Reptiles
Reptiles
Summary of proposed changes to listings of taxa
Click on the Threatened or Non-threatened heading to get more detailed justifications for each taxon.
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Abbreviations of IUCN Categories: CR – Critically Endangered; CR (PE) – Critically Endangered, possibly extinct; DD – Data Deficient; EN – Endangered; EW – Extinct in the wild;
EX – Extinct; NT – Near Threatened; LC – Least Concern; VU – Vulnerable.
Threatened categories
Reptiles - Proposed changes involving Threatened Categories (1.1Mb)
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
Bronzeback snake-lizard |
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus |
DD |
EN |
Hawksbill sea turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
DD |
VU |
Leatherback turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
VU |
CR |
Loggerhead turtle |
Caretta caretta |
EN |
VU |
Mitchell’s water monitor |
Varanus mitchelli |
DD |
VU |
Olive Ridley sea turtle |
Lepidochelys olivacae |
LC |
VU |
Plains death adder |
Acanthopsis hawkei |
LC |
VU |
Slater’s skink |
Liopholis slateri |
EN |
VU |
Non-threatened categories
Reptiles - Proposed changes involving Non-threatened Categories (297Kb)
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown tree snake | Boiga irregularis |
DD |
LC |
Children’s python |
Antaresia childreni |
DD |
LC |
Greater black whipsnake |
Demansia papuensis |
DD |
LC |
Green sea turtle |
Chelonia mydas |
LC |
NT |
Lesser black whipsnake |
Demansia vestigiata |
DD |
LC |
Mulga or King Brown Snake |
Pseudechis australis |
LC |
NT |
Northern small-eyed snake |
Cryptophis pallidiceps |
DD |
LC |
Other taxa considered by panel, but no change recommended
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merten’s water monitor | Varanus mertensi |
VU |
VU |
Yellow-spotted monitor |
Varanus panoptes |
VU |
VU |