Appendix A. A table showing species of Australian lizards and snakes classified as being either variable or non-variable with regard to color pattern.
TABLE A1. Species of Australian lizards and snakes classified as being either variable or non-variable with regard to color pattern. Classification was based on descriptions in published field guides of reptiles and amphibians of Australia (Cogger 1992). Genera consisting of only variable or only non-variable species are not included.
Taxon |
Coloration variable |
Coloration non-variable |
AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS |
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Diplodactylus 36 |
X |
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alboguttatus |
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assimilis |
X |
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byrnei |
X |
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ciliaris |
x |
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conspicillatus |
X |
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elderi |
X |
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|
fulleri |
X |
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galeatus |
X |
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granariensis |
X |
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immaculatus |
X |
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intermedius |
X |
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|
jeanae |
X |
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|
kenneallyi |
X |
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|
maini |
X |
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mcmilliani |
X |
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michaelseni |
X |
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mitchelli |
X |
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occultus |
X |
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|
ornatus |
X |
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polyphthalamus |
X |
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pulcher |
x |
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rankini |
X |
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savagei |
X |
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spinigerus |
X |
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squarrosus |
X |
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steindachneri |
X |
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stenodactylus |
X |
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strophurus |
X |
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taeniatus |
X |
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taenicauda |
X |
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tesselatus |
X |
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vittatus |
X |
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wellingtonae |
X |
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williamsi |
X |
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wilsoni |
X |
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wombeyi |
X |
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Gehyra 18 |
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australis |
X |
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baliola |
X |
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borroloola |
X |
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catenata |
X |
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dubia |
X |
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minuta |
X |
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montium |
X |
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mutilate |
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|
nana |
X |
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occidentalis |
X |
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oceanica |
X |
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pamela |
X |
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|
pilbara |
X |
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punctata |
X |
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purpurascens |
X |
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robusta |
X |
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|
variegate |
X |
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|
xenopus |
X |
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Heteronotia 2 |
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|
binoei |
X |
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|
spelea |
X |
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Oedura 13 |
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|
castelnaui |
X |
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coggeri |
X |
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|
filicipoda |
X |
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|
gemmata |
X |
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|
gracilis |
X |
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|
lesueurii |
X |
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|
marmorata |
X |
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|
monilis |
X |
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|
obscura |
X |
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reticulate |
X |
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|
rhombifer |
X |
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|
robusta |
X |
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|
tryoni |
X |
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PYGOPODIDAE |
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| Pygopus | ||
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lepidopodus 2 |
X |
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nigriceps |
X |
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AGAMIDAE |
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| Ctenophorus 21 | ||
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caudicinctus |
X |
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|
clayi |
X |
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|
cristatus |
X |
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|
decresii |
X |
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femoralis |
X |
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|
fionni |
X |
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|
fordi |
X |
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|
gibba |
X |
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|
isolepis |
X |
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|
maculatus |
X |
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|
maculosus |
X |
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|
mckenziei |
X |
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|
nuchalis |
X |
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ornatus |
X |
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pictus |
X |
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reticulatus |
X |
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rufescens |
X |
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|
salinarium |
X |
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scutulatus |
X |
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vadnappa |
X |
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|
yinnietharra |
X |
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Pogona 7 |
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|
barbata |
X |
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microlepidota |
X |
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minima |
X |
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minor |
X |
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|
mitchelli |
X |
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nullarbor |
X |
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|
vitticeps |
X |
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VARANIDAE |
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Varanus 25 |
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acanthurus |
X |
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baritji |
X |
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brevicauda |
X |
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caudolineatus |
X |
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|
eremius |
X |
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giganteus |
X |
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gilleni |
X |
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glauerti |
X |
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glebopalma |
X |
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|
gouldii |
X |
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indicus |
X |
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|
kingorum |
X |
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|
mertensi |
X |
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|
mitchelli |
X |
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panoptes |
X |
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pilbarensis |
X |
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prasinus |
X |
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primordius |
X |
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|
rosenbergi |
X |
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semiremex |
X |
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spenceri |
X |
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storri |
X |
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timorensis |
X |
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tristis |
X |
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|
varius |
X |
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SCINCIDAE |
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Carlia 21 |
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amax |
X |
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coensis |
X |
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dogare |
X |
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gracilis |
X |
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jarnoldae |
X |
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johnstonei |
X |
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longipes |
X |
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munda |
X |
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mundivensis |
X |
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|
pectoralis |
X |
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rhomboidalis |
X |
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|
rimula |
X |
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rostralis |
X |
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rubrigularis |
X |
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|
rufilatus |
X |
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schmeltzii |
X |
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scirtetis |
X |
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storri |
X |
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tetradactyla |
X |
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triacantha |
X |
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|
vivax |
X |
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Ctenotus 79 |
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alacer |
X |
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alleni |
X |
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allotropis |
X |
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|
angusticeps |
X |
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arcanus |
X |
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|
ariadnae |
X |
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|
arnhemensis |
X |
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astarte |
X |
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|
atlas |
X |
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australis |
X |
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|
borealis |
X |
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brachyonyx |
X |
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brooksi |
X |
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calurus |
X |
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capricorni |
X |
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catenifer |
X |
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coggeri |
X |
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|
colleti |
X |
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|
decaneurus |
X |
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|
delli |
X |
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dux |
X |
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ehmanni |
X |
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|
essingtoni |
X |
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eurydice |
X |
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|
eutaenius |
X |
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fallens |
X |
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|
gagudju |
X |
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gemmula |
X |
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|
grandis |
X |
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|
greeri |
X |
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|
hanloni |
X |
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|
hebetior |
X |
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|
helenae |
X |
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|
hilli |
X |
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|
impar |
X |
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|
ingrami |
X |
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|
inornatus |
X |
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joanae |
X |
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kurnbudj |
X |
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labillardieri |
X |
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|
lancelini |
X |
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lateralis |
X |
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|
leae |
X |
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|
leonhardii |
X |
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mastigura |
X |
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militaris |
X |
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mimetes |
X |
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monticola |
X |
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pallescens |
X |
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pantherinus |
X |
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|
piankai |
X |
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pulchellus |
X |
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quattuordecimlineatus |
X |
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quinkan |
X |
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|
rawlinsoni |
X |
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|
regius |
X |
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robustus |
X |
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rubicundus |
X |
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rutilans |
X |
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|
saxatilis |
X |
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schevilli |
X |
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schomburgkii |
X |
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septenarius |
X |
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serotinus |
X |
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serventyi |
X |
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severus |
X |
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spaldingi |
X |
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|
storri |
X |
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|
strauchii |
X |
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striaticeps |
X |
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taeniolatus |
X |
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tanamiensis |
X |
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|
tantillus |
X |
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|
uber |
X |
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|
vertebralis |
X |
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|
xenopleura |
X |
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|
youngsoni |
X |
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|
zastictus |
X |
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|
zebrilla |
X |
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Cyclodomorphus 3 |
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branchialis |
X |
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|
casuarinae |
X |
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|
maxima |
X |
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Egernia 28 |
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|
carinata |
X |
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|
coventryi |
X |
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|
cunninghami |
X |
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|
depressa |
X |
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|
douglasi |
X |
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|
formosa |
X |
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|
frerei |
X |
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|
hosmeri |
X |
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|
inornata |
X |
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|
kingii |
X |
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|
kintorei |
X |
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|
luctuosa |
X |
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|
major |
X |
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|
margaretae |
X |
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|
mcpheei |
X |
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|
modesta |
X |
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|
multiscutata |
X |
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|
napoleonis |
X |
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pilbarensis |
X |
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|
pulchra |
X |
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|
richardi |
X |
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|
rugosa |
X |
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|
saxatilis |
X |
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|
slateri |
X |
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|
stokesii |
X |
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striata |
X |
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|
striolata |
X |
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|
whitii |
X |
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Eremiascincus 2 |
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|
faciolatus |
X |
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|
richardsonii |
X |
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Pseudemonia 18 |
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Baudini |
X |
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coventryi |
X |
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|
duperreyi |
X |
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|
entrecasteauxii |
X |
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|
greeni |
X |
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|
jigurru |
X |
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|
lichenigera |
X |
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|
metallica |
X |
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microlepidota |
X |
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|
ocellata |
X |
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|
orocrypta |
X |
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|
palfreymani |
X |
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|
platynota |
X |
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|
pretiosa |
X |
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|
rawlinsoni |
X |
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|
spenceri |
X |
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|
triliniata |
X |
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|
zia |
X |
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Taxon |
Coloration variable |
Coloration non-variable |
AUSTRALIAN SNAKES |
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Dendrelaphis 2 |
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|
calligastra |
X |
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|
punctulata |
X |
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Acanthophis 3 |
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antarcticus |
X |
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|
praelongus |
X |
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|
pyrrhus |
X |
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Demansia 6 |
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|
atra |
X |
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|
olivacea |
X |
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|
papuensis |
X |
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|
psammophis |
X |
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|
simplex |
X |
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|
torquata |
X |
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Drysdalia 4 |
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coronata |
X |
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|
coronoides |
X |
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|
mastersii |
X |
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|
rhodogaster |
X |
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Notechis 2 |
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|
ater |
X |
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|
scutatus |
X |
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Pseudechis 5 |
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|
australis |
X |
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|
butleri |
X |
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|
colletti |
X |
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|
guttatus |
X |
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|
porphyriacus |
X |
|
Pseudonaja 7 |
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|
affinis |
X |
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|
guttata |
X |
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|
inframacula |
X |
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|
ingrami |
X |
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|
modesta |
X |
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|
nuchalis |
X |
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|
textilis |
X |
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Simoselaps 12 |
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anomalus |
X |
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approximans |
X |
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australis |