Herpetofauna of Mossman Gorge

AMPHIBIANS

• Myobatrachidae
  • Northern barred frog, Mixophyes schevilli
• Hylidae
  • Green-eyed tree frog, Litoria genimaculata
  • White-lipped tree frog, Litoria infrafrenata
  • Stony-creek frog, Litoria lesueuri
  • Mountain mist frog, Litoria nyakalensis*
  • Common mist frog, Litoria rheocola
  • Orange-thighed tree frog, Litoria xanthomera
  • Australian lace-lid, Nyctimystes dayi*
• Microhylidae
  • Fry's whistling frog, Sphenophryne fryi*
  • Rain-whistling frog, Sphenophryne pluvialis
• Ranidae
  • Wood frog, Rana daemeli
• Bufonidae
  • Cane toad, Bufo marinus

REPTILES

• Gekkonidae
  • Northern leaf-tailed gecko, Saltuarius cornutus
• Agamidae
  • Boyd's forest dragon, Hypsilurus boydii
  • Eastern water dragon, Physignathus lesueurii
• Scincidae
  • Carlia rostralis
  • Northern red-throated skink, Carlia rubrigularis
  • Major skink, Egernia frerei
  • Rainforest water skink, Eulamprus tigrinus
  • Grey-tailed skink, Glaphyromorphus fuscicaudis
  • Prickly rainforest skink, Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae
  • Lampropholis coggeri
  • Four-toed litter skink, Saproscincus tetradactylus
• Boidae
  • Amethystine python, Morelia amethistina
• Colubridae
  • Brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis*
  • Northern tree snake, Dendrelaphis calligastra
  • Green tree snake, Dendrelaphis punctulata*
  • Slaty-grey snake, Stegonotus cucullatus
  • Keelback, Tropidonophis mairii
• Elapidae
  • Red-bellied blacksnake, Pseudechis porphyriacus*
• Chelidae
  • Saw-shelled turtle, Elseya latisternum (recorded by Green and Turner, 1994)

* Present based on information other than this study (see text for details).

Literature cited:

Green, D. and Turner, G. 1994. An addition to the reptile fauna of the Mossman Gorge section of Daintree National Park, north Queensland. Herpetofauna 24: 44-45.