by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Galah Scientific Name: Cacatua roseicapilla Size: Birds measure about 35 cm in length. What does it look and sound like? The Galah is easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Birds from...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Geckos (Infraorder: Gekkota) Geckos are small lizard, typically found in warm climates throughout the world. There are three families within Australia, The Typical Geckos (Family: Gekkonidae), the southern Padless Geckos (Family: Carphodactylidae) and the Austral...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Ghost Bat (Family: Megadermatidae) Ghost Bat Mammals Home Nature Facts...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Goannas or Monitor Lizards (Family: Varanidae) A family of almost 80 species, with the largest member (and the largest of all lizards) being the Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis, from several Indonesian Islands, which can reach a length of around 3 metres. The Komodo...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids (Order: Orthoptera) Large order containing 17 families and over 1500 species in Australia, split into two suborders: Caelifera (6 families), containing grasshoppers, and Ensifera (11 families), which houses the crickets and...
