HOUSE GECKO

Photographed at Mon Repos, Queensland, November 2017

58                 HOUSE GECKO                    Hemidactylus frenatus 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS           40

 Agile, arboreal, common house gecko. Entirely confined to human  settlements; living on and around building and hunting insects which are attracted to lights at night.         

BLUE-THROATED RAINBOW-SKINK

Photographed in Finch Hatten Gorge, Queensland, November 2017 

57                  BLUE-THROATED RAINBOW-SKINK               Carlia rhomboidalis

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                 39

Found in north-east Queensland. Mesic habitat throughout its range, including rainforest, monsoonal scrub and creek margins.

LEMON-BARRED FOREST-SKINK

Photographed at Finch Hatton Gorge, Queensland, November 2017

56                LEMON-BARRED FOREST-SKINK                Concinnia amplus (Eulamprus amplus)

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS             38

Found in montane rainforests in Proserpine and Eugenia districts, Queensland. Usually among rocks or at base of trees beside streams in rainforest. Diurnal.

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE

Photographed at Mon Repos, Queensland, November 2017

55               LOGGERHEAD TURTLE               Caretta caretta

AUSTRALIAN TURTLES                 4

Found in tropical and warm temperature waters off Australian coast, including Great Barrier Reef. Carnivorous; forages in deeper water.

DELICATE SKINK

Photographed at Mary Cairncross Reserve, Queensland, November 2017

54                 DELICATE SKINK                  Lampropholis delicata

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    37

Also known as Dark Flecked Garden Sun Skink, Garden Skink, Plague Skink,  and in Australia and NZ as Rainbow Skink (which is a South African Skink). Originally from eastern Australia. Accidentally introduced into NZ in early 1960. More common in suburban gardens than adjacent native bushland.

EASTERN WATER SKINK

Photographed in the campground near O'Reilly's Guesthouse, Leamington National Park, Queensland, November 2017

53                 EASTERN WATER SKINK                Eulamprus quoyii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                  36

Also known as Eastern Water-skink or Golden Water Skink. Diurnal, endemic to Australia, primarily in the southeast, ranges from southern Victoria to central Queensland.. Usually found close to or on the shore of slow flowing creeks and estuaries; although not restricted to areas near freshwater, and sometimes found in drier environments.

CENTRAL BEARDED DRAGON

Photographed in south-east Queensland.

1                   CENTRAL BEARDED DRAGON                Pogona vitticeps

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS     1 

Also known as Inland Bearded Dragon. Popular as a pet. Found in a wide range of arid and semi-arid regions of Australia. Can vary widely in colour: brown, red-brown, red, yellow, white, orange.

juvenile