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Central Bearded Dragon
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/central-bearded-dragon/Like other species of Bearded Dragon, this lizard relies on more bluff than bite; trying to appear larger and spikier than it really is to any potential predator.
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Collett’s Snake
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/colletts-snake/One of the most spectacularly-coloured snakes in Australia, the Collett’s Snake is a shy and rarely seen inhabitant of Queensland’s black soil plains.
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Cunningham's Skink
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/cunninghams-skink/Cunningham's Skink is a sun-loving variety of spiny-tailed skink.
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Western Brown Snakes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/western-brown-snakes/For many years it was suspected that the widespread Western Brown Snake (Pseudonaja nuchalis) was in fact a composite species, however efforts to split nuchalis were largely defeated by the extreme level of colour and pattern variation encountered both within and between populations.
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Estuarine Crocodile
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/estuarine-crocodile/Estuarine Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus
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Mary River Turtle
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/mary-river-turtle/This distinctive species of freshwater turtle was only described by scientists in 1994 from the Mary River in the hinterland of the Brisbane region.
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Small-eyed Snake
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/small-eyed-snake/Though common through its range, you’d be unlikely to encounter this beautiful and secretive night-dweller.
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Blue-bellied Black Snake
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/blue-bellied-black-snake/Despite its size and relative abundance, not much is known of the habits of this handsome “poor cousin” of the Red-bellied Black Snake.
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