BUCHANAN'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK

Photographed at Yenchep National Park, Western Australia, July 2018

101                    BUCHANAN'S SNAKE-EYED SKINK                  Cryptoblepharus buchananii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                 69

Found on rocks and trees. Range: sw WA from Pilbara to mush of sw and southern WA.

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.