomorphus muelleri East Indonesian Forest Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Hediger 1934 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Sphenomorphus neuhaussi Huon Peninsula Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   * Sphenomorphus nigriventris Black-bellied Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus nigrolineatus Black-striped Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Kraus & Allison 2004 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus oligolepis Small-scaled Forest Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus papuae Mount Lamington Forest Skink Kinghorn 1928   * Sphenomorphus pratti Dinawa Forest Skink Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Mys 1988 Richards 2011 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus schultzei Sepik River Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus simus Papuan Black-sided Forest Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 [as stickeli] Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Inger 1958 [as melanopleurus] Mys 1988 [as stickeli] Richards & Dahl 2011 Richards 2011 Shea 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as stickeli] Zweifel 1980 [as stickeli]   Sphenomorphus solomonis Solomon Forest Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer & Parker 1974 Greer 1982 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Sphenomorphus tanneri Pale-spotted Forest Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Greer & Parker 1967 McCoy 2006 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus taylori Bougainville Yellow-banded Forest Skink McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus transversus Kunua Banded Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1971 McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus undulatus Wavy-backed Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Sphenomorphus wau Mount Kaindi Forest Skink Shea & Allison 2021   * Sphenomorphus wolfi Bismarck Archipelago Forest Skink Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Sternfeld 1920   Sphenomorphus wollastoni South Papuan Forest Skink Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Sphenomorphus woodfordii Fauro Forest Skink McCoy 2006 Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)   Tiliqua gigas Giant Blue-tongued Skink Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Kraus & Allison 2004 Mys 1988 Rooij 1915 Shea 1990 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980 Genus Tribolonotus (Casque-headed Skinks)   * Tribolonotus annectens New Britain Casque-headed Skink Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1966   Tribolonotus blanchardi Choiseul Casque-headed Skink McCoy 2006   * Tribolonotus brongersmai Manus Island Casque-headed Skink Greer 1982 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Tribolonotus gracilis Red-eyed Casque-headed Skink Austin 2006 Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Mys 1988 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Tribolonotus novaeguineae Papuan Casque-headed Skink Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Meyer 2002 Shea, Allison & Tallowin 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Tribolonotus parkeri Buka Casque-headed Skink Greer & Parker 1968 [as pseudoponceleti] McCoy 2006 [as pseudoponceleti] Rittmeyer & Austin 2017   Tribolonotus ponceleti Greater Bougainville Casque-headed Skink McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti Lesser Bougainville Crocodile Skink Greer & Parker 1968 McCoy 2006 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  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 doreanus Blue-tailed Monitor Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 Kraus & Allison 2006 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999   * 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]   * Varanus finschi New Britain Mangrove Monitor Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Philipp, Ziegler & Boehme in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999   Varanus indicus Pacific Monitor Allison, Bickford, Richards & Torr 1998 Austin 2006 Boehme 2003 Dryden & Ziegler in Pianka, King & King (eds.) 2004 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 Philipp, Boehme & Ziegler 1999 Rooij 1915 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007   Varanus jobiensis Sepik Monitor Austin, Hayden, Bigilale, Dahl & Anaminiato 2008 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 [as finschi] Kraus 2013 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as karlschmidti] Ziegler, Philipp & Boehme 1999 [as finschi] Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007 [as finschi]   Varanus panoptes Yellow-spotted Monitor Rooij 1915 [as gouldii] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Varanus prasinus Green Tree Monitor Austin 2006 Burt & Burt 1932 Mertens 1950 Sprackland 1991 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Zweifel 1980   Varanus salvadorii Papuan Tree Monitor Horn, Sweet & Philipp 2007 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Varanus semotus Mussau Mangrove Monitor Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017   Varanus similis Papuan Spotted Tree Monitor Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as timorensis]   Varanus spinulosus Solomon Islands Keeled Monitor Boehme & Ziegler 2007 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007   * 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 Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus arafurae Arafura File Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 McCoy 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014  Family Boidae (Typical Boas) Genus Candoia (Pacific Boas)   Candoia aspera Viper Boa Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917   Candoia carinata Pacific Tree Boa Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2013 McDowell 1979 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Richards 2011 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001   Candoia paulsoni Pacific Ground Boa Burt & Burt 1932 [as carinata] Clegg & Jocque 2016 Haas 1950 [as carinata] Kraus & Allison 2004 McCoy 2006 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as Enygrus carinatus] Shea & Kraus 2007 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001 Stimson 1969 [as Candoia c. carinata]  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga irregularis Brown Cat Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Austin 2006 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Haas 1950 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Allison 2006 Kraus & Shea 2005 McCoy 2006 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis calligaster Northern Australian Bronzeback Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus & Shea 2005 [as salomonis] McCoy 2006 [as salomonis] McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as meeki] Rooijen & Vogel 2016 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as salomonis]   Dendrelaphis gastrostictus Papuan Montane Bronzeback McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen & Vogel 2016   Dendrelaphis lineolatus Papuan Striped Bronzeback Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooij 1917 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   Dendrelaphis lorentzii Lorentz River Bronzeback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   Dendrelaphis macrops Papuan Large-eyed Bronzeback Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as punctulatus] Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 [as punctulatus] Kraus & Allison 2004 [as punctulatus] McDowell 1984 [as punctulatus] O'Shea 1996 [as punctulatus] Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   * Dendrelaphis papuensis Eastern Papuan Bronzeback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015 Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)   * Stegonotus admiraltiensis Admiralty Islands Ground Snake Clegg & Jocque 2016 [as S. cf. modestus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as S. modestus] Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 McDowell 1972 [as S. modestus] O'Shea 1996 [as S. modestus] Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017   * Stegonotus aplini Purari Groundsnake O'Shea & Richards 2021   Stegonotus cucullatus Doberai Ground Snake Haas 1950 [as S. modestus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 McDowell 1972 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as S. modestus]   Stegonotus diehli Madang Ground Snake Clegg & Jocque 2016 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 McDowell 1972 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996   * Stegonotus dorsalis Monumbo Ground Snake Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018   * Stegonotus guentheri Milne Bay Ground Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917   * Stegonotus heterurus Bismarck Ground Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996   * Stegonotus melanolabiatus Black-lipped Ground Snake Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Ruane, Richards, McVay, Tjaturadi, Krey & Austin 2017   * Stegonotus poechi Poch's Ground Snake Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Werner 1924   Stegonotus reticulatus Reticulated Ground Snake Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)   * Tropidonophis aenigmaticus East Papuan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   * Tropidonophis dahlii New Britain Keelback Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   * Tropidonophis dolasii d'Entrecasteaux Islands Keelback Kraus & Allison 2004   Tropidonophis doriae Barred Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   * Tropidonophis hypomelas Bismarck Keelback Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis mairii Australian Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis mcdowelli Northern Papuan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2006 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis multiscutellatus Papuan Many-scaled Keelback Clegg & Jocque 2016 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis novaeguineae Common Papuan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   * Tropidonophis parkeri Highland Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis picturatus Papuan Painted Keelback Clegg & Jocque 2016 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis statisticus Papuan Montane Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)   * Acanthophis laevis Smooth-scaled Death Adder Clegg & Jocque 2016 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Aspidomorphus (Papuan Crowned Snakes)   * Aspidomorphus lineaticollis Striped Crowned Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2006 McDowell 1967 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aspidomorphus muelleri Mount Lamantsiro Crowned Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Brongersma 1934 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aspidomorphus schlegelii Misool Crowned Snake Brongersma 1934 Kraus 2013 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Demansia (Sahul Whip Snakes)   Demansia vestigiata Lesser Black Whip Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 [as D. atra] Shea 1998 Genus Furina (Australian Naped Snakes)   Furina tristis Grey-naped Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Micropechis (Papuan Small-eyed Snake)   Micropechis ikaheka Papuan Small-eyed Snake Austin 2006 Clegg & Jocque 2016 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 Genus Oxyuranus (Taipans)   Oxyuranus scutellatus Eastern Taipan Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Parapistocalamus (Bougainville Coral Snake)   * Parapistocalamus hedigeri Bougainville Coral Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McCoy 2006 O'Shea 1996 Genus Pseudechis (Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes)   Pseudechis papuanus Papuan Black Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 Genus Pseudonaja (Australian Brown Snakes)   Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Doria, Petri & Kaiser 2016 Williams, O'Shea, Daguerre, Pook, Wuster, Hayden, McVay, Paiva, Matainaho, Winkel & Austin 2008 Genus Rhinoplocephalus (Australian Small-eyed Snakes)   Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus Australian Black-striped Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Salomonelaps (Solomon Islands Coral Snake)   Salomonelaps par Solomon Islands Coral Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McCoy 2006 McDowell 1970 O'Shea 1996 Genus Toxicocalamus (Papuan Worm-eating Snakes)   * Toxicocalamus atratus Kundiawa Worm-eating Snake Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022   * Toxicocalamus buergersi Northern New Guinean Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus cratermontanus Crater Mountain Worm-eating Snake Kraus 2017   Toxicocalamus ernstmayri Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake O'Shea, Herlihy, Paivu, Parker, Richards & Kaiser 2018 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus goodenoughensis Goodenough Island Worm-eating Snake O'Shea & Kaiser 2018 [as T. sp.] Roberts & Austin 2020   * Toxicocalamus holopelturus Rossel Island Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus lamingtoni Mount Lamington Worm-eating Snake Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022   * Toxicocalamus longhagen Mount Hagen Worm-eating Snake Roberts, Iova & Austin 2022   * Toxicocalamus longissimus Woodlark Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 Rooij 1917   * Toxicocalamus loriae Haveri Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 Kraus 2009 Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022 McDowell 1969 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus mattisoni Mount Simpson Worm-eating Snake Kraus 2020   * Toxicocalamus mintoni Sudest Worm-eating Snake Kraus 2009 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus misimae Misima Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus nigrescens Blackish Worm-eating Snake Kraus & Allison 2004 [as T. loriae] Kraus 2017 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 [as T. loriae]   Toxicocalamus nymani Sattelberg Worm-eating Snake Clegg & Jocque 2016 [as T. loriae] Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022   * Toxicocalamus pachysomus Milne Bay Worm-eating Snake Kraus 2009 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   Toxicocalamus preussi Sepik Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus pumehanae Managalas Plateau Worm-eating Snake O'Shea, Allison & Kaiser 2018   * Toxicocalamus spilolepidotus Spotted Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus spilorhynchus Saiko Worm-eating Snake Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022   Toxicocalamus stanleyanus Mount Stanley Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   * Toxicocalamus vertebralis Fungoi Worm-eating Snake Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)   Aipysurus duboisi Reef Shallows Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aipysurus eydouxii White-spotted Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aipysurus laevis Olive Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)   Hydrelaps darwiniensis Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as H. fasciatus] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as H. fasciatus]   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis czeblukovi Fine-spined Sea Snake Kharin & Hallermann 2010   Hydrophis elegans Bar-bellied Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 [as H. cyanocinctus]   Hydrophis kingii Spectacled Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis macdowelli Small-headed Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis major Olive-headed Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis melanosoma Black-banded Robust Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis pacificus Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis peronii Horned Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake David & Ineich 1999 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis stokesii Large-headed Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Hydrophis vorisi Southern Estuarine Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Rasmussen, Sanders, Guinea & Amey 2014   Hydrophis zweifeli Sepik Beaked Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)   Laticauda colubrina Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Kraus & Allison 2004 O'Shea 1996   Laticauda frontalis Vanuatu Sea Krait Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010   * Laticauda guineai Papuan Sea Krait Gherghel, Papes, Brischoux, Sahlean & Strugariu 2016 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Kharin, Roedel & Hallermann 2010 Shea & Kraus 2007   Laticauda laticaudata Blue-lipped Sea Krait Allison & Bigilale 2001 Allison & Bigilale 2001 [by implication] Hediger 1934 O'Shea 1996 Genus Microcephalophis (Small-headed Sea Snakes)   Microcephalophis gracilis Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake 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 depressiceps Lowland Beaked Blind Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Foufopoulos 2001 Kraus 2017 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996   * Gerrhopilus eurydice Trobriand Islands Blind Snake Kraus 2017 O'Shea 1996 [as depressiceps] Wallach 1996 [as depressiceps]   Gerrhopilus flavinotatus Menemsore Blind Snake Kraus 2023   * Gerrhopilus fredparkeri Korobosea Blind Snake McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1996   * Gerrhopilus hades Bibikea Blind Snake Kraus 2005   * Gerrhopilus inornatus Papuan Montane Blind Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1996 Wynn 2021   * Gerrhopilus lestes New Ireland Blind Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 [as depressiceps] Kraus 2017   Gerrhopilus lorealis Bulolo Blind Snake Kraus 2023   * Gerrhopilus mcdowelli Southern Papuan Blind Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Shea & Kraus 2007 Wallach 1996   Gerrhopilus papuanorum Bunisi Blind Snake Kraus 2023   * Gerrhopilus persephone Normanby Blind Snake Kraus 2017   Gerrhopilus polyadenus Oro Blind Snake Kraus 2023   Gerrhopilus slapcinskyi Dunch River Blind Snake Kraus 2023   Gerrhopilus wallachi Afore Blind Snake Kraus 2023  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Djokoiskandarus (Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake)   Djokoiskandarus annulatus Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 O'Shea 1996 Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)   Fordonia leucobalia White-bellied Mangrove Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Myron (Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes)   Myron richardsonii Eastern Mangrove Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Pseudoferania (Australian Mud Snake)   Pseudoferania polylepis Australian Mud Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 O'Shea 1996  Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Genus Antaresia (Australian Dwarf Pythons)   Antaresia papuensis Papuan Spotted Python Esquerre, Donnellan, Pavon-Vazquez, Fenker & Keogh 2021 Natusch & Lyons 2011 [as maculosa] O'Shea, Sprackland & Bigilale 2004 [as maculosa] Schleip & O'Shea 2010 [as maculosa] Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 [as maculosa] Genus Bothrochilus (Bismarck Ringed Python)   * Bothrochilus boa Bismarck Ringed Python Allison & Bigilale 2001 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Richards 2011 Genus Leiopython (White-lipped Pythons)   Leiopython albertisii Northern White-lipped Python Clegg & Jocque 2016 Kraus 2013 O'Shea 1996 Schleip 2008   Leiopython fredparkeri Southern White-lipped Python Schleip 2008 Schleip 2014 [as meridionalis] Genus Liasis (Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python)   Liasis fuscus Brown Water Python O'Shea 1996   Liasis papuanus Papuan Olive Python Clegg & Jocque 2016 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Morelia (Carpet Pythons and allies)   Morelia azurea Northern Green Tree Python Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020 Rawlings & Donellan 2003 [as viridis, northern population]   Morelia spilota Carpet Python Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917   Morelia viridis Southern Green Tree Python Clegg & Jocque 2016 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020 O'Shea 1996 Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)   Simalia amethistina Amethystine Python Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2004 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1917   Simalia boeleni Black Python Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2013 O'Shea 1996  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Acutotyphlops (Sharp-nosed Blind Snakes)   Acutotyphlops infralabialis Solomon Islands Sharp-nosed Blind Snake McCoy 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Acutotyphlops kunuaensis Bougainville Sharp-nosed Blind Snake McCoy 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Acutotyphlops solomonis Bougainville Blunt-nosed Blind Snake McCoy 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   * Acutotyphlops subocularis Bismarck Sharp-nosed Blind Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Hediger 1934 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996 Wallach 1995 Wallach, Brown, Diesmos & Gee 2007 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Anilios (Australian Blind Snakes)   Anilios erycinus Northern Papuan Blind Snake Hediger 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus & Allison 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Anilios leucoproctus White-tailed Blind Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Anilios torresianus Torres Blind Snake Hahn 1980 [as p. polygrammicus] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as polygrammicus] McDowell 1974 [as polygrammicus] O'Shea 1996 [as polygrammicus] Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)   Ramphotyphlops depressus Melanesian Blind Snake Allison & Bigilale 2001 Clegg & Jocque 2016 Foufopoulos & Richards 2007 Kraus & Allison 2004 McCoy 2006 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996   Ramphotyphlops mansuetus Solomon Islands Small-headed Blind Snake McCoy 2006

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle) Genus Carettochelys (Pig-nosed Turtle)   Carettochelys insculpta Pig-nosed Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges, Doody, Eisemberg, Alacs & Rose 2008 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles) Genus Chelodina (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)   * Chelodina ipudinapi Aramia Snake-necked Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022   Chelodina novaeguineae Papuan Snake-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Chelodina parkeri Mawa Snake-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   * Chelodina pritchardi Kemp Welch River Snake-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin 1994 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Chelodina reimanni Merauke Snake-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Chelodina rugosa Northern Australian Snake-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Iverson 1992 [as siebenrocki] Kennett, Fordham, Alacs, Corey & Georges 2014 [as oblonga] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 [as oblonga] Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 [as siebenrocki] Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)   Elseya branderhorsti White-bellied Snapping Turtle Allison 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   Elseya rhodini Southern Papuan Snapping Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   Elseya schultzei Northern Papuan Snapping Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015 Genus Emydura (Australian Short-necked Turtles)   Emydura subglobosa Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Georges, Guarino & Bito 2006 McDowell 1983 [as australis] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Pritchard 1979 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring 1980 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Hediger 1934 Loveridge 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Loveridge 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982 Genus Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)   Natator depressus Flatback Sea Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rooij 1915 Spring 1980 Spring in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Tapilatu & Tiwari 2007 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys bibroni Southern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Shea & Sadlier 1999 Webb 1995 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Pelochelys signifera Northern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 [as cantorii] Rhodin & Genorupa 2000 [as cantorii] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Webb 1995 [as cantorii] Webb 2002