| Species | Latin | Found | Size | Lifespan | Diet | Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill Turtle | Eretmochelys imbricata | Relatively common | 24 - 45 Inches | 30 - 50 Years | Carnivore - Eat mollusks, marine algae, crustaceans, sea urchins, fish, and jellyfish | Coastlines where the sponges they like to feed and sandy nesting sites. |
| Snakes | Found | Venomous | Size | Colour | Diet | Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banded Sea Krait -Laticauda colubrina | Fiji | Venomous - no substantive danger to humans | Females are 50 inches (128 cm) long, while males are 30 inches (75 cm) long. | Black vertical stripes (bands) that streak their white bodies | Specialized at hunting eels | Sea kraits spend more time on land than in the sea. |
| Pacific Tree Boa - Candoia bibroni | Viti Levu Islands and Rotuma. | Non-Venomous | Medium body size with a maximum length of 4 feet | A variety of colors that range from brown to red-brown. Some have a stripe pattern while others lack stripped skin | Feeds on a variety of organisms that range from birds (with its ability to climb trees), mammals (rats, bats and moles). and certain reptiles such as lizards and frogs | Humid environments to escape heat. It also lives along riverbanks.(Adapted for climbing trees) |
| Yellow bellied Sea Snake - Pelamis platurus | Fiji | Venomous - no substantive danger to humans | Length - 230mm | Distinctive bicolor pattern with a yellow underbelly and brown back | Eats only small fish | Fully adapted to living their whole lives at sea |
| Fiji Burrowing Snake - Ogmodon vitianus | Exclusively found on Viti Levu - Wainikoroiluva Valley, Sigatoka Valley, Naitasiri and the Monasavu area | Venomous - has such small venom glands that it seems to be of no danger to humans | Adult length seldom exceeds 16 inches (40 centimeters) - 30 (SVL) | Brown fading to a lighter brown along the sides. The scales on the crown are large and may have dark edges. Young snakes may have dark bands. | Earthworms and other small soft-bodied creatures |
| Iguana | Latin | Found | Size | Colour | Environment | Diet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji Crested Iguana | Brachylophus vitiensis | Endemic - Monuriki island in the Mamanucas, Macuata island in Ra, Viti Levu and Yadua Taba in Bua, Vanua Levu | Hatchlings range from 83 mm to 223 mm in adults (SVL) | Body is pale green (with some black speckles) and is overlain with narrow white stripes with black-edges running across the body. | Restricted to dry forest areas. | Diurnal and Herbivorous feeding on leaves, seeds and flowers of plants. |
| Gau Banded Iguana | Brachylophus gau | Restricted to Islands of Gau | Male Fiji banded iguanas are emerald green with broad, light-coloured bands. The females are solid green with occasional spotting. |
| Endemic Geckos of Fiji | Latin |
|---|---|
| Indo-pacific Tree Gecko | Hemiphyllodactylus typus |
| Pacific Slender toed Gecko | Nactus pelagicus |
| Mannsm Gecko | Lepidodactylus manni |
| Voracious Four clawed Gecko | Endemic Geckos of Fiji |
| Giant Forest Gecko | Gehyra vorax |
| Skinks | Found | Size | Colour | Environment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown tailed Copper stripped Skink Emoia-cyanura | Native - Across Fiji | Adults are 39-56mm (SVL) or up to 120mm (in total length) | Brightly colored with black and copper longitudinal stripes on their head and back. Juveniles have a turquoise colored tail which later changes to copper-brown in adults. Their ventral surface is ivory white to a muddy copper white. | Islands greater than 1 hectare, it is found in dense areas of vegetation, in open areas, on tree hunks and on bushes. |
| Pacific Blue-tailed Skink Emoia-caeruleocauda | Native - Taveuni and Viti Levu | Adults can reach up to 65mm (SVL) | Alternating dark and light stripes along the length of its body and their tail is either blue or gray. | Inhabits coastal areas. It spends most of its time on the coastal ground. But will explore the base of the tree trunks in search of food prey. |
| Pacific Black Skink Emoia nigra | Native - Taveuni, Lomaiviti Group and the Northern Lau Group | Adults are 112mm (SVL) or up to 250mm (in total length) | Uniformly colored black skink. Although their ventral surfaces and their tail can be a dark brown | Thick vegetation or on logs and rocks in the forest |
| Pygmy Snake eyed Skink Cryptoblepharus eximius | Endemic - Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Kadavu, Lomaiviti and Lau Group of Islands | Adults do not grow much more than 40 mm (SVL) | They are diurnal and have a broad colored dorsal stripe (copper brown) on the head which fades to grey on the neck. They have four alternating black and silver dorsal stripes running from the eye to midbody. Their ventral surface is grey-olive | Coastal locations - They can be seen basking on rocks, on raised vegetation and scrub, and in open areas of habitat |