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	<title>Stewed Thoughts &#187; Animal photos</title>
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	<description>Some random thoughts, gently stewed, served on a bed of love</description>
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		<title>A great northern migration</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/a-great-northern-migration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/a-great-northern-migration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 05:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In June last year a friend and I migrated north for the winter. It was a very short migration, but it was enough time for us to poke around Darwin, Kakadu and Katherine. The middle of the dry season is not the best time of year to go looking for reptiles, but I had lots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf of Carpentaria</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/gulf-of-carpentaria-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/gulf-of-carpentaria-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf had a bumper wet 09-10 season, so there was plenty of water and plenty of critters when I was up there last month. The only new reptile for me was the little spotted snake, but I wasn&#8217;t actually there when it was caught (I was still in Brisbane, but flew up the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent recordings</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/recent-recordings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/recent-recordings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pics from various places in South-East Queensland.

	
	Road-killed eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) being eaten by beetle



	
	Road-killed eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) being eaten by beetle


	
	Road-killed eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) being eaten by beetle


	
	Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli). We estimated this one to be about 3.1m long. That&#8217;s a big carpet snake.


	
	Bush rat (Rattus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dalby</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/dalby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photos from a trip to Dalby in February of this year.

	
	Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata)



	
	Golden-tailed gecko (Strophurus taenicauda)


	
	Golden-tailed gecko (Strophurus taenicauda)


	
	Lace monitor (Varanus varius)


	
	Ornate burrowing frog (Platyplectrum ornatum)


	
	Rough collared frog (Cyclorana verrucosa)


	
	Brown goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus) eating a bird


	
	Broad-banded sand-swimmer (Eremiascincus richardsonii)


	
	Inland bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)


	


	
	Packets of Gummi Bears don&#8217;t take well to sitting on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha (yet again)</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/alpha-yet-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some pics from a recent jaunt to Alpha, Central Queensland. No new reptile species on this trip.

	
	Red-naped snake (Furina diadema)



	
	Curl snake (Suta suta)


	
	Curl snake (Suta suta)


	
	Curl snake (Suta suta)


	
	Brigalow scaly-foot (Paradelma orientalis)


	
	Brigalow scaly-foot (Paradelma orientalis)


	
	Eastern spiny-tailed gecko (Strophurus williamsi) 


	
	Ragged snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus pannosus)


	
	Bumpy rocket frog (Litoria inermis)


	
	Broad-palmed rocket frog (Litoria latopalmata)


	
	Common planigale (Planigale maculata)


	
	Brolga [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dalby (again!)</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/05/dalby-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some more photos from a recent trip to the Dalby area. The unadorned delma is a new species for me, and reptick #7 for the year. I still have a long way to go to see 50 new reptile species this year, but I have a cunning plan&#8230;

	
	Unadorned delma (Delma inornata)



	
	Unadorned delma (Delma inornata)


	
	Eastern bearded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wet Tropics, Queensland</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/wet-tropics-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/wet-tropics-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After fleeing the approaching tropical cyclone Ului, we ended up at Tully Gorge. This spot is famous for scrub pythons, but the last time I was there I found only a road-killed one. This time I was hoping we&#8217;d be able to find a live one, but the light-but-unending rain seemed determined to throw a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitting the Town(sville)</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/hitting-the-townsville/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/hitting-the-townsville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I thought I&#8217;d be moving to Townsville. I got excited by the prospect of living in a new place with new species of wildlife for me to discover (and tick!). Ultimately the plan was changed, a heart was broken and the body stayed in Brisbane. But the mind was left thinking about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainy days</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/rainy-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/rainy-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All this recent rain has been causing havoc in parts of inland Queensland. Thargomindah,  Charleville, and now St George have been flooded and/or cut off. (Somewhat amusingly, the prediction in December was that we&#8217;d get below average rains this season.) While the floodwaters are responsible for what will ultimately be a huge damage bill, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>251: First new reptick for 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/251-first-new-reptick-for-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/251-first-new-reptick-for-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=670</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Melissa messaged me the other night, letting me know she was heading out to the Lamington Plateau to look for various critters. It had been a stinking hot day, so the chances of finding interesting beasties were quite high. Unfortunately I had a heap of work to do, so I started writing a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snakelings!</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/snakelings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/03/snakelings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My Children&#8217;s python (Antaresia childreni) has been sitting on her clutch of nine eggs since laying them on the 25th of October last year. They hatched on Boxing Day. I had wanted to write a longer post and make mention of brooding behaviour and physiology, but time is against me so I&#8217;ll just post some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby snakes</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/01/baby-snakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2010/01/baby-snakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague of mine has recently welcomed some new snakes into the world.

	
	Hatchling eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) siblings. One clutch can produce hatchlings with a variety of patterns and colours.



	
	Hatchling eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis)


	
	Hatchling eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis)


	
	Hatchling eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis)


	
	Hatchling eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis)


	
	Neonate tiger snake (Notechis scutatus)


	
	Neonate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windorah or bust</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/windorah-or-bust/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/windorah-or-bust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a repticker (as my recent Quest for 250 saga shows). I have a list of reptiles that I&#8217;ve seen. I like adding to my list. I woke up one day in early October and realised I&#8217;d never seen Cyclodomorphus venustus. This both shocked and worried me. What if I got hit by a bus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frog versus snake</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/frog-versus-snake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/frog-versus-snake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night I went up to Mt Glorious with some friends to see what we could see. We walked down to a set of waterfalls. On the way down we saw lots of great barred frogs (Mixophyes fasciolatus) and a golden-crowned snake (Cacophis squamulosus). We were heading down to the waterfall to look for Litoria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>250/250: Lampropholis amicula</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/lampropholis-amicula/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/lampropholis-amicula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the third story relating to my quest to take my lifetime list of Australian reptile species to 250 before the end of 2009. For previous instalments, read the introduction, the first story, the second story and the second-and-a-half story.
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After the success I had with finding species 248 and 249, the dismal failure of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>249/250: my luck runs out</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/my-luck-runs-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/my-luck-runs-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second-and-a-half story relating to my quest to take my lifetime list of Australian reptile species to 250 before the end of 2009. For previous instalments, read the introduction, the first story and the second story.
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I just needed to find one more species to achieve my goal of seeing 250 Australian reptile species [...]]]></description>
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		<title>249/250: Egernia mcpheei</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/egernia-mcpheei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/egernia-mcpheei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second story relating to my quest to take my lifetime list of Australian reptile species to 250 before the end of 2009. For previous instalments, read the introduction and the first story.
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I was on a high after the success of my mission to find Lampropholis couperi (species 248 out of my target [...]]]></description>
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		<title>248/250: Lampropholis couperi</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/248250-lampropholis-couperi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/248250-lampropholis-couperi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/?p=580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The plain-backed sunskink, Lampropholis couperi. &#8216;Coup&#8217; to his friends. Found in rainforests on mountain ranges from about Rockhampton south to Mt Nebo. To most, a little brown skink. To me, species number 248 on my life-list. I didn&#8217;t muck around. I went straight to the source of the skink&#8217;s patronym: Patrick Couper from the Queensland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quest 250</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/quest-250/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/12/quest-250/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After my last fauna survey, I tallied up my list to count all the reptile species I&#8217;ve seen over the last couple of years. I was surprised to find that I&#8217;d seen only 244 species*. That may sound like a lot, but I&#8217;ve got a long way to go given that there are about 923 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha, Queensland</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/11/alpha-queensland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/11/alpha-queensland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the field]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently spent two weeks up at Alpha, between Emerald and Longreach. It was very hot and dry, and there wasn&#8217;t as much critter action as I&#8217;d hoped. But I still managed to find and photograph a few new things.

	
	Collared sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus)

This collared sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) was hanging around a dam. He seemed completely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apostlebirds I have known and loved</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/10/apostlebirds-i-have-known-and-loved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[In the field]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was out at Lake Broadwater recently. A group of 11 apostlebirds (Struthidea cinerea) came to investigate me while I was eating. I set up my camera and flashes on the ground and stood a short distance away with my remote trigger. When the birds came over to investigate my camera and food crumbs, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANZANG 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/10/anzang-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the 2009 ANZANG nature photography competition have been announced. I had two images short-listed this year, but unfortunately neither of them won their category. Congrats to the winners and to all the other short-listed entries! Hopefully the travelling exhibition will make it up to Queensland this year.


Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) &#8211; short-listed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dalby, or not Dalby: that is the question.</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/09/dalby-or-not-dalby-that-is-the-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the field]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from two weeks of poking around near Dalby. Here are some pics. Reptiles/amphibians I saw but didn&#8217;t photograph are:
-Diplodactylus vittatus
-Pseudechis guttatus
-Carlia foliorum
-Limnodynastes tasmaniensis

	
	Red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) found on a dirt road



	
	Red-bellied black snake was found on the road. It retreated to the fallen log in the distance after it was disturbed.


	
	Red-bellied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Captive snakes</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/08/captive-snakes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally post pics of captive animals, but here are some owned by a friend of mine who lives in Longreach.

	
	Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis). St George locale.



	
	Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis). St George locale.


	
	Mulga snake (Pseudechis australis). St George locale.


	
	Speckled brown snake (Pseudonaja guttata). Banded form.


	
	Speckled brown snake (Pseudonaja guttata). Banded form.


	
	Speckled brown snake (Pseudonaja [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf of Carpentaria</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/05/gulf-of-carpentaria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 11:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just returned from a trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria, north of Mount Isa. I think the highlights were the olive pythons (we found two) and Cryptoblepharus zoticus (Cryptoblepharus is my favourite skink genus), plus the bats.
Species marked with an asterisk (*) are ones which I hadn&#8217;t before seen in the wild.

	
	Common tree snake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eungella and Finch Hatton</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/04/eungella-and-finch-hatton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driving back from work last month, a colleague and I decided to drop into Eungella National Park, a few hours west of Mackay on the central Queensland coast. Eungella is a mountainous rainforest environment with a number of endemic species. We were after two in particular, a skink (Eulamprus luteilateralis &#8211; &#8220;the lute&#8221;) and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Bah</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/04/the-bah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of last month a colleague and I did some poking around at Moranbah, west of Mackay. We found a bunch of stuff.

	
	Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa)



	
	Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa)


	
	Carpentaria snake (Cryptophis boschmai)


	
	Carpentaria snake (Cryptophis boschmai)


	
	Copper-tailed skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)


	
	Strauch&#8217;s ctenotus (Ctenotus strauchii)


	
	Robust striped skink (Ctenotus robustus)


	
	Menetia greyii


	
	Lerista fragilis


	
	Brigalow scaly-foot (Paradelma orientalis)


	
	Ocellated velvet gecko (Oedura [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha bravo</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/04/alpha-bravo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I spent a couple of days out Alpha, west of Emerald. We saw a bunch of critters. Driving out from Emerald we saw on the road what was probably a black whipsnake (Demansia vestigiata), but neither of us got a good enough look to ID it with any confidence.
Driving along the roads (both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wallum frogging</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/02/wallum-frogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wallum frogs is the collective term applied to a suite of frog species that are found only in wallum/heath environments. These environments are characterised by vegetation such as Melaleucas, sedges and banksias. The waters in these swampy areas are tannin-stained and of a low pH due to the dissolved organic acids.
My friend Kat (of crayfish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lamington plateau</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2009/02/lamington-plateau-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewart Macdonald</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other weekend I went up to the Lamington Plateau with a friend of mine. We were hoping to find a bunch of Coeranoscincus reticulatus (after my extraordinary luck with them last time). Sadly, no coeranoscincids were to be found. But we did see a bunch of other stuff.

	
Saproscincus rosei



	
Saproscincus rosei

We walked down to a [...]]]></description>
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