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Category Archives: Animal photos
Leg 5 – the Mitchell Plateau
The Mitchell Plateau is one of those places I’ve dreamed of visiting since I first heard about it. It’s an area of high endemism, meaning that there are biological entities found there and nowhere else. Obviously the endemic biological entities … Continue reading
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Leg 4 – Kununurra
From Kakadu, we headed south to Katherine and west along the Victoria Highway. We camped overnight on the side of the road and awoke to the sounds of purple-crowned fairy-wrens (Malurus coronatus ). This was a bird we were hoping … Continue reading
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Leg 3 – Kakadu National Park
We arrived in Kakadu National Park during the day and set up camp in one of the campgrounds. Then we headed to the Bowali visitor centre to meet up with a mate. We walked into the visitor centre just as … Continue reading
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Leg 2 – Darwin and surrounds
The goal for Darwin was to see some mangrove snakes, but we thought we’d try our luck at a real beast first: Cryptoblepharus cygnatus. We ended up finding it on a retaining wall in the carpark at the Museum and … Continue reading
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Leg 1 – Brisbane to Katherine
June 2010. Winter. Cold. Dark. Depressing. To maximise the chances of finding new reptiles, we decided to head north as quickly as possible. First night: on the side of the road just south of Augathella. Away from the thermal buffer … Continue reading
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A great northern migration
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 … Continue reading
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Gulf of Carpentaria
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’t actually … Continue reading
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Recent recordings
Pics from various places in South-East Queensland. Road-killed eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) being eaten by beetle
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