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Reptiles

Perentie. Photo: dilettantiquity (Flickr) / CC BY-SA 2.0
Perentie. Photo: dilettantiquity (Flickr) / CC BY-SA 2.0

Park closure

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park will be temporarily closed on Friday 28 August 2026 from 6 - 11 am (ACST) for the funeral of a senior Aṉangu woman. Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park will re-open at 11 am on Friday 28 August.

More information: Temporary park closure Friday 28 August 2026

Find out more about the reptiles and amphibians of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park.

Our reptiles and amphibians

Western blue-tongue. Photo: Owen65 / CC BY-SA 2.0
Blue tongue lizard
Perentie. Photo: dilettantiquity / CC BY-SA 2.0
Perentie
Pygmy mulga monitor. Photo: Stanley Breeden
Pygmy mulga monitor
Sand goanna. Photo: Dan Hanisch
Sand goanna
Thorny devil. Photo: Tourism Australia
Thorny devil
Knob-tailed gecko. Photo: Stanley Breeden
Three-lined knob-tailed gecko
Water-holding frog. Photo: Tourism Australia
Water-holding frogs
Woma python. Photo: Stanley Breeden
Woma python
King brown snake. Photo: Stanley Breeden
King brown snake
Tjakura
Great Desert Skink