Reptiles and Frogs

Meet our lizards and snakes and learn about their remarkable adaptations to the cool climate of Tasmania. Meet also the eleven species of frogs that live in Tasmania, and learn how to identify them by their call.

In this topic

  • Tasmanian Lizards
    There are eighteen species of lizards found in Tasmania. Of these, seven lizards have distributions restricted to Tasmania.
  • Tasmanian Snakes
    There are three species of snakes found in Tasmania: Tiger, Lowland Copperhead and White-lipped.
  • Tasmanian Frogs
    With a little practice all eleven species of frogs in Tasmania can be identified by the distinctive calls of the males.


Frog
Brown tree frog, photo: Lynn Broos