Today Dean Bradshaw, a friend of ours (and a fantastic photographer), picked us up and the three of us headed down to Dryandra Woodland, a small chunk of remnant wandoo forest surrounded by the vast expanses of Western Australia’s wheatbelt. Before we even entered the woodland, we found what we think is a dead tammar

We got up early today to make our way to The Pinnacles, a spectacular and eerie series of rock formations near the coastal town of Cervantes.

The eerie rock formations that make up The Pinnacles

I’d heard that there was a healthy tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) population in the lakes around Perth. We headed to a nearby lake early today to try to find some tigers.

The view of Perth CBD from a local lake

A sign warning park-goers of the numerous tiger snakes to be found in the area. We found

It’s been raining and/or overcast in Brisbane pretty much continuously since early December. This is great for our drought-stricken city, but not particularly great if you want to get out and look for reptiles. Yesterday, there was a break in the rain in Brisbane (though other parts of South-east Queensland continued to receive rain). It

At the end of last year, Alecia and I headed out to the Brigalow Belt in Queensland to meet some friends of ours and see what cool critters we could find. I’ve been out to this particular spot a few times, but have never managed to see a De Vis’ banded snake (Denisonia devisi), despite

Alecia and I drove down to New South Wales last night to have a bit of a poke around. Unfortunately, we found a lot of dead snakes, and only three live ones.
Critters found dead or dying on the road:

Eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens)
Rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus)
Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) x 2
Common scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus)
Yellow-faced

I just found an eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides) in the yard.

Eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)

Eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)

Alecia and I spent 24 hours up at the Lamington Plateau with some (human) friends of ours, looking for some (animal) friends of ours.

Rough-scaled snake (Tropidechis carinatus). He’s hanging around a frog pond waiting for dinner.