CENTRAL NETTED DRAGON

Photographed on Birdsville Track, 100 kms south of Birdsville, South Australia, April 2018

 

 100                     CENTRAL NETTED DRAGON                Ctenophorus nuchalis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD            68

Abundant and widespread through central Australia: central WA southern 2/3 NT, northern SA, western Queensland and nw NSW. Prefers open spaces, has a burrow where shelter from enemies and the heat. Eats insects and vegetation.

LONG-NOSED DRAGON

Photographed at Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory, April 2018

99                LONG-NOSED DRAGON               Gowidon longirostris

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD              67

Also known as Long-nosed Water Dragon. Has been placed in several genera as further studies continue. Found in central WA from the coast across to NT, northern SA, and western Queensland.

NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO

Photographed one the road to Uluru, Northern Territory, April 2018

98              NORTHERN SPINY-TAILED GECKO                    Strophurus ciliaris

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               66

Widespread across northern Australia, northern and central eastern WA, NT, western Queensland, northern SA and nw NSW. Nocturnal, eats invertebrates.

PLAIN CTENOTUS

Photographed at Mataranka Springs, Northern Territory, April 2018

97                       PLAIN CTENOTUS                 Ctenotus inornatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               65

Also known as Bar-shouldered Ctenotus and Plain-striped Skink. Found across northern Australia from WA to Queensland, but not Cape York. Diurnal. Found in humid or dry woodlands. Eats invertebrates.

TWO-SPINED RAINBOW SKINK

Photographed in Kakadu, Northern Territory, April 2018

96               TWO-SPINED RAINBOW SKINK                Carlia amax

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD             64

Also known as Bauxite Rainbow Skink or Amax Rainbow Skink. Found in Kimberleys, Wa, across northern NT and nw Queensland. Eats invertebrates. Diurnal. Habit dry sclerophyll forest, humid woodland, dry woodland, dry grassland/shrubland.

Photographed at Cutta Cutta Caves, Katherine, Northern Territory, April 2018

PURPLISH DTELLA

Photographed at Simpsons Gap, Northern Territory, April 2018

95                PURPLISH DTELLA                 Gehyra purpurascesn

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               63

Medium sized arboreal Gehyra. Found in much. of central Australia from coastal WA through NT and SA to western Queensland. 

KING BROWN SNAKE

Photographed near Bedourie, Queensland, April 2018

94             KING BROWN SNAKE              Pseudechis australis

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE               23

Capable of inflicting a fatal bite. Also known as Mulga Snake. Large, dangerous snake, widely distributed across most of Australia mainland ; becoming rare in areas where Cane Toads are established. Commonly feeds on other snakes; actually a black snake but called King Brown because it eats brown snakes. When a person is bittern they are given black snake anti-venom, not brown.

NORTHERN BROWN SNAKE

Photographed in Kakadu, Northern Territory, April 2018

93                  NORTHERN BROWN SNAKE                 Pseudonaja nuchalis

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE             22

Capable of inflicting fatal bite. Occurs tropical NT and Queensland, commonly encountered in suburbs of Darwin. Diurnal, crepuscular, nocturnal. Eats frogs, reptiles and mammals.

STIMSON'S PYTHON

Photographed near Ranner Springs, Northern Territory, April 2018

92                STIMSON'S PYTHON                 Antaresia stimsoni

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE               21

Widespread in arid Australia. generally associated with rocky outcrops, but also occurs in open plains, sheltering in termite mounds, soil crevices and in timber in watercourses. Nocturnal, eating birds, reptiles, frogs and mammals.

CENTRAL MILITARY DRAGON

Photographed at Uluru, Northern Territory April 2018

91                  CENTRAL MILITARY DRAGON                    Ctenophorus isolepis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD               62

Also known as Military Sand-dragon. Range central Australia from WA coast to western Queensland and nw SA. Found in dry woodland and dry grassland/shrubland. Terrestrial. Feeds on invertebrates.

MYALL SNAKE

Photographed at Coober Pedy, South Australia, April 2018

90                MYALL SNAKE                 Suta suta

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE.              20

Also known as Curl Snake, because of habit of flattening body into a series of tight curls when threatened. Native to Australia. Venomous. Average length 40 cm. Found in grasslands, scrublands, and open woodland foraging amongst leaf litter and under rocks at night. In all states except Tasmania; Arid and eastern central Australia; north and central regions of Victoria; far n-e of WA.

CRESTED DRAGON

Photographed at Lake Gilles, South Australia, April 2018

89                 CRESTED DRAGON                Ctenophorus cristatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                  61

Also known as Bicycle Dragon. Found in dry woodland, and dry grassland/shrubland. Terrestial.Feeds on invertebrates and other lizards. Extremely fast. Range: sw and central SA, se WA.