by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Black-headed Sugar Ant Scientific Name: Camponotus nigriceps Size: Total Length 8-14mm What does it look like? The Black-headed Sugar Ant has a black head and abdomen (gaster), remainder of body brownish. Body smooth with sparse short hairs, longer and most numerous...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Blind Snakes (Family: Typhlopidae) There are around 46 species of blind snakes belonging to the genus Anilios (previously Ramphotyphlops) in Australia, mostly restricted to the south-east. They are small ‘worm-like’ burrowing snakes that are largely pink...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Blotched Blue-tongue Scientific Name: ??? Size: 275mm SVL (Snout-Vent Length) What does it look like? The Blotched Blue-tongue is a large skink with broad body, short limbs, moderately long, tapering tail and large blue tongue. Generally dark brown to blackish above,...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Blue-breasted Fairywren Male Female Scientific Name: Malurus pulcherrimus Size: 15 cm What does it look like? The Blue-breasted Fairy-wren is easily confused with the Red-winged Fairy-wren M. elegans (south) and the Inland Variegated Fairy-wren M. lamberti assimilis...
