Editing Houtman Abrolhos (section)

===Reptiles===
[[File:Abrolhos West Wallabi Is DSCN7917.JPG|thumb|An [[Abrolhos dwarf bearded dragon]] (''Pogona minor minima'') on West Wallabi Island]]

23 terrestrial reptile species are known to occur on the islands of the Houtman Abrolhos.<ref name="How 2004">{{cite journal | author1 = How, R. A. | author2 =  Pearson D. J. | author3 =  Desmond, A. | author4 =  Maryan, B. | year = 2004 | title = Reappraisal of the reptiles on the islands of the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia | journal = [[The Western Australian Naturalist]] | volume = 24 | issue = 3 | pages = 172–178}}</ref> This relatively low biodiversity is apparently due to the homogeneity of habitat on the islands, which provide few distinct [[ecological niche]]s.<ref name="Kitchener 1982">{{cite journal |author1=Kitchener, D. J.  |author2=How, R. A. | year = 1982 | title = Lizard species in small mainland habitat isolates and islands off south-western Western Australia | journal = Australian Wildlife Research | volume = 9 | pages = 357–363 | doi = 10.1071/WR9820357 | issue = 2}}</ref> The most significant terrestrial reptile species are the spiny-tailed skink (''[[Stokes's skink|Egernia stokesii stokesii]]'') and the carpet python (''[[Morelia spilota imbricata]]''), both of which are listed as rare and therefore afforded special protection under the ''[[Wildlife Conservation Act 1950]]''; and the Abrolhos dwarf bearded dragon (''[[Pogona minor minima]]''), a Houtman Abrolhos endemic that is listed as a Priority 4 species by the [[Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia)|Department of Environment and Conservation]].<ref name="Fisheries 2003"/> For a full list of species, see [[list of reptiles of the Houtman Abrolhos]].