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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 novaeguineae Northern New Guinea Freshwater Crocodile Allison 2007 Frazier 1990 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Whitaker, Whitaker & Mills 1982   Crocodylus porosus Saltwater Crocodile Allison 2007 Frazier 1990 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 Brongersma 1934 Diong & Lim 1998 Genus Chlamydosaurus (Frilled Lizard)   Chlamydosaurus kingii Frilled Lizard Pepper, Hamilton, Merkling, Svedin, Cser, Catullo, Pryke & Keogh 2017 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Genus Hydrosaurus (Sail-tailed Agamas)   Hydrosaurus amboinensis Ambon Sail-tailed Agama Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002 Watkins-Colwell & Johnston 1999 Genus Hypsilurus (Eastern Anglehead Agamas)   Hypsilurus auritus Eared Anglehead Agama Boulenger 1914 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Hypsilurus binotatus Two-marked Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus bruijnii Arfak Mountains Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus geelvinkianus Papuan Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus godeffroyi Greater Crested Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus hikidanus Enarotali Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus magnus Gariau Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus modestus Green Anglehead Agama Boulenger 1914 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   * Hypsilurus nigrigularis Black-throated Anglehead Agama Boulenger 1914 Manthey & Denzer 2006   Hypsilurus schultzewestrumi Nondugl Anglehead Agama Kraus 2010   * Hypsilurus spinosus Kaimana Anglehead Agama Denzer, Hallermann, Manthey & Ohler 2020   * Hypsilurus tenuicephalus Narrow-headed Anglehead Agama Manthey & Denzer 2006 Genus Lophosaurus (Sahul Anglehead Agamas)   Lophosaurus dilophus Keeled Anglehead Agama Boulenger 1914 Manthey & Denzer 2006 Genus Tropicagama (Northern Water Dragon)   Tropicagama temporalis Northern Water Dragon Loveridge 1948 Rooij 1915  Family Dibamidae (Blind Skinks) Genus Dibamus (Oriental Blind Skinks)   Dibamus novaeguineae Indo-Australian Blind Skink Allison 2007 Greer 1985 Ineich 1999 O'Shea 1996  Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos) Genus Cyrtodactylus (Australasian Bent-toed Geckos)   Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus Torricelli Mountains Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Krey, Mumpuni & Richards 2011   Cyrtodactylus equestris Knight Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016   Cyrtodactylus irianjayaensis West Irian Bent-toed Gecko Roesler 2001 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   Cyrtodactylus loriae Giant New Guinean Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994   Cyrtodactylus marmoratus Marbled Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Boulenger 1914   Cyrtodactylus mimikanus Mimika River Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Boulenger 1914 Gunther & Roesler 2003 [2002] Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   Cyrtodactylus novaeguineae Common New Guinea Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brongersma 1934 Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016   Cyrtodactylus papuensis Papuan Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brongersma 1934 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007   Cyrtodactylus rex King Bent-toed Gecko Oliver, Richards, Mumpuni & Roesler 2016   Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis Sermowai River Bent-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Oliver, Hartman, Turner, Wilde, Austin & Richards 2020 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Cyrtodactylus aaroni Wondiwoi Bent-toed Gecko Gunther & Roesler 2003 [2002] Oliver, Karkkainen, Roesler & Richards 2019 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Richards & Gunther 2007 Genus Gehyra (Four-clawed Geckos)   Gehyra interstitialis Western New Guinean Four-clawed Gecko Bauer 1994 Boulenger 1914 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gehyra leopoldi Doberai Dtella Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gehyra membranacruralis New Guinean Giant Stump-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 [as vorax] Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 [as vorax]   Gehyra mutilata Common Four-clawed Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gehyra oceanica Oceanic Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gehyra papuana Papuan Dtella Bauer 1994 Brongersma 1934 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   * Gehyra serraticauda Saw-tailed Dtella Oliver, Clegg, Fisher, Richards, Taylor & Jocque 2016 Skipwith & Oliver 2014 Genus Gekko (Tokays)   Gekko monarchus Spotted House Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Gekko vittatus White-striped Gecko Bauer 1994 Boulenger 1914 Roesler, Bauer, Heinicke, Greenbaum, Jackman, Nguyen & Ziegler 2011 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Roesler, Ineich, Wilms & Boehme 2012 Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)   Hemidactylus frenatus Asian House Gecko Bauer 1994 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Hemidactylus garnotii Fox Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Hemidactylus platyurus Flat-tailed Gecko Bauer 1994 Genus Hemiphyllodactylus (Slender Geckos)   Hemiphyllodactylus typus Indo-Pacific Slender Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Genus Lepidodactylus (Scaly-toed Geckos)   Lepidodactylus lugubris Common Mourning Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005   Lepidodactylus novaeguineae Lake Sentani Scaly-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Brown & Parker 1977 Karkkainen, Richards, Kraus, Tjaturadi, Krey & Oliver 2020 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Genus Nactus (Hook-toed Geckos)   Nactus inundatus Fly River Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   * Nactus rainerguentheri Vogelkop Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   Nactus septentrionalis North Coast Papuan Hook-toed Gecko Zug 2020   Nactus vankampeni Modderlust Hook-toed Gecko Bauer 1994 Roesler, Glaw & Gunther 2005 Tallowin & Oliver 2015  Family Pygopodidae (Flap-footed Lizards) Genus Lialis (Long-headed Scaly-foots)   Lialis burtonis Sharp-snouted Snake Lizard O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915   Lialis jicari New Guinea Snake Lizard Kluge 1974 Loveridge 1948 O'Shea 1996 Rooij 1915  Family Scincidae (Skinks) Genus Carlia (Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks)   * Carlia bomberai Bomberai Peninsula Rainbow Skink Zug & Allison 2006   * Carlia caesius Papuan Blue-throated Rainbow Skink Zug & Allison 2006   Carlia diguliensis Digul River Rainbow Skink Zug 2004   Carlia fusca Brown Rainbow Skink Boulenger 1914 Zug & Allison 2006 Zug 2004   Carlia pulla Dark Rainbow Skink Rooij 1915 Zug 2004 Genus Cryptoblepharus (Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks)   Cryptoblepharus novaeguineae New Guinean Snake-eyed Skink Horner 2007 Mertens 1964 Genus Ctenotus (Australian Comb-eared Skinks)   Ctenotus robustus Robust Striped Skink Allison 2007 Genus Emoia (Emo Skinks)   Emoia aenea Venus Forest Skink Brown 1991   Emoia atrocostata Pacific Mangrove Skink Brown 1991   Emoia aurulenta Golden Forest Skink Brown 1991   Emoia battersbyi Huon Gulf Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia baudini Doberai Peninsula Slender Skink Boulenger 1914 Brown 1991   * Emoia bogerti Baliem River Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia brongersmai Sibil Valley Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia caeruleocauda Pacific Blue-tailed Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   Emoia callisticta Sorong Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia cyclops Cyclops Mountains Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia digul Digul River Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia irianensis Irian Slender Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Emoia jakati Jakati River Slender Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   * Emoia jamur Lake Jamur Slender Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Emoia klossi Utakwa River Slender Skink Boulenger 1914 Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Emoia kordoana Supiori Slender Tree Skink Brown 1991   Emoia longicauda Long-tailed Slender Tree Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Emoia loveridgei Toem Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia maxima Greater Papuan Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia obscura Idenburg River Slender Skink Brown 1991 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   Emoia oribata Blotch-necked Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia pallidiceps Mafulu Slender Skink Brown 1991   * Emoia paniai Paniai Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia physicina Lesser Keel-scaled Slender Skink Brown 1991   Emoia pseudopallidiceps Fly River Slender Tree Skink Brown 1991   Emoia tropidolepis Southern Keel-scaled Slender Skink Boulenger 1914 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 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Genus Eugongylus (Short-legged Giant Skinks)   Eugongylus rufescens Reddish Giant Skink Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Loveridge 1948 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Eugongylus unilineatus Papuan Single-lined Skink Allison 2007 Greer & Shea 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Genus Eutropis (South Asian Sun Skinks)   Eutropis multifasciata Many-lined Sun Skink Allison 2007 David, Pauwels, Lays & Lenglet 2006 O'Shea, Kusuma & Kaiser 2018 Rooij 1915 Genus Glaphyromorphus (Short-legged Mulch Skinks)   Glaphyromorphus crassicauda Cape York Mulch Skink Allison 2007   Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink Allison 2007 Shea & Greer 1999 Genus Lamprolepis (Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks)   Lamprolepis smaragdina Emerald Tree Skink Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 David, Pauwels, Lays & Lenglet 2006 Loveridge 1948 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Genus Lipinia (Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks)   Lipinia cheesmanae Cyclops Mountains Striped Skink Gunther 2000 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Zweifel 1979   Lipinia longiceps East Papuan Striped Skink Boulenger 1914 Gunther 2000 [as "cf. longiceps"] Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Zweifel 1979   * Lipinia occidentalis West Papuan Striped Skink Gunther 2000   Lipinia septentrionalis North Papuan Striped Skink Gunther 2000   * Lipinia venemai Doberai Peninsula Striped Skink Brongersma 1953 Gunther 2000 Zweifel 1979 Genus Lobulia (Papuan Moss Skinks)   Lobulia brongersmai Lowland Comb-eared Skink Zweifel 1972   * Lobulia vogelkopensis Vogelkop Moss Skink Slavenko, Tamar, Tallowin, Kraus, Allison, Carranza & Meiri 2021 Genus Lygisaurus (Sahul Leaf-Litter Skinks)   * Lygisaurus novaeguineae Papuan Leaf-litter Skink Kraus 2007 Loveridge 1948 Rooij 1915 Genus Nubeoscincus (Papuan Glacier Skinks)   * Nubeoscincus glacialis Farak Glacier Skink Greer, Allison & Cogger 2005 Genus Ornithuroscincus (Smooth-eared Skinks)   Ornithuroscincus noctua Moth Skink Gunther 2000 Loveridge 1948 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Zweifel 1979   Ornithuroscincus nototaenia South Papuan Striped Skink Boulenger 1914 Rooij 1915 Shea & Greer 2002 Tallowin & Shea 2015 Genus Palaia (Papuan Mountain Striped Skink)   Palaia pulchra Papuan Mountain Striped Skink Rooij 1915 Tallowin & Shea 2015 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Zweifel 1979 Genus Papuascincus (Papuan Slender Skinks)   Papuascincus morokanus Moroka Slender Skink Tallowin, Allison & Shea 2015   Papuascincus stanleyanus Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink Loveridge 1948 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Genus Prasinohaema (Green Tree Skinks)   * Prasinohaema parkeri Utakwa River Green Tree Skink Smith 1937 Zug & Allison 2006   Prasinohaema semoni Papuan Green Tree Skink Tallowin, Shea & Allison 2019   Prasinohaema virens Eastern Green Tree Skink Rooij 1915 Genus Sphenomorphus (Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks)   * Sphenomorphus amblyplacodes West Irian Forest Skink Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   * Sphenomorphus dekkerae Doberai Forest Skink Shea 2017   Sphenomorphus derooyae Doorman Peak Forest Skink Daan & Hillenius 1966 Jong 1927   Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus Dark-lined Forest Skink Greer & Shea 2004 Mys 1988 [as "Ictiscincus fuscolineatus", formally described by Greer & Shea 2004]   Sphenomorphus jobiensis Yapen Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Loveridge 1948 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus latifasciatus Broad-banded Forest Skink # Meyer 1874 Rooij 1915   Sphenomorphus longicaudatus Long-tailed Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus maindroni Common Papuan Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Shea 2017   Sphenomorphus meyeri Aru Islands Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 [as melanopogon] Loveridge 1948 [as melanopogon] Rooij 1915 [as melanopogon] Shea 2012 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 [as melanopogon]   Sphenomorphus mimikanus Mimika River Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Rooij 1915 Tallowin, Shea & Allison 2015 Zug & Allison 2006   Sphenomorphus minutus Papuan Dwarf Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Shea & Greer 1999   Sphenomorphus muelleri East Indonesian Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus neuhaussi Huon Peninsula Forest Skink Rooij 1915 Vogt 1911   Sphenomorphus oligolepis Small-scaled Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Rooij 1915 Shea 2017   Sphenomorphus rufus Reddish Forest Skink Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus schultzei Sepik River Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Rooij 1915   Sphenomorphus simus Papuan Black-sided Forest Skink Inger 1958 [as melanopleurus] Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 [as stickeli] Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Shea 2017 Tanner 1952 [as stickeli]   Sphenomorphus solomonis Solomon Forest Skink Greer & Parker 1974 Loveridge 1948 [as Lygosoma pardale moszkowskii] Shea 2017 Tanner 1952 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus undulatus Wavy-backed Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Rooij 1915 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Sphenomorphus wollastoni South Papuan Forest Skink Boulenger 1914 Loveridge 1948 Zug & Allison 2006 Genus Tiliqua (Blue-tongued Skinks)   Tiliqua gigas Giant Blue-tongued Skink Allison 2007 Shea 1990 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 Genus Tribolonotus (Casque-headed Skinks)   Tribolonotus gracilis Red-eyed Casque-headed Skink Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Loveridge 1948 Meyer 2002 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990   Tribolonotus novaeguineae Papuan Casque-headed Skink Austin, Rittmeyer, Richards & Zug 2010 Boulenger 1914 Loveridge 1948 Meyer 2002 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Shea, Allison & Tallowin 2015 Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990  Family Varanidae (Monitor Lizards) Genus Varanus (Monitor Lizards)   Varanus doreanus Blue-tailed Monitor Allison 2007 Boehme 2003 Boehme, Horn & Ziegler 1994 Philipp & Philipp 2007 Philipp 1999 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Weijola, Kraus, Vahtera, Lindqvist & Donnellan 2017 Ziegler & Le 2018   Varanus indicus Pacific Monitor Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Philipp & Philipp 2007 Philipp, Boehme & Ziegler 1999 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002   Varanus jobiensis Sepik Monitor Allison 2007 Philipp & Philipp 2007 Philipp 1999 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007   Varanus panoptes Yellow-spotted Monitor Allison 2007 Boehme 1988 Boehme 2003 Philipp & Philipp 2007   Varanus prasinus Green Tree Monitor Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Jacobs 2002 Philipp & Philipp 2007 Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016 Ziegler, Schmitz, Koch & Boehme 2007   Varanus salvadorii Papuan Tree Monitor Allison 2007 Boehme 2003 Boulenger 1914 Horn, Sweet & Philipp 2007 Philipp & Philipp 2007 Rooij 1915   Varanus similis Papuan Spotted Tree Monitor Allison 2007 Philipp & Philipp 2007

	Snakes (Serpentes)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Acrochordidae (Australasian File Snakes) Genus Acrochordus (Australasian File Snakes)   Acrochordus arafurae Arafura File Snake Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 [as javanicus] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Acrochordus granulatus Lesser File Snake Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 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 2007 Boulenger 1914 Haas 1950 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   Candoia carinata Pacific Tree Boa Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDowell 1979 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Smith, Chiszar, Tepedelen & Breukelen 2001  Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids) Genus Boiga (Australasian Cat Snakes)   Boiga irregularis Brown Cat Snake Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Orlov & Ryabov 2002 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Genus Dendrelaphis (Bronzebacks)   Dendrelaphis calligaster Northern Australian Bronzeback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002 Rooijen & Vogel 2016 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   Dendrelaphis gastrostictus Papuan Montane Bronzeback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Rooijen & Vogel 2016 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   Dendrelaphis lineolatus Papuan Striped Bronzeback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015   Dendrelaphis lorentzii Lorentz River Bronzeback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996   Dendrelaphis macrops Papuan Large-eyed Bronzeback Rooijen, Vogel & Somaweera 2015 Genus Stegonotus (Indo-Australian Ground Snakes)   * Stegonotus ayamaru Ayamaru Ground Snake Kaiser, O'Shea & Kaiser 2019   Stegonotus cucullatus Doberai Ground Snake Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Lang 2013 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002   Stegonotus diehli Madang Ground Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1972 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   Stegonotus reticulatus Reticulated Ground Snake Kaiser, Kaiser & O'Shea 2018 Genus Tropidonophis (Indo-Australian Keelbacks)   Tropidonophis doriae Barred Keelback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis elongatus Moluccan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Tropidonophis mairii Australian Keelback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis mcdowelli Northern Papuan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   * Tropidonophis montanus North Irian Montane Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002   Tropidonophis multiscutellatus Papuan Many-scaled Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Tropidonophis novaeguineae Common Papuan Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000   Tropidonophis picturatus Papuan Painted Keelback Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis statisticus Papuan Montane Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Malnate & Underwood 1988 O'Shea 1996   Tropidonophis truncatus Halmahera Keelback Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013  Family Elapidae [part 1: terrestrial species] (Cobras, Mambas, etc.) Genus Acanthophis (Death Adders)   Acanthophis rugosus Rough-scaled Death Adder Loveridge 1948 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Wuster, Dumbrell, Hay, Pook, Williams & Fry 2005 Genus Aspidomorphus (Papuan Crowned Snakes)   Aspidomorphus muelleri Mount Lamantsiro Crowned Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDowell 1967 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar & Tjaturadi 2002 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Aspidomorphus schlegelii Misool Crowned Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 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 Genus Furina (Australian Naped Snakes)   Furina tristis Grey-naped Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Genus Micropechis (Papuan Small-eyed Snake)   Micropechis ikaheka Papuan Small-eyed Snake Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Genus Oxyuranus (Taipans)   Oxyuranus scutellatus Eastern Taipan Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Pseudechis (Australian Black Snakes and King Brown Snakes)   Pseudechis papuanus Papuan Black Snake Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017   * Pseudechis rossignolii Papuan Brown Snake Hoser 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as P. australis] Maddock, Childerstone, Fry, Williams, Barlow & Wuster 2017 O'Shea 1996 [as P. australis] Genus Pseudonaja (Australian Brown Snakes)   Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake Kuch & Yuwono 2002 [as "cf. textilis"] 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 boschmai Carpentaria Small-eyed Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus Australian Black-striped Snake Kuch 2004 Genus Toxicocalamus (Papuan Worm-eating Snakes)   Toxicocalamus ernstmayri Star Mountains Worm-eating Snake O'Shea, Blum & Kaiser 2020   * Toxicocalamus grandis Setekwa River Worm-eating Snake Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Kraus 2009 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Blum & Kaiser 2020 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   Toxicocalamus loennbergii Farfak Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as T. loriae] Kraus, Kaiser & O'Shea 2022 McDowell 1969 [as T. loriae] O'Shea 1996 [as T. loriae] O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 [as T. loriae]   Toxicocalamus preussi Sepik Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015   Toxicocalamus stanleyanus Mount Stanley Worm-eating Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDowell 1969 O'Shea 1996 O'Shea, Parker & Kaiser 2015 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000  Family Elapidae [part 2: marine species] (Sea Snakes) Genus Aipysurus (Olive Sea Snakes)   Aipysurus mosaicus Mosaic Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as A. eydouxii] O'Shea 1996 [as A. eydouxii] Sanders, Rasmussen, Elmberg, Mumpuni, Guinea, Blias, Lee & Fry 2012 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Emydocephalus (Turtle-headed Sea Snakes)   Emydocephalus annulatus Annulated Turtle-headed Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Hydrelaps (Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake)   Hydrelaps darwiniensis Port Darwin Smooth Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Hydrophis (Typical Sea Snakes)   Hydrophis atriceps Black-headed Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Loveridge 1948   Hydrophis curtus Short Sea Snake Haas 1950 [as Lapemis hardwickii] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as Lapemis hardwickii] O'Shea 1996 Smith 1926 [as Lapemis hardwickii]   Hydrophis elegans Bar-bellied Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis kingii Spectacled Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001   Hydrophis major Olive-headed Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis ornatus Reef Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis pacificus Pacific Faint-banded Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis peronii Horned Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Hydrophis platurus Yellow-bellied Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Pauwels, Oger & Meirte 2018   Hydrophis schistosus Beaked Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Hydrophis stokesii Large-headed Sea Snake O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014 Genus Laticauda (Sea Kraits)   Laticauda colubrina Yellow-lipped Sea Krait Allison 2007 Heatwole, Busack & Cogger 2005 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McCarthy 1986   Laticauda laticaudata Blue-lipped Sea Krait Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Loveridge 1948 Genus Parahydrophis (Arafura Smooth Sea Snake)   Parahydrophis mertoni Arafura Smooth Sea Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996  Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes) Genus Gerrhopilus (Indo-Malayan Blind Snakes)   Gerrhopilus suturalis Andai Blind Snake Brongersma 1934 Lang 2013 [as ater] McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as ater] McDowell 1974 [as ater] O'Shea 1996 [as ater] Wynn 2021  Family Homalopsidae (Australasian Mud Snakes) Genus Calamophis (Doberai Stout-tailed Snakes)   * Calamophis katesandersae Andai Stout-tailed Snake Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2012   * Calamophis ruuddelangi Ambuaki Stout-tailed Snake Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2012   * Calamophis sharonbrooksae Arfak Stout-tailed Snake Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2012 Genus Cerberus (Dog-faced Water Snakes)   Cerberus australis Australian Dog-faced Water Snake Allison 2007 [as C. rynchops] Iskandar & Colijn 2001 [as C. novaeguineae] Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 Murphy, Voris & Karns 2012 O'Shea 1996 [as C. rynchops] Genus Djokoiskandarus (Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake)   Djokoiskandarus annulatus Trans-Fly Mangrove Snake Allison 2007 Murphy 2007 Genus Fordonia (White-bellied Mangrove Snake)   Fordonia leucobalia White-bellied Mangrove Snake Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 O'Shea 1996 Genus Heurnia (Mamberamo River Water Snake)   * Heurnia ventromaculata Mamberamo River Water Snake Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Murphy & Voris 2014 Murphy 2007 O'Shea 1996 Genus Myron (Indo-Australian Mangrove Snakes)   Myron richardsonii Eastern Mangrove Snake Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 Genus Pseudoferania (Australian Mud Snake)   Pseudoferania polylepis Australian Mud Snake Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 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] Genus Leiopython (White-lipped Pythons)   Leiopython albertisii Northern White-lipped Python Schleip 2008   Leiopython fredparkeri Southern White-lipped Python Schleip 2008 [as hoserae] Genus Liasis (Water Pythons and Australian Olive Python)   Liasis fuscus Brown Water Python O'Shea 1996   Liasis papuanus Papuan Olive Python Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996 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 Allison 2007 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996   Morelia viridis Southern Green Tree Python Natusch, Esquerre, Lyons, Hamidy, Lemmon, Lemmon, Riyanto, Keogh & Donnellan 2020 Genus Simalia (Scrub Pythons)   Simalia amethistina Amethystine Python Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 O'Shea 1996 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002   Simalia boeleni Black Python Allison 2007 Harvey, Barker, Ammerman & Chippindale 2000 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 O'Shea 1996  Family Typhlopidae (Typical Blind Snakes) Genus Anilios (Australian Blind Snakes)   Anilios erycinus Northern Papuan Blind Snake Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 McDowell 1984 O'Shea 1996 Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014   Anilios torresianus Torres Blind Snake McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 [as polygrammicus] O'Shea 1996 [as polygrammicus] Genus Ramphotyphlops (Western Pacific Blind Snakes)   Ramphotyphlops flaviventer Yellow-bellied Blind Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996   Ramphotyphlops multilineatus Indonesian Hook-nosed Blind Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 Lang 2013 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 McDowell 1974 O'Shea 1996   * Ramphotyphlops similis Twenty-rowed Blind Snake Brongersma 1934 Iskandar & Colijn 2001 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 O'Shea 1996

	Turtles (Testudines)
	= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct Species References  Family Carettochelyidae (Pig-nosed Turtle) Genus Carettochelys (Pig-nosed Turtle)   Carettochelys insculpta Pig-nosed Turtle Allison 2007 Boulenger 1914 Georges & Rose 1993 Georges, Doody, Eisemberg, Alacs & Rose 2008 Iverson 1992 Loveridge 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Rompp 2006 Samedi & Iskandar 2000  Family Chelidae (Austro-American Side-necked Turtles) Genus Chelodina (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)   * Chelodina gunaleni Mimika Snake-necked Turtle McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2007 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021   Chelodina novaeguineae Papuan Snake-necked Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina parkeri Mawa Snake-necked Turtle Iverson 1992 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina reimanni Merauke Snake-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2004 Philippen & Grossmann 1990 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000   Chelodina rugosa Northern Australian Snake-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Fritz & Havas 2006 Iverson 1992 [as siebenrocki] Kennett, Fordham, Alacs, Corey & Georges 2014 [as oblonga] Rhodin & Mittermeier 1976 [as siebenrocki] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 [as oblonga] Samedi & Iskandar 2000 [as siebenrocki] Genus Elseya (Sahul Snapping Turtles)   Elseya branderhorsti White-bellied Snapping Turtle Allison 2006 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   * Elseya nabire Nabire Snapping Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022   Elseya novaeguineae Doberai Snapping Turtle Allison 2007 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Boulenger 1914 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2019 [as E. caelatus] Loveridge 1948 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar & Allison 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Samedi & Iskandar 2000 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015   * Elseya papua Merauke Snapping Turtle Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2022   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 Joseph-Ouni & McCord 2019 [as orestiad] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Thomson, Amepou, Anamiato & Georges 2015 Genus Emydura (Indo-Australian Snake-necked or Long-necked Turtles)   * Emydura gunaleni Kais Short-necked Turtle Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Smales, McCord, Cann & Joseph-Ouni 2019   Emydura subglobosa Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle Allison 2007 Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Boulenger 1914 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 Rhodin 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Samedi & Iskandar 2000  Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles) Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)   Caretta caretta Loggerhead Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)   Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Putrawidjaja 2000 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 Rooij 1915 Genus Eretmochelys (Hawksbill Sea Turtle)   Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rooij 1915 Genus Lepidochelys (Ridley Sea Turtles)   Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Genus Natator (Flatback Sea Turtle)   Natator depressus Flatback Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Limpus, Couper & Couper 1993 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021  Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle) Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)   Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Sea Turtle Allison 2007 Betz & Welch 1992 Njoman & Nuitja 1984 Polunin & Nuitja in Bjorndal (ed.) 1982 Putrawidjaja 2000 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Tapilatu & Tiwari 2007  Family Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles) Genus Pelochelys (Indomalayan Giant Softshell Turtles)   Pelochelys bibroni Southern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Bonin, Devaux & Dupre 2006 Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Webb 1995   Pelochelys signifera Northern Papuan Giant Softshell Turtle Fritz & Havas 2006 Georges & Thomson 2010 McCord & Joseph-Ouni 2003 [as cantorii] Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021 Richards, Iskandar, Tjaturadi & Krishar 2002 [as cantorii] Webb 1995 [as cantorii] Webb 2002