EASTERN BEAKED GECKO

Photographed on the road near Byrock, NSW, October 2018

 

120                 EASTERN BEAKED GECKO              Rhynchoedura ormsbyi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                 85

Found in eastern arid zone from far nw Victoria to interior of Queensland, including Murray-Darling Basin, Cobar Peneplain and Mulga Lands bioregion. On alluvial flats, sand plains, mulga, eucalyptus woodlands.

SNAPPING GULF TURTLE

Photographed at Lawn Hill National Park, Northern Territory, October 2018

119               SNAPPING GULF TURTLE                       Elseya oneiros

AUSTRALIAN TURTLES             T8 

Not very well known and endangered. Originally described from fossils and then rediscovered as a living species. Found in Nicholson River drainage of Queensland to western Gulf of Carpentaria. 

This turtle has recently been renamed as it was discovered it was not the turtle everyone assumed it was. While it was previously called Elseya lavarackorum it is naw known as Elseya oneiros. Elseya lavarackorum are now thought extinct.

SWANSON'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed in Kakadu, Northern Territory, October 2018

118                       SWANSON'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK                    Cryptoblepharus cygnatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    84

Found in the very north of Northern Territory. Mainly arboreal; frequently on human structures.

LINED FIRETAIL SKINK

Photographed at Ubirr, Kakadu, Northern Territory, October 2018

117                    LINED FIRETAIL SKINK               Morethia ruficauda

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                83

Found in dry to arid rocky areas. Range from nw Queensland to nw WA. 

SWAMPLAND LASHTAIL

Photographed at Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, October 2018

116                       SWAMPLAND LASHTAIL                 Gowidon temporalis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD.           82

Found across northern Australia from WA border in NT across and up west side and tip of Cape York. In tropical woodlands, favouring pandanus and paperbark lined watercourses.

ORANGE-SIDED BAR-LIPPED SKINK

Photographed at Fogg Dam, Northern Territory, October 2018

115              ORANGE-SIDED BAR-LIPPED SKINK                   Eremiascincus douglasi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                      81

Found in woodlands and forests of northern Northern Territory; mainly in in moist areas such as logs and suburban compost heaps.

PERENTIE

Photographed at Ormiston Gorge, Northern Territory, October 2018

114                   PERENTIE                      Varanus giganteus 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  80

Australia's largest lizard. Found in arid regions; usually associated with rocky ranges and outcrops, but widespread over sandy deserts. Terrestrial. Forages widely and shelters in caves, cruises, burrows. Range across central Australia from WA coast to central Queensland.

CENTRALIAN BLUETONGUE

Photographed on the road to Uluru, April 2018

113                    CENTRALIAN BLUETONGUE                 Tiliqua multifasciata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD              79

Avoids midday heat, forages during early morning, late afternoon, warm nights. Found dry woodland, dry grassland. Terrestrial.  Range central Australia from WA coast to central Queensland.

DESERT DEATH ADDER

Photographed near Glen Helen Resort, Northern Territory, October 2018

112                  DESERT DEATH ADDER                   Acanthophis pyrrhus

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                   25

Dangerously venomous. Vulnerable. Found in spinifex deserts, including sand ridges, sandy or stony flats and rocky outcrops. Range sw NT, nw SA parts of central WA.                 

ORANGE-NAPED SNAKE

Photographed near Glen Helen Resort, Northern Territory, October 2018

111                  ORANGE-NAPED SNAKE                     Furina ornata

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                  24

Also known as Moon Snake. Found in a variety of habitat, woodlands, scrublands and spinifex desert. Widespread over subhumid to arid northern Australia; northern two-thirds WA, most NT, northern SA northern Queensland.

CENTRAL PEBBLE DRAGON

Photographed at Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, October 2018

110                 CENTRAL PEBBLE DRAGON                   Tympanocryptis centralis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                       78

Also known as Centralian Earless Dragon. Found in central western NT and corresponding area of eastern WA. Inhabits stony hills and plains.

BLACK-HEADED MONITOR

Photographed at Uluru, Northern Territory, October 2018

109                 BLACK-HEADED MONITOR                 Varanus tristis tristis  

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                    77

Also known as Freckled Monitor. A subspecies of the Black-tailed Monitor, Varanus tristis. Found across most of WA, Queensland, all of NT, northern half SA, and nw NSW. Feeds mainly on insects, but also small lizards, eggs and rodents. Usually found in grassy woodlands.

Photographed at Standley Gorge, NT, October 2018

CENTRALIAN PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO

Photographed 100 kms west of Alice Springs, October 2018

108                 CENTRALIAN PRICKLY KNOB-TAILED GECKO                     Nephrurus amyae

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS               76

Found in area in southern NT. Inhabits rocky outcrops, sheltering deep below in heat of day.

VARIABLE FAT-TAILED GECKO

Photographed 120 kms west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, October 2018

107                   VARIABLE FAT-TAILED GECKO                     Diplodactylus conspicillatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                      L75

Shelters during day in disused spider holes; suggestion uses tail to block entrance to keep predators out and maintain temperature of burrow. When agitated curls into ball, inflated body or raises tail and drops head. Found northern 2/3 of WA, most of NT except far nw, northern half of SAfrom western Queensland to near central coast (not on the Cape or se Q.