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Alice Springs Herpetophile

Alice Springs Herpetophile

Author Koh Lin

Someone who love reptiles is known as a “herpetophile”, the word also extends to someone who loves amphibians. A “herpetologist” is someone who studies or has a interest in this group of animals and in scientific contexts “herpetology” is the study of reptiles and amphibians.

Visitors to Alice Springs can enjoy their passion for reptiles, spotting them roaming freely in the wild or at some of the local attractions such as the Alice Springs Reptile Centre and the Alice Springs Desert Park.

Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert Park
Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Burton’s Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei), Alice Springs Desert Park
Great Desert Skink (Egernia kintorei), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua multifasciata), Alice Springs Reptile Centre
Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua multifasciata), Alice Springs Reptile Centre NT
Eastern Tree Dtella (Gehyra versicolor), Alice Springs NT
Eastern Tree Dtella (Gehyra versicolor), Alice Springs NT
Perentie (Varanus giganteus), Alice Springs, NT
Free roaming wild Perentie (Varanus giganteus) at Alice Springs Desert Park NT

If you live here in Alice Springs – Central Australia, you are very likely to see reptiles in your garden.

Lined Firetail Skink (Morethia ruficauda), Alice Springs NT
Bynoe’s Gecko (Heteronotia binoei), Alice Springs, NT
Bynoe’s Gecko (Heteronotia binoei), Alice Springs NT
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps), Alice Springs NT
Dragon in the garden
Long-nosed Dragon (Gowidon longirostris), Alice Springs NT