STRIPED SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed on Horn Island, Torres Straits, March 2018

88                      STRIPED SNAKE-EYED SKINK                           Cryptoblepharus virgatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                       60

Found in urban areas, grassland and woodland.

SIX-TOOTH RAINBOW SKINK

Photographed on Horn Island, March 2018

87               SIX-TOOTH RAINBOW SKINK           Carlia sexdentata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  59

Also known as Robust Rainbow Skink. Found in NT (ne Arnham Land) and Queensland (Cape York and Torres Straits Islands).

TWO-LINED DRAGON

Photographed on Horn Island, March 2018

86                  TWO-LINED DRAGON                     Diporiphora bilineata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                58

Mainly found in northern Queensland and an area around the south of Kakadu.

STRAIGHT-BROWED CTENOTUS

Photographed on Horn Island, March 2018

85               STRAIGHT-BROWED CTENOTUS                   Ctenotus spaldingi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS             57

Also known as Spalding's Ctenotus. Seems to be found in eastern half of Australia: NT, Queensland, NSW, Victoria.

BOYD'S FOREST DRAGON

Photographed at Lake Eacham, Queensland, March 2018

 84         BOYD'S FOREST DRAGON        Lophosaurus boydii, formerly Hypsilurus boydii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS             56

  Arboreal; found in rainforests and margins; located in Wet Tropics of northern Queensland, from north of Townsville to near Cooktown. Spend their time perched on trunks of trees, about head-height, but will move around to opposite side of tree to avoid detection. Active in the day, sitting and waiting to catch their prey, mainly invertebrates and earthworms.

MOURNING GECKO

Photographed at Wonga Beach, Queensland March 2018

 83                     MOURNING GECKO               Lepidodactylus lugubris 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                   55 

Found in mangroves, woodland and urban areas. Range Tropical North Queensland, Cooktown to Bowen.

CLOSED-LITTER RAINBOW-SKINK

Photographed in Cooktown, north Queensland, February 2018

82             CLOSED-LITTER RAINBOW-SKINK             Carlia longipes

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                 54

Founding open forest and eggs of rainforests. Range from Hinchinbrook Island to Cooktown and Cape York Peninsula in ne Queensland, an Arnham Land in the NT.

SPOTTED PYTHON

Photographed south of Cooktown, Queensland February 2018

81                    SPOTTED PYTHON                     Antaresia maculosa

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                  19

Also known as Eastern Small-blotched Python, or Eastern Children's Python. Found in northern Australia and PNG. Popular pet. One of its favourite foods is insectivorous bats, which it captures by waiting at the entrance to their caves.

SLATY-GREY SNAKE

Photographed near Mount Carbine, Queensland, February 2018

80                   SLATY-GREY SNAKE               Stegonotus cucullatus 

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                18

Also known as Slatey-grey Snake or Slate-grey Snake. Usually found near water. Range across northern Queensland and northern NT.