zooboy28
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This is a 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).
In the cases of there only being one or two individuals of a species left in Australia, this has been noted after the listing.
Contributions of missing information and updates are welcomed!
Amphibians:
Four species in three families.
Ambystomatidae:
-Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum - Adelaide Zoo, SEALIFE Sydney, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Bufonidae:
-Cane Toad Rhinella (Bufo) marinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Dreamworld, Perth Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Territory Wildlife Park, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Dendrobatidae:
-Dyeing Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates tinctorius - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
-Blue Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus" - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park
Reptiles:
72 species, in 22 families.
Alligatoridae:
-American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Hunter Valley Zoo, Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, Marineland Melanesia, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Oakvale Fauna Park, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Symbio Wildlife Park, Tasmania Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus - Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park
Crocodylidae:
-New Guinea Crocodile Crocodylus novaeguineae - Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park, Marineland Melanesia
-Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis - Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo
Sphenodontidae:
-Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo [three animals were imported in 2022 from Chester Zoo, UK, with two of them retained at the Australian Reptile Park, and the third passed along to Taronga Zoo (which formerly held them for many years)]
Chelydridae:
-Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one animal)
-Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Shoalhaven Zoo, Sydney Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
Emydidae:
-Malayan Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis - Crocodylus Park
-Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle Cuora trifasciata - Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
-Spiny Terrapin Heosemys spinosa - Melbourne Zoo (one male)
-Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna - Taronga Zoo
-Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima - Melbourne Zoo (one male)
-Carolina Box Turtle Terrapene carolina major - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo (note: National is now identifying their animal as being a Coahuilan Box Turtle Terrapene coahuila)
-Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis - Perth Zoo (one animal)
-Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata - Taronga Zoo (one male)
-Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans - Australia Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Perth Zoo
Testudinidae:
-Aldabran Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
-Galapagos Giant Tortoise Chelonoidis nigra - Australian Reptile Park, Perth Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Chaco Tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis - Taronga Zoo (one pair)
-Yellow-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one animal)
-Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
-Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis - Australian Reptile Park, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hunter Valley Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo (?), Werribee Zoo, Western Plains Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
-Radiated Tortoise Astrochelys radiata - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Mogo Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Wildlife HQ
-African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata - Adelaide Zoo (one female), Hunter Valley Zoo (one female)
-Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Bell’s Hinge-backed Tortoise Kinixys belliana - Perth Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo
-Burmese Brown Tortoise Manouria emys - Ballarat Wildlife Park (four females)
-Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca - Adelaide Zoo, Darling Downs Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Hermann’s Tortoise Testudo hermanni - Adelaide Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo
-Horsfield’s Tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
Chelidae:
-Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala - Melbourne Zoo (four males listed in January 2020, down to two males by July 2021)
Agamidae:
-Philippine Sail-finned Water Dragon Hydrosaurus pustulatus - Australian Reptile Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Anguidae:
-Scheltopusik Pseudopus apodus - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Chamaeleonidae:
-Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus - Australian Reptile Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
Gekkonidae:
-Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko - Melbourne Zoo, Perth 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, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo (still?)
Helodermatidae:
-Reticulated Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
Corytophanidae:
-Double-crested Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons - Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
Iguanidae:
-Fijian Crested Iguana Brachylophus vitiensis - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Hunter Valley Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Common Iguana Iguana iguana - Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Zoo, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo,D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, National Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Wildlife HQ
Scincidae:
-Solomon Islands Skink Corucia zebrata - Australian Reptile Park
Varanidae:
-Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo
Boidae:
-Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Rockhampton Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Tasmania Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Dumeril’s Boa Acrantophis dumerili - Darling Downs Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Zoo
-Amazon Tree Boa Corallus hortulanus - Adelaide Zoo
-Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
-Kenyan Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus - Melbourne Zoo (two females)
-Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park (still?), Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania
-Yellow Anaconda Eunectes notaeus - Darling Downs Zoo
Pythonidae:
-Blood Python Python (curtus) brongersmai - Adelaide Zoo, Crocodylus Park, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne 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, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Ball Python Python regius - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Reticulated Python Python reticulatus - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Kyabram Fauna Park, Melbourne Zoo, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo
Colubridae:
-Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Taiwan Beauty Snake Orthriophis taeniurus - National Zoo (one male)
-Honduran Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis - Australian Reptile Park (six imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo
-Pueblan Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli - Melbourne Zoo (two males)
Elapidae:
-Monocled Cobra Naja kaouthia - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Taronga Zoo, Melbourne Zoo
-Siamese Cobra Naja siamensis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Mosambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one male)
-King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park (including three imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo (one imported Jan 2024)
Viperidae:
-Cantil Agkistrodon bilineatus - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo (2.1)
-Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii - Australian Reptile Park (three imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo (one female)
-Uracoan Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus vegrandis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox - Australian Reptile Park (including eleven imported Nov 2023), Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
-Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotaus adamanteus - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga 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
Dendrobatidae:
-Splash-backed Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates galactonotus - Australia Zoo
REPTILES:
Crocodylidae:
-Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus - Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park (no information but probably no longer present)
Emydidae:
-Thick-necked Terrapin Siebenrockiella crassirostris - Perth Zoo
Chelidae:
-Mata Mata Chelys fimbriata - Taronga Zoo
Gekkonidae:
-Bavay’s Giant Gecko Eurydactylodes vieillardi - Australian Reptile Park
Lacertidae:
-Jewelled Lizard Timon (Lacerta) lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
Iguanidae:
-Fijian Banded Iguana Brachylophus bulabula - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo
Teiidae:
-Argentine Black and White Tegu Salvator merianae [previously identified by the park as Black Tegu Tupinambis teguixin] - Australian Reptile Park
Boidae:
-Madagascar Tree Boa Sanzinia madagascariensis - Perth Zoo
-Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus - Melbourne Zoo
-Solomon Islands Boa Candoia (carinata) paulsoni - Taronga 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
-California King Snake Lampropeltis getula californiae - Melbourne Zoo
Elapidae:
-Black-lipped Cobra Naja melanoleuca - Adelaide Zoo
Viperidae:
-Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
-Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus - Melbourne Zoo
In the cases of there only being one or two individuals of a species left in Australia, this has been noted after the listing.
Contributions of missing information and updates are welcomed!
Amphibians:
Four species in three families.
Ambystomatidae:
-Axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum - Adelaide Zoo, SEALIFE Sydney, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Bufonidae:
-Cane Toad Rhinella (Bufo) marinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Dreamworld, Perth Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Territory Wildlife Park, Underwater World (Mooloolaba)
Dendrobatidae:
-Dyeing Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates tinctorius - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
-Blue Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus" - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park
Reptiles:
72 species, in 22 families.
Alligatoridae:
-American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Hunter Valley Zoo, Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, Marineland Melanesia, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Oakvale Fauna Park, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Symbio Wildlife Park, Tasmania Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Spectacled Caiman Caiman crocodilus - Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park
Crocodylidae:
-New Guinea Crocodile Crocodylus novaeguineae - Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park, Marineland Melanesia
-Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis - Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo
Sphenodontidae:
-Tuatara Sphenodon punctatus - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo [three animals were imported in 2022 from Chester Zoo, UK, with two of them retained at the Australian Reptile Park, and the third passed along to Taronga Zoo (which formerly held them for many years)]
Chelydridae:
-Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one animal)
-Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Shoalhaven Zoo, Sydney Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
Emydidae:
-Malayan Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis - Crocodylus Park
-Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle Cuora trifasciata - Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Mississippi Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohni - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
-Spiny Terrapin Heosemys spinosa - Melbourne Zoo (one male)
-Eastern River Cooter Pseudemys concinna concinna - Taronga Zoo
-Painted Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima - Melbourne Zoo (one male)
-Carolina Box Turtle Terrapene carolina major - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo (note: National is now identifying their animal as being a Coahuilan Box Turtle Terrapene coahuila)
-Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis - Perth Zoo (one animal)
-Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata - Taronga Zoo (one male)
-Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans - Australia Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Perth Zoo
Testudinidae:
-Aldabran Giant Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
-Galapagos Giant Tortoise Chelonoidis nigra - Australian Reptile Park, Perth Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Chaco Tortoise Chelonoidis chilensis - Taronga Zoo (one pair)
-Yellow-footed Tortoise Chelonoidis denticulata - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one animal)
-Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
-Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis - Australian Reptile Park, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hunter Valley Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo (?), Werribee Zoo, Western Plains Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
-Radiated Tortoise Astrochelys radiata - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Mogo Zoo, Monarto Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Wildlife HQ
-African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata - Adelaide Zoo (one female), Hunter Valley Zoo (one female)
-Elongated Tortoise Indotestudo elongata - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Melbourne Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo
-Bell’s Hinge-backed Tortoise Kinixys belliana - Perth Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo
-Burmese Brown Tortoise Manouria emys - Ballarat Wildlife Park (four females)
-Spur-thighed Tortoise Testudo graeca - Adelaide Zoo, Darling Downs Zoo, Western Plains Zoo
-Hermann’s Tortoise Testudo hermanni - Adelaide Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo
-Horsfield’s Tortoise Agrionemys horsfieldii - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
Chelidae:
-Twist-necked Turtle Platemys platycephala - Melbourne Zoo (four males listed in January 2020, down to two males by July 2021)
Agamidae:
-Philippine Sail-finned Water Dragon Hydrosaurus pustulatus - Australian Reptile Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
Anguidae:
-Scheltopusik Pseudopus apodus - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo
Chamaeleonidae:
-Veiled Chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus - Australian Reptile Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre
Gekkonidae:
-Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko - Melbourne Zoo, Perth 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, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo (still?)
Helodermatidae:
-Reticulated Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo
Corytophanidae:
-Double-crested Basilisk Basiliscus plumifrons - Gorge Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
Iguanidae:
-Fijian Crested Iguana Brachylophus vitiensis - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Zoo, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Rhinoceros Iguana Cyclura cornuta - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Hunter Valley Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Common Iguana Iguana iguana - Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Zoo, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo,D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, National Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Wildlife HQ
Scincidae:
-Solomon Islands Skink Corucia zebrata - Australian Reptile Park
Varanidae:
-Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, Perth Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo
Boidae:
-Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Canberra Reptile Zoo, Cooberrie Park, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Darling Downs Zoo, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Halls Gap Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Rockhampton Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Taronga Zoo, Tasmania Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Dumeril’s Boa Acrantophis dumerili - Darling Downs Zoo, Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Zoo
-Amazon Tree Boa Corallus hortulanus - Adelaide Zoo
-Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria - Melbourne Zoo (one female)
-Kenyan Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus - Melbourne Zoo (two females)
-Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park (still?), Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania
-Yellow Anaconda Eunectes notaeus - Darling Downs Zoo
Pythonidae:
-Blood Python Python (curtus) brongersmai - Adelaide Zoo, Crocodylus Park, D'Aguilar Wildlife, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley’s Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne 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, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Symbio Wildlife Park, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Ball Python Python regius - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo, Wild Cat Conservation Centre, Wildlife HQ
-Reticulated Python Python reticulatus - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Crocodylus Park, Darling Downs Zoo, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Kyabram Fauna Park, Melbourne Zoo, Mogo Zoo, National Zoo, Serpentarium Tasmania, Shoalhaven Zoo, Snakes Downunder, Taronga Zoo
Colubridae:
-Corn Snake Pantherophis guttatus - Adelaide Zoo, Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Crocodylus Park, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorge Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Melbourne Zoo, National Zoo, Perth Zoo, Shoalhaven Zoo, Taronga Zoo, Wildlife HQ
-Taiwan Beauty Snake Orthriophis taeniurus - National Zoo (one male)
-Honduran Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis - Australian Reptile Park (six imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo
-Pueblan Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli - Melbourne Zoo (two males)
Elapidae:
-Monocled Cobra Naja kaouthia - Ballarat Wildlife Park, Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Taronga Zoo, Melbourne Zoo
-Siamese Cobra Naja siamensis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Mosambique Spitting Cobra Naja mossambica - Ballarat Wildlife Park (one male)
-King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah - Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park (including three imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo (one imported Jan 2024)
Viperidae:
-Cantil Agkistrodon bilineatus - Australian Reptile Park, Melbourne Zoo (2.1)
-Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii - Australian Reptile Park (three imported Nov 2023), Melbourne Zoo, Taronga Zoo (one female)
-Uracoan Rattlesnake Crotalus durissus vegrandis - Ballarat Wildlife Park
-Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox - Australian Reptile Park (including eleven imported Nov 2023), Hartley's Crocodile Adventures
-Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotaus adamanteus - Australia Zoo, Ballarat Wildlife Park, Melbourne Zoo, Taronga 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
Dendrobatidae:
-Splash-backed Poison-Arrow Frog Dendrobates galactonotus - Australia Zoo
REPTILES:
Crocodylidae:
-Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus - Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park (no information but probably no longer present)
Emydidae:
-Thick-necked Terrapin Siebenrockiella crassirostris - Perth Zoo
Chelidae:
-Mata Mata Chelys fimbriata - Taronga Zoo
Gekkonidae:
-Bavay’s Giant Gecko Eurydactylodes vieillardi - Australian Reptile Park
Lacertidae:
-Jewelled Lizard Timon (Lacerta) lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
Iguanidae:
-Fijian Banded Iguana Brachylophus bulabula - Australian Reptile Park, Taronga Zoo
Teiidae:
-Argentine Black and White Tegu Salvator merianae [previously identified by the park as Black Tegu Tupinambis teguixin] - Australian Reptile Park
Boidae:
-Madagascar Tree Boa Sanzinia madagascariensis - Perth Zoo
-Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus - Melbourne Zoo
-Solomon Islands Boa Candoia (carinata) paulsoni - Taronga 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
-California King Snake Lampropeltis getula californiae - Melbourne Zoo
Elapidae:
-Black-lipped Cobra Naja melanoleuca - Adelaide Zoo
Viperidae:
-Rock Rattlesnake Crotalus lepidus - Melbourne Zoo
-Western Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus - Melbourne Zoo
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