by Peter Rowland | Sunday, November 15, 2020
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko Scientific Name: Saltuarius swaini Size: Snout Vent Length 130 mm What does it look like? The Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko is either brown or olive-grey above, with 3–5 paler cream-grey blotches along back and similarly coloured bands on...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Redback Spider Female Male near egg sacs Scientific Name: Latrodectus hasselti Size: Total Length 10 mm What does it look like? The female Redback Spider is usually black, but can also be brownish, with an orange-red blaze on the dorsal surface of the abdomen, and a...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Redeye Scientific Name: Psaltoda moerens Size: Body Length 40mm What does it look and sound like? The Redeye Cicada has a dark brown to black body, grey-silver patches either side of abdomen, with striking bright red eyes. Wing veins black with clear membranes. The...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Regent Bowerbird Male Female Scientific Name: Sericulus chrysocephalus Size: 24 to 28 cm What does it look and sound like? The Regent Bowerbird is a relatively small, slender bowerbird. It has a long, straight thin bill, which is yellow in the adult male and dark...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Ridge-tailed Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus acanthurus Size: Total Length 650 mm What does it look like? The Ridge-tailed Monitor is reddish to blackish-brown above, with numerous pale to bright yellowish spots on back and flanks forming conspicuous eye-like rings....
