by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 12, 2020
Gidgee Skink Scientific Name: Egernia stokesii Size: Snout Vent Length 190 mm What does it look like? The Gidgee Skink is a large, robust skink with sharply keeled scales, short tail and short legs. Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown above, with numerous dark and light...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Frilled Lizard Image courtesy of Thomas Rowland Scientific Name: Chlamydosaurus kingii Size: Snout-Vent Length 275mm; Total Length 890mm What does it look like? The Frilled Lizard is unmistakable, with large, extendable, grey, red or orange frill that is folded along...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Freshwater Crocodile Scientific Name: Crocodylus johnstoni Size: 3 metres What does it look like? The Freshwater Crocodile is grey to greenish-brown in colour, with irregular darker patches along sides, flanks and top of body. Smooth, slender snout compared to...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Fat-tailed Diplodactylus Scientific Name: Diplodactylus conspicillatus Size: Total Length 65 mm What does it look like? The Fat-tailed Diplodactylus is stout, with a short, bulbous tail and a pale stripe running from the tip of the snout to the front of the eye. Pale...
by Peter Rowland | Saturday, October 17, 2020
Common Death Adder Scientific Name: Acanthophis antarcticus Size: Total Length 700mm What does it look like? The Common Death Adder has a triangular-shaped head, short, stocky body and thin, pale-coloured tip to tail. Grey to reddish-brown above, usually with...
