by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Border Thick-tailed Gecko Scientific Name: Uvidicolus sphyrurus Size: 70mm SVL (Snout-Vent Length) What does it look like? The Border Thick-tailed Gecko is grey-brown, with numerous white spots and black speckling above, the spots forming loose transverse bands....
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Boyd’s Forest Dragon Scientific Name: Lophosaurus boydii Size: SVL 150mm, TL 500mm What does it look like? Boyd’s Forest Dragon is laterally compressed, angular head and body, with large, spiny nuchal crest, enlarged white scales on cheeks, ‘saw-like’,...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, October 22, 2020
Broad-banded Sand-swimmer Scientific Name: Eremiascincus richardsonii Size: 105mm SVL (Snout-Vent Length) What does it look like? The Broad-banded Sand-swimmer is a glossy scaled, moderately robust skink, with long, thickened, tapering tail and movable scaly lower...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 25, 2020
Central Netted Dragon Scientific Name: Ctenophorus nuchalis Size: Snout Vent Length 120 mm; Total Length 265 mm What does it look like? The Central Netted Dragon is small and stocky, with large, rounded head, short limbs and tapering tail. Spines scattered on sides of...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Crowned Gecko Scientific Name: Lucasium stenodactylum Size: 55 mm (Snout Vent Length) What does it look like? The Crowned Gecko is variable, but generally pinkish brown to reddish brown above, normally with a pale vertebral stripe from the nape to the base of the...
