Discover a diverse group of animals including turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles, including the largest living reptile in the world: the Australian Crocodile!

About 40 species of reptiles are found in the Sydney region including turtles, lizards and snakes. As more and more bushland is cleared to accommodate Sydney's increasing population, several reptile species are experiencing population declines and are becoming harder to find.

Reptile ticks are commonly found on blue-tongues; they attach under the scales and in the ear canal. They do not normally attach to mammals, and are not known to cause paralysis. A number of nematode worms parasitise blue-tongues, and may sometimes be seen in faecal pellets.

Australia has a very diverse lizard fauna, ranging from the very large to the tiny. Explore the image gallery of Australian lizards.

Reptiles. Discover a diverse group of animals including turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles, including the largest living reptile in the world: the Australian Crocodile!

The largest group of lizards in Australia belong to the genus Ctenotus. There are nearly 100 species in this genus. They are found throughout much of Australia, but are most diverse in the desert regions and tropical woodlands of Australia's north.

Copperheads are restricted to relatively cool and cold environments in southeastern parts of Australia, including Kangaroo Island, Tasmania and the Bass Strait Islands. Pygmy Copperhead ( Austrelaps labialis ) - only found in the Mount Lofty Ranges east of …

Discover a diverse group of animals including turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles, including the largest living reptile in the world: the Australian Crocodile!

The largest specimen in an Australian museum collection was a male with a snout-vent length of 1440mm, however reliable sources have reported a maximum total length of about 2540mm (eight feet and four inches) for the species.

The Herpetology collection is the largest herpetological collection in Australia and is housed across two Australian Museum storage locations: the Sydney CBD site and Castle Hill. Reptiles are the major group represented - more than two thirds of the total collection.