Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Moama area in southern inland New South Wales, Australia for the period February 2019–September 2025

The Moama area on the Murray River is the most southerly location in inland New South Wales, Australia and has important landscape connectivity value as part of a 70-km long riverine forest corridor that links the two largest forests of River Red Gum Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the Murray–Darling Basin. Collation of personal observations by a herpetologist living and working in the Moama area over a 6.5-year period identified six frog species and 17 reptile species. Records of another two frog species and two reptile species from secondary sources are noted. The herpetofauna community of the Moama area is predominantly Bassian with a minor Eyrean component, reflecting the nature of the Murray riverine corridor as a mesic environment extending into the surrounding semi-arid plains. Species of particular conservation concern known from the Moama area include the frogs Crinia sloanei and Pseudophryne bibronii, the lizards Pogona barbata and Varanus varius, the snakes Anilios proximus and Morelia spilota metcalfei, and the turtles Chelodina expansa and Emydura macquarii.