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Reptiles of Lower Fleurieu Peninsula This list was compiled by Chapman (1987) from locality maps included in Cogger (1975), records of the Herpetology Section of the South Australian Museum and information supplied by G. Coombe (personal communication) of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Surveys undertaken by the South Australian Herpetology Group on 21 March 1976 and 23 October 1983 confirmed the presence of a number of these in the park. RECORDED IN RECORDED WITHIN SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME GROUP DEEP CREEK 20 km OF CONS. PARK DEEP CREEK Amphibolurus decresii Dragons, Monitors No Yes Amphibolurus pictus Painted Dragon Dragons, Monitors No Yes Aprasia striolata Legless Yes Yes Ctenotus robustus No Yes Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's Skinks Yes No Egernia whitii White's Skink Skinks Yes Yes Hemiergis decresiensis Three-toed Skink Skinks Yes Yes Hemiergis peronii Skinks Yes Yes Lampropholis guichenoti Grass Skink Skinks Yes Yes Leiolopisma entrecasteauxii Skinks Yes Yes Leiolopisma trilineatum Skinks Yes Yes Lerista bougenvillii Bougenville's Skink Skinks Yes No Skinks No Yes greyii Skinks No Yes Morethia obscura Skinks No Yes Notechis scutatus Eastern Tiger No Yes Phyllodactylus marmoratus Marbled Yes Yes Pseudechis porphyriacus Red-bellied Black Snake Snakes Yes Yes Pseudonaja textilis Eastern Brown Snake Snakes Yes Yes Pygopus lepidopodus Common Scaly-foot Legless Lizards No Yes Sphenomorphus quoyii Eastern Water Skink Skinks Yes No Sphenomorphus tympanum Skinks Yes Yes Tiliqua scincoides EasternBlue-tongued Skinks Yes Yes Trachydosaurus rugosus Shingle-back Skinks Yes No Underwoodisaurus milii Thick-tailed Gecko Geckos No Yes Unechis flagellum Little Whip Snake Snakes No Yes Varanus gouldii Gould's Goanna Dragons, Monitors Yes No

August 2004