BROWN-HEADED SNAKE

 

Photographed in Iron Range National Park, Queensland January 2021

167                      BROWN-HEADED SNAKE                Furina tristis

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                   40

Venomous snake native to Cape York peninsula. 

GREEN TREE PYTHON

Photographed in Iron Range National Park, Queensland January 2021

 166                      GREEN TREE PYTHON.                   Morelia viridis

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                   39

native to New Guinea, some islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. Lives in trees and hunts small lizards and mammals. Of least concern.

BLACK-STRIPED SNAKE

Photographed near Mount Carbine, Queensland, January 2021

165                    BLACK-STRIPED SNAKE                 Crytophis nigrostriatus 

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                      38

Found in dry sclerophyll forest and woodlands from Rockhampten to the islands of Torres Straits and southern New Guinea.

 

BLACK MOUNTAIN SUN-SKINK

Photographed on Black Mountain, south of Cooktown, Queensland, January 2021

 

164                BLACK MOUNTAIN SKINK                   Liburnascincus scirtetis 

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                116

Restricted to the boulders of Black Mountain, both of Cooktown, Queensland; dwells on bare boulder surfaces. Vulnerable.

COOKTOWN RING-TAILED GECKO

Photographed at Black Mountain, south of Cooktown, Queensland, January 2021

 

163                COOKTOWN RING-TAILED GECKO                   Cyrtodactylus tuberculatus

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                115

South from Cape York Peninsula from Mount Leswell north on mainland to Cape Melville and offshore north to Stanley Island. Found in rocky areas, including granite boulders and sandstone outcrops, extending on to adjacent aerial root systems of figs and occasionally buildings.

COMMON BANDY BANDY

Photographed in Watagan State Forest, NSW, December 2020

162                 COMMON BANDY BANDY               Vermicella annulata

SNAKES                37

Also known as Eastern Bandy Bandy. Widespread in eastern Australia from Shepparton, Vic, to Port Augusta, SA  and n to Cape York, Queensland and ne NT. Occupies virtually all habitat types within this broad range.

 

STEPHEN'S BANDED SNAKE

 

Photographed in Watagan State Forest, NSW, December 2020

161                 STEPHEN'S BANDED SNAKE                    Hoplocephalus stephensii

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES               36

One of a group of three large snakes with broad, flat heads. Nocturnal, arboreal and can climb rocks. Ranges on the coast from Gosford (NSW) to Kroombit Tops, Queensland. Occurs in a variety of habitats, from rainforests, wet sclerophyll and dry sclerophyll forest to rock outcrops. Shelters beneath loose bark, among epiphytes, in hollow logs, limbs and rock crevices, or under slabs. Feeds on lizards, frogs, mammals and birds. Potentially dangerous.