by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Tree Skink Scientific Name: Egernia striolata Size: Snout Vent Length 120 mm What does it look like? Tree Skink scales are smooth or bluntly keeled, and moderately flattened body and slender tail. Grey to dark olive-brown with broad, paler greyish dorsolateral stripe...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Stephen’s Banded Snake Scientific Name: Hoplocephalus stephensii Size: Total Length 1.2 m What does it look like? DANGEROUSLY VENOMOUS. Stephens’ Banded Snake is variable. Brown, grey or blackish, usually with brown or cream cross-bands, but occasionally...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Spencer’s Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus spenceri Size: 1.2 m What does it look like? Spencer’s Monitor is a heavy, thick-set goanna, with short, laterally flattened tail and rounded snout. Greyish-brown above with numerous paler and darker spots, and...
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
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....
