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.