by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Crested Tern Scientific Name: Sterna bergii Size: up to 49 cm in length What does it look like? The Crested Tern is the second largest of the terns found in Australia. It is also one of the most commonly seen. Its pale yellow bill, scruffy black crest, grey wings and...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Crocodiles (Order: Crocodilia) The order Crocodilia groups together the world’s 25 currently described species of crocodylians, alligators, caimans and gharials. Australia is home to two crocodylians, the ‘true’ crocodiles, one of which, the Saltwater Crocodile, is...
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...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Cuckoo-shrikes (Family Campephagidae) Only seven of eight species recorded in Australia are still to be found here. The Norfolk Island Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga leucopyga, the nominate subspecies of the Long-tailed Triller, now restricted to New Caledonia,...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 26, 2020
Cunningham’s Skink Scientific Name: Egernia cunninghami Size: Snout Vent Length 250mm What does it look like? The Cunningham’s Skink is a large, robust skink with prominent keeled scales on back and tail, and short legs. Variable colouration and...
