by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Snakes (Suborder: serpentes) Snakes, of the suborder Serpentes, form the second largest group of reptiles after the lizards, containing just over a third of the world’s currently known species. While Australia has less than 10 per cent of these species, it is home to...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Terrestrial Elapid and Sea Snakes (Family: Elapidae) A family of venomous snakes that give birth to live young (sea snakes and some terrestrial elapids) or lay eggs (most terrestrial elapids). Bites on humans typically only occur when they try to pick up, provoke or...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 27, 2020
True Crocodiles (Family: Crocodylidae) The 25 species of this family are all semi-aquatic carnivorous predators, which are specially adapted for feeding underwater by modified palatine and pterygoid bones and a fleshy valve that seals off the respiratory system from...
