Day six saw us heading from Girraween to the small township of The Caves, just north of Rockhampton. We camped at a campground there, where I discovered that the tent I had brought with me lacked any tent poles. Good work, Stewart.
In the morning we spent a few minutes poking around an area of limestone scree. We saw a number of skinks species in the one area. The vegetated fringes were inhabited by Carlia schmeltzii. The rocky areas contains Morethia taeniopleura and Eulamprus tenuis. A fallen tree in the middle had some Cryptoblepharus pulcher running up and down it, but I didn’t manage to get any photos of them.
Habitat of Morethia taeniopleura and Eulamprus tenuis in the rocky areas, Carlia schmeltzii in the forested edges, and Cryptoblepharus pulcher on a fallen tree in the centre.
Eulamprus tenuis
Eulamprus tenuis
Morethia taeniopleura
Carlia schmeltzii
Carlia schmeltzii
Carlia schmeltzii leg mites
At night we went for a drive and a walk.
Coastal carpet snake (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) on the road. He scooted off and disappeared into the bush as we got near him
Gehyra dubia
Oedura monilis
Green tree frog (Litoria caerulea)
Salmon-striped frog (Limnodynastes salmini)
From here we headed towards Charters Towers.
Great photos. Found your blog via flickr via google while searching for parasitic mites on lizards.