Wildlife in Schools

Provision is made for Victorian schools to possess the following species of wildlife for non-invasive observation in the classroom.

Reptiles
Common Long-necked Tortoise Murray Turtle Marbled Gecko Cunningham's Skink White's Skink Blotched Blue-tongued Lizard Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Bearded Dragon Stumpy-tail Lizard Jacky Lizard Central Bearded Dragon Children's Python Spotted Python Large Blotched Python	Chelodina longicollis Emydura macquarii Christinus marmoratus Egernia cunninghami Egernia whitii Tiliqua nigrolutea Tiliqua scincoides Pogona barbata Tilqua rugosa Amphibolurus muricatus Pogona vitticeps Liaisis childreni Liasis maculosus Liasis stimson

Amphibians
Eastern Banjo Frog Southern Brown Tree Frog Spotted Grass Frog Brown Striped Frog Green Tree Frog Giant Tree Frog Dainty Green Tree Frog	Limnodynastes dumerilii Litoria ewingii Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Limnodynastes peronii Litoria caerulea Litoria infrafrenata Litoria gracilenta

Birds
Galah Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Budgerigar Zebra Finch Cockatiel	Eolophus roseicapilla Cacatua galerita Melopsittacus undulatus Taeniopygia guttata Nymphicus hollandicus

Government Schools

To facilitate this activity at a Government School, the following permit may be downloaded for signature by the Principal of that school.

General School Authorisation Government Schools [PDF File - 563.5 KB]

Catholic Schools

To facilitate this activity at a Catholic School, the following permit may be downloaded for signature by the Principal of that school.

General School Authorisation for Catholic Schools [PDF File - 550.9 KB]

Independent Schools

To apply for permission to conduct this activity at an Independent School, please contact the DEPI Customer Service Centre on 136 186 or by email customer.service@dse.vic.gov.au

Classroom observation / education of native wildlife

Primary and Secondary schools and Kindergartens require a permit to keep frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals for observation in the classroom. (Wildlife must NOT be taken from the wild without a permit.)

Application for Wildlife Permit - Schools [PDF File - 46.1 KB]

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