This is a draft list of exotic amphibian and reptile species held in Australian zoos. The list excludes native species (including all sea turtles and species from places such as Christmas Island), and combines subspecies where more than one are present.
Similar to the exotic mammal list, this is likely to be missing a number of zoos and possibly species, and contributions of missing information from all are welcomed!
This is a draft list of exotic amphibian and reptile species held in Australian zoos. The list excludes native species (including all sea turtles and species from places such as Christmas Island), and combines subspecies where more than one are present.
Similar to the exotic mammal list, this is likely to be missing a number of zoos and possibly species, and contributions of missing information from all are welcomed!
Amphibians:
Five species in three families.
Ambystomatidae:
-Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum - Adelaide Zoo, SEALIFE Sydney, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Bufonidae:
-Cane Toad Bufo marinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo, Perth Zoo, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Dendrobatidae:
-Splash-backed Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates galactonotus - Adelaide Zoo
-Blue Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates azureus - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park
-Dyeing Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates tinctorius - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Aquarium
Reptiles:
77 species, in 22 families.
Alligatoridae:
-American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis - Australian Reptile Park, Altina Wildlife Park, Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Hunter Valley Zoo, National Zoo, Oakvale Fauna Park, Perth Zoo, Snakes Down Under, Symbio Wildlife Park, Tasmania Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters, Wildlife HQ
Crocodylidae:
-New Guinea Crocodile Crocodylus novaeguineae - Crocodylus Park, Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park
-Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis - Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo
-Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus - Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park (still?)
Sphenodontidae:
-Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus - Taronga Zoo
Chelydridae:
-Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Wild Animal Encounters
Emydidae:
-Malayan Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis - Crocodylus Park
-Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle Cuora trifasciata - Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni - Melbourne Zoo
-Spiny Terrapin Heosemys spinosa - Melbourne Zoo
-Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna - Taronga Zoo
-Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima - Melbourne Zoo
-Carolina Box Turtle Terrapene carolina major - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo
-Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis - Perth Zoo
-Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata - Taronga Zoo
-Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans - Australia Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo
Testudinidae:
-Aldabran Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Galapagos Giant Tortoise Chelonoidis nigra - Australian Reptile Park, Perth Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Chaco Tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis - Taronga Zoo
-Yellow-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans - Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis - Australian Reptile Park, Crocodylus Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hunter Valley Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Werribee Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters
-Radiated Tortoise Astrochelys radiata - Darling Downs Zoo, Mogo Zoo, Perth Zoo
-African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata - Hunter Valley Zoo
-Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata - Adelaide Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters
-Bell’s Hinge-backed Tortoise Kinixys belliana - Perth Zoo, Werribee Zoo
-Burmese Brown Tortoise Manouria emys - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Spur-thighed Tortoise Adelaide Zoo, Darling Downs Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Hermann’s Tortoise Testudo hermanni - Adelaide Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Melbourne Zoo
-Horsfield’s Tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii - Melbourne Zoo
Chelidae:
-Mata Mata Chelys fimbriata - Taronga Zoo
-Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala - Melbourne Zoo
Agamidae:
-Philippine Sail-finned Water Dragon Hydrosaurus pustulatus - Australian Reptile Park, Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Anguidae:
-Scheltopusik Pseudopus apodus - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo
Chamaeleonidae:
-Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Sanctuary, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Down Under, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
Gekkonidae:
-Bavay’s Giant Gecko Eurydactylodes vieillardi - Australian Reptile Park
-Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko - Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo
-Madagascan Giant Day Gecko Phelsuma (madagascariensis) grandis - Australian Reptile Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo
-Cuvier’s Caledonian Gecko Rhacodactylus leachianus - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo
Helodermatidae:
-Reticulated Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Corytophanidae:
-Double-crested Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons - Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Iguanidae:
-Fijian Banded Iguana Brachylophus bulabula - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo
-Fijian Crested Iguana Brachylophus vitiensis - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Crocodylus Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Park, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hunter Valley Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Common Iguana Iguana iguana - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, National Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters, Wildlife HQ
Scincidae:
-Solomon Islands Skink Corucia zebrata - Australian Reptile Park
Teiidae:
-Black Tegu Tupinambis teguixin - Australian Reptile Park
Varanidae:
-Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Perth Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Boidae:
-Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Rockhampton Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters, Wildlife HQ
-Dumeril’s Boa Acrantophis dumerili - Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Zoo
-Solomon Islands Boa Candoia (carinata) paulsoni - Taronga Zoo
-Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus - Melbourne Zoo
-Amazon Tree Boa Corallus hortulanus - Adelaide Zoo
-Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria - Melbourne Zoo
-Kenyan Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus - Melbourne Zoo
-Madagascar Tree Boa Sanzinia madagascariensis - Adelaide Zoo, Perth Zoo
-Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Yellow Anaconda Eunectes notaeus - Darling Downs Zoo (one female, the only individual of this species left in the country)
Pythonidae:
-Blood Python Python (curtus) brongersmai - Adelaide Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo
-Burmese Python Python molurus bivittatus - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, National Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Wild Animal Encounters, Wildlife HQ
-Ball Python Python regius - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo
-Reticulated Python Python reticulatus - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Down Under, Taronga Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters
Colubridae:
-Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Encounters, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Western Plains Zoo, Wild Animal Encounters, Wildlife HQ
-Taiwan Beauty Snake Orthriophis taeniurus - Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo
-California King Snake Lampropeltis getula californiae - Melbourne Zoo
-Honduran Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis - Melbourne Zoo
-Pueblan Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli - Melbourne Zoo
Elapidae:
-Monocled Cobra Naja kaouthia - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
-Black-lipped Cobra Naja melanoleuca - Adelaide Zoo
-Siamese Cobra Naja siamensis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Mosambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park
Viperidae:
-Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii - Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Uracoan Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus vegrandis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox - Australian Reptile Park
-Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotaus adamanteus - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
-Aruba Island Rattlesnake Crotalus unicolor - Adelaide Zoo
Species removed from the list since 2013:
AMPHIBIANS:
Salamandridae:
-Japanese Fire-bellied Newt Cynops pyrrhogaster - Melbourne Zoo
Ranidae:
-African Bullfrog Pyxicephalus adspersus - Australian Reptile Park
REPTILES:
Emydidae:
-Thick-necked Terrapin Siebenrockiella crassirostris - Perth Zoo
Lacertidae:
-Jewelled Lizard Timon (Lacerta) lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
Colubridae:
-Mangrove Snake Boiga dendrophila - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park
-Western Rat Snake Pantherophis (Elaphe) obsoleta - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Grey-banded King Snake Lampropeltis alterna - Melbourne Zoo
Viperidae:
-Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus - Melbourne Zoo
