Census of South Australian vertebrates

The Census of South Australian Vertebrates provides an official listing of taxonomy for all vertebrates known to occur in South Australia.

The third edition, published as "A list of the Vertebrates of South Australia" in 2000, was the first to include distribution maps for all species based on records from the South Australian Museum and the Biological Database of South Australia (BDBSA).It is considered the official reference for these taxon groups.

In January 2009, the fourth edition was published online to allow individual chapters to be updated as necessary. It was last updated in August 2010 however some sections are still under preparation. If the section you require is not available, please use the 3rd edition.

For more information or to report any data errors, please contact the DEWNR Science Resource Centre.
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A List of the Verterbrates of South Australia (3rd edition) (4.24mb pdf)
4th edition - last updated August 2010

Section 1 - Introduction & Methods (770kb pdf)
Section 2 - Mammals (in prep)
Section 3 - Birds (in prep)
Section 4 - Reptiles Taxonomy (145kb pdf)  

Section 5 - Amphibians (3.56mb pdf)
Section 6 - Freshwater Fishes (in prep) 
Section 7  - Species Number Index (248kb pdf)

Due to the size of this document it has been presented on this website in parts. For access to the full version please contact DEWNRBioDataSupport@sa.gov.au

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