I’m currently in Kakadu. Species we’ve seen here:
Antaresia childreni x 2
Boiga irregularis x 2
Tropidonophis mairi x 3
Pseudonaja nuchalis
Carlia amax
Ctenotus sp.
Lialis burtonis x 2
Gehyra australis
Gehyra pamela
Heteronotia planiceps
Litoria bicolor
Litoria rothii
Cyclorana australis
Plus a whole heap of frogs we’re yet to ID.
No Oenpelli pythons yet, but we’re driving up towards Oenpelli right now. Fingers crossed.

I’m currently travelling from Sydney to Alice Springs, via the Atherton Tablelands and Kakadu. Here’s what we’ve seen so far. Pictures will come later. I think I’ll be in Katherine when I post this.
Blue Mountains region, NSW

-Acritoscincus platynotus
-Limnodynastes dumerilii
-Vombatus ursinus (dead on road)

Warrumbungle National Park, NSW

-Cryptoblepharus pulcher
-Ctenotus robustus
-Ctenotus taeniolatus
-Egernia saxatilis
-Egernia striolata
-Egernia whitii
-Amphibolurus muricatus
-Pogona barbata
-Varanus varius
-Pseudonaja

Last night at the Curtain Fig I saw a tree kangaroo! We also saw (at another location) a giant scrub python and two chameleon geckos. We’re heading to Chillagoe now.

Yesterday’s post reminded me to look up some information on the small, striped, squirrel-like creatures I saw running around Dryandra. Turns out they’re not Indian palm squirrels that have escaped from Perth zoo. They are, in fact, native animals called numbats. We saw lots of these so-called numbats running around the place, but unfortunately I

At the end of October I went over to the TDWG (the international organisation for biodiversity information standards) 2008 conference. The conference was a great success and a fantastic networking opportunity. There was, however, a distinct lack of reptiles at the conference. So at the end of the week I went down to revisit Dryandra

We left Mudgee and headed towards Warrumbungle National Park. Along the way we saw an eastern long-necked turtle on the side of the road.

Today I embarked on an Australian odyssey. I met a friend of mine, Richard Reams, at Sydney Airport and we headed off to pick up our rental car. After getting lost in Sydney for about an hour, we finally made it out of the city and into the Blue Mountains. It was quite an overcast