Few pics with my new camera

August 12, 2013, 4:58 am

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Just a few shots from around Melbourne through the winter

Snakes

Eastern Brown Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern tiger Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

ittle whip snake(Suta flagellum) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern brown Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern brown Snake by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake(Pseudonaja textilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake(Pseudonaja textilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake(Pseudonaja textilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Brown Snake(Pseudonaja textilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Skinks


Tussock Skink(Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Tussock Skink(Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Bougainville's Skink(Lerista bougainvillii) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Bougainville's Skink(Lerista bougainvillii) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

IMG_1073 by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

McCoy's Skink(Nannoscincus maccoyi) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

McCoy's Skink(Nannoscincus maccoyi) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Robust Skink(Ctenotus robustus) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Tussock Skink(Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

cunnigham by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Blue Tongue by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

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Recent herping (Pic heavy)

August 15, 2013, 8:24 pm

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Hi everyone, heres just some of the herps i've found over the past 4-5 months.

Start off with some snakes -


Eastern small-eyed snake (Cryptophis nigrescens) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Lowlands copperhead (Austrelaps superbus) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Dwyer's snake (Parasuta dyweri) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Juvenile Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Little whip snake (Parasuta flagellum) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Onto some skinks -


Ctenotus robustus by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


shingle Shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


McCoys skink (Anepischetosia maccoyi) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Tussock skink female (Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


White's skink (Liopholis whitii) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Lerista bougainvillii by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

Heres a Pink-tailed worm-lizard, a critically endangered legless lizard.


Pink-tailed worm-lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

Juvenile vittatus -


Juvenile Eastern stone gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

And lastly, a few frogs.


Eastern banjo frog by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Eastern banjo frog by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Bibrons toadlet (Pseudophryne bibroni) by James Lowe Reptile, on
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Southern brown tree frog (Litoria ewengii) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Spotted marsh frog by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Had to include Skip!


Kangaroo by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr



Thankyou very much for looking! :-)

James.

Singapore Herps

August 17, 2013, 11:00 pm

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Just spent 12 days on Singapore, and while it's not known for it's natural places, I was surprised how much greenery and natural forest there still is. Didn't have much chance to do any serious herping, but did see quite a few critters about the place. However, I won't lie to you, aside from the Malay Water Monitor (which we saw on Pulau Ubin), these pics were taken at Singapore Zoo, but all the species are local to Singapore.



Starting from top left, they are 1) Equatorial Spitting Cobra, 2) King Cobra, 3) Malayan Water Monitor, 4) Mangrove Pit Viper, 5) Oriental Whip Snake 6) Reticulated Python (mid-shed) and 7) Wagler's Viper.

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Poking Around

August 22, 2013, 8:01 pm

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So I really haven't been herping much recently but have been poking around a couple places for other things, and did photograph some She-oaks last tuesday. Here's some pics from the past couple weeks.

Baby She-oak is cute.

Cyclodomorphus michaeli by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Cyclodomorphus michaeli by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Adult She-oak not so cute, still awesome.

Cyclodomorphus michaeli by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Cyclodomorphus michaeli by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

I played with some photos and re-uploaded old picture of Diporiphora cf. arnhemica from the East Kimberley.

Diporiphora arnhemica by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Diporiphora arnhemica by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

Got a new ME-P 65mm Macro 1-5x lens and had a little play.

Children's Stick Insect by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

Went up the hills from my place and played with some landscape photography.

Bridge over the cascade by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Boardinghouse Cascade by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Boardinghouse Cascade by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


And that's what I've been doing recently.

Some Oakey locals :)

August 24, 2013, 2:33 am

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These are some local residents at the Oakey Army Aviation centre.

Interesting to note that they're all very active during the day and night-time temps here at the moment are below zero!

The largest I found today, presumably male, ran up a tree and gave me a serious head bobbing telling off for having gotten too close to him... :lol:

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Northern Snapping Turtle: short video

August 29, 2013, 7:36 am

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Filmed recently in the Top End
Northern Snapping Turtle (Elseya dentata) in the Finniss River catchment, NT. - YouTube

Northern yellow-faced Turtle

August 30, 2013, 1:27 am

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Another quick video taken in the wild

Northern Yellow-faced Turtle (Emydura tanybaraga) in the Finniss River catchment, NT. - YouTube

First day of spring.

September 1, 2013, 2:46 am

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Ok so these were actually taken the past two days, but I'm posting it today ;) Enjoy.

Anyone who wants to find me Delma plebeia in the Hunter, let me know, I don't think they exist. :P

Around the garden enjoying spring.

Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Varanus varius by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Varanus varius by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Varanus varius by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Varanus varius by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

Out the Hunter Valley


Tiliqua scincoides by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

Arguably my favourite local skink, mostly because me and it have so much in similar.

Liopholis modesta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Liopholis modesta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

The most worthwhile find, still wasn't quite worth the trip though.


Vermicella annulata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Vermicella annulata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr


Vermicella annulata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr

More herping sure to be happening soon now the weather is warming up. :)

Catchall later.

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Southern Australia Herping

September 3, 2013, 6:10 am

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So, I just did a small trip to SA, I don't like using names, so I'll reintroduce you to the Driver and the Twin. Who were first seen here.

http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/f...2012-a-199803/

The Driver and I landed in Adelaide late Thursday afternoon. We sat waiting for Twin to join us from Melbourne. This weekend we were all meeting an Internet friend. which we will soon know as Spewy, he had herped the Adelaide area quite extensively and we thought it might be cool to see some different herps we wouldn't normally target. After several months of Internet chatting we all decided to make a date and go for a herp!

Spewy showed up and we made our way to the nearest pub to break the ice and get to know each other. After having much needed guy talk and a chicken schnitzel we headed off to go back to Spewy's house and have a look at his extensive collection of Pygopods.

It was about an hour from Adeliade to Spewys house. Unfortunately that hour turned into 4. As some inconsiderate person broke too hard and suddenly. Which caused a very unhelpful chain reaction. The car which had broke hard made the car infront of us stopped suddenly. Within seconds we collided, I had enough time to brace my feet against the dashboard, as we crashed my head hit the rough and I heard The Driver yelp in pain. Spewy's coke glass glasses flew into the windscreen. Then we all quickly realized in the few split seconds that we had we were in for more. The lights from behind us grew and the tires screeched as the car behind us tried desperately to stop. We all violently jolted forward and I thanked god that I wore my seat belt this time. Cursing, we all made sure we were ok. Eventually we got out of the car an inspected the damage. It was a write off. The front and back bumpers were totaled, the doors struggled to open and the boot did not open. After the shock wore off, we traded insurance details with the four cars that had been involved, the tow trucks came and we got picked up by Spewy's mom.




The night was young but we deicded that we had enough excitement for the night and it was time for a nap.

I woke up at 6, and started Googling car rentals nearby. We also got a message from an Uncle of Spewy that he would let us borrow his car from the family farm. The only problem was that we had to pick it up from there, which was 40 mins away. We decided to rent a car and drive to the farm. Retrieve the borrowed car and then return the rental. This was all very time consuming and we also made a date with another herper to find the infamous Pygmy Blue Tongue at 12:30. We were running late and it seemed everything was going wrong. The truck infront of us was going 10km user the limit and then a house on the back of another truck hindered us even more! We had no food, or esky, no equipment but we had to make a move and deal with this all later.

Eventually we made it to the Pygmy blue tongue site. Here I met a man named Ikol who had be studying and monitoring Pygmy blue tongues.

We didn't have much time as Ikol had to be in town for work purposes. He said that he had looked at the spider burrows that they inhabit but it was still too windy even though that it sunny, furthermore the site has been hit by a strong storm the night before making the soil too wet to bask on. He decided that we should look at them down the burrows using an optical fiber camera. I peered down and saw a tiny pygmy scaly eye blinking back at me. A little disappointed that i didn't get to photograph them but ecstatic to have seen them I promised him I would be back in November.
He also said that we should try flipping all the rocks nearby for Aprasia pseudopulchella. So we started to actively herp I managed to find no Aprasia but a Shingle Back moving through the habitat , which was rather bleak, a hilly grass field with several small rocks scattered sparsely.



I handed the Shingle Back to The Driver and Twin and i went on herping. From the other side of the rolling grass hill I heard Ikol yell out. We quickly made our way towards him and he held a small wormy reptile in his hand. Aprasia pseudopulchella. I was happy my first reptick in less than a few minutes. We sat down to take some very average photos during this time Ikol went to ask the landowner if we could gain access to the rest of the property.

Aprasia pseudopulchella by J. Kelk, on Flickr
We then walked down a long grassy plain for several minutes until we crossed a small rocky creek. After the creek passed the grassland revealed several rocks ad out crops.

Ctenophurus decresii further up the water stream a decreasi hid underneath a dinner plate sized rock. Twin, and I caught it as Spewy lifted the stone.

Ctenophurus decresii by J. Kelk, on Flickr

Delma molleri, extremely abundant at this site. 5-6 specimens were found under hand size rocks ranging from adult to last years hatchlings. Spewy was on a role and found at least 3 of them, Twin nailed it with another 2.

Delma molleri by J. Kelk, on Flickr

Lerista bougainvilli these guy were found several times at the site. Again in the same habitat as Delma mollerii

Lerista bougianvilli by J. Kelk, on Flickr

Considering we had no supplies, not to mention anywhere to sleep we made our way back to town.
Spewy dropped us off at the Big W to buy a tent for Twin and The Driver, as he made a police report about last nights car accident!

I was feeling a little bit restless. I needed to be out in the desert and soon. It had been too long since I gazed on red dunes.

Several hours and one police report later we were at Pernatty. It was cold 20c and I was pessimistic. Even though Spewy was the exact opposite. I would soon learn to trust him whole heartily as we found 2/3 target species plus more in a weekend.

Upon arriving on the destination we found that rain had recently been past here. The ground was a bit firm, insects were still out and about which gave me a slimmer of hope. We soon flipped a small Lerista edwardsae from under a large dead mulga branch. Tick! We also found several more user rocks and more mulga branches.

Lerista edwardsae by J. Kelk, on Flickr

Lerista edwardsae by J. Kelk, on Flickr

A perennial question: Mating season for carpet snakes in northern new south wales

September 5, 2013, 10:01 am

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Last year I noticed a peak in ceiling activity of multiple pythons in the Northern Rivers region around October. (the peak of the peak -for me- was the dramatic extraction of a python love knot: 2 males and a female, which fell through a ceiling onto the living room floor, to the consternation of its two homeowners, around mid-October)

This year, spring seems to have sprung us some unseasonably hot days strung together, and I have had anecdotal evidence that some females are sloughing and heading back up to ceilings, leaving their pheremonal trail for passing males along the ground, up the side wall of the house, and into the ceiling boudoir.

My question: is this within the range of the experience of other forum participants? Can the mating season kick off this early? Is it largely triggered by a spate of warm days and if these come earlier than October (as early as first week of September in this case) will that suffice to trigger mating behviour?

Thanks for your considered responses.

Tex

Big

September 8, 2013, 5:42 pm

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Two large pythons removed from the (so far) only house on a new estate. The estate was on of those where they bulldoze and burn all the the vegetation then poison the soil. There was a tiny patch of remnant vegetation there but the bulldozers were nearby.

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Cat

September 8, 2013, 5:46 pm

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The photo and the title say it all, except for the fact that something is knocking things over on the back veranda near where the cat pees. ;)

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Caramel / albino Eastern Small Eyed Snake

September 9, 2013, 5:08 am

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Went out for a quick herp last night to see what if anything was out and about and found this little fellow.

Unfortunately, as is usually the case with something cool and unusual I didn't take enough photos nor any good ones.


Has anyone ever seen a small eye like this before?

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Herping the California countryside tha

September 9, 2013, 6:26 pm

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I was driving home a couple days ago when I realized winter is approaching fast and I have only been out herping once this season and I didn't even take my camera. That night I went out for a couple hours before dinner. Iwas only able to find few lizards, frogs(I was unable to get pictures of them), and one snake. Ill keep this thread updated as time allows me to go out. Im shooting with a Cannon T3i with the 18-55mm kit lens.

Coast range fence lizard's (Celoporus occideentalis bocourtii)



juvenile



Western Sagebrush lizard's (Sceloporus graciosus gracilis)





California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)





A cool little dragonfly



This was a massive spider, almost as large as my fist.



Here are a few habitat shots.








I hope you guys enjoy.

Regards, Patrick

Nhulunbuy Herping

September 11, 2013, 4:32 am

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Hi All

Have recently relocated to Gove for the next few months.

Just wondering if anyone has some herp tips or species that are found here?

Will appreciate any info.

Cheers

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Toy

September 12, 2013, 1:47 am

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Saving up for Xmas?
Crappy photos - sorry.

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Cockatiel

September 14, 2013, 6:38 pm

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I call these barred cages "smorgasbord style" as they allow easy entry into the dinning room

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Recent Herping (Spring 2013)

November 11, 2013, 5:02 pm

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Heres just some pictures from around Melbourne and Vic, and some from a trip up to Western NSW.

A few skinks -


Ctenotus robustus by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Cunningham's skink (Egernia cunninghami) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr



Glossy grass skink (Pseudemoia rawlinsoni) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Southern water-skink (Eulamprus tympanum) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr



Liopholis whitii by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Shingleback by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Some geckos that were found on our trip up to western NSW.


Box-patterned gecko (Lucasium steindachneri) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Beaded gecko (Lucasium dameum) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Gibber gecko (Lucasium byrnei) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Thick-tailed gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr







Jewelled gecko (Strophurus elderi) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

This guy was actually a Gehyra lazelli


Gehyra variegata by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

A cool little scaley-foot we found crossing the road at night.


Eastern hooded scaly-foot (Pygopus schraderi) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr



Some dragons


Ctenophorus fordi by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Diporiphora nobbi by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


This guy was found at Hattah NP


Lerista punctatovittata by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

And lastly some frogs.


Eastern banjo frog by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Lesueur's Tree Frog (Litoria lesueuri) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

Forgot the snakeys!


Suta suta by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Shield-snouted brown snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr


Tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) by James Lowe Reptile, on Flickr

VIC Mallee herping !

November 15, 2013, 2:16 am

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Well Matt beat me to the APS post on this... but last is always better.

After a riveting day of school Matt and I wasted no time (Maccas is not wasting time!) getting to Little Desert NP

On arriving there we set up our camp, and the tempting calls of banjo frogs nearby lured us to their pond


Theyre hot looking banjos out that way!


Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerili) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Also saw these guys banging, Matt (who is immature) thought it was pretty funny


Water scorpions mating by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Getting up early in the morning we went out looking for one of our targets, common scalyfoot.

After a few hours searching, and chasing after a sand goanna, we finally gave up . well got distracted by this amazing create :/


Obscure Skink (Morethia obscura) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Bored of little desert, we headed north to big desert .. where we later met up with 3 other people

On the way there, along with the millions of shinglebacks, this fella greeted us in the middle of the road


Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Arriving at Big desert, we were swarmed by masses of dragons running across the road!
catching them was an extreme challenge

only got one photo of a boring female painted dragon, the bright blue males eluded us this time...


Painted Dragon (Ctenophorus pictus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Mallee dragon


Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus fordi) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr



Our first day was very successful at Big Desert, I found this guy basking in spinifex and it was absolute ecstasy catching it after reaching into a spiky bush


Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


a boring looking burtons


Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


The first night brought out many geckos, and we cleared all the species up!

Beaded


Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


An adorable wood gecko!


Wood Gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


And southern spiny tailed geckos .. never get sick of seeing these


Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus intermedius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus intermedius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Blind snakes were out on the dunes, and it wasnt even raining .. something sus was up!


Dark-spined Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops bicolor) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Prong-snouted Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Mitchells short tailed snakes


Mitchell's Short Tailed Snake (Parasuta nigriceps) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Mitchell's Short Tailed Snake (Parasuta nigriceps) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


The next morning produced an awesome Tri-coloured burtons, i was super happy when i caught this guy


Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Matt found this scalyfoot active among the spinifex dunes .. these were getting boring! .. Rocket agrees ;)


Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


We were sitting down at camp that evening, and being the great leader i was on the trip, i suggested the weather was too perfect to stay at big desert ... if blind snakes were out with no rain .. something was up ... could it of been the lack of any moon?
taking a risk i told everyone to pack up and move further north to hattah .. i had a real target on my mind now seeing as blind snakes were out!


And here it was in all its glory! .. (wow im funny!)


Variegated Dtella (Gehyra variegata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Variegated Dtella (Gehyra variegata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Well we hadnt found anything driving through hattah at night .. good move nick! you idiot ...
maybe taking a leak would relieve some pressure
*unzips*
oh lord .. oh jesus christ.. OH WOW WOW WOW!

A bandy bandy had come to admire the show!
now this was an awesome find for VIC .. my move did work! tick!


Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


I think all 5 of us agreed that that day was awesome and it couldnt get better ... oh were we wrong (seriously how?)
Getting up early in the morning, and having to battle for food with these annoying birds was our first challenge


IMG_92715 by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

We headed out to the spinifex country hoping to chase some diurnal stuff

The mallee dragons are a bit of a redder colour at hattah .. maybe it was embarrased that Matt had outrun it


Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus fordi) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Ctenotus brachyonyx darted from spinifex clumps


Murray Striped Skink (Ctenotus brachyonyx) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Murray Striped Skink (Ctenotus brachyonyx) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


ASPID! ... One of the guys spotted this and Akash (cheekabee) wasted no time getting it .. finally someone had found something other from Matt and I :P
they redeemed themselves! .. well done akash and dan on this guy!


Strap-snouted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Strap-snouted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Matt and I went back to camp for a bit of a chill sesh, being a bit bored i went to take a crap!
walking to the toilets i heard thousands of bird screeches coming from nearby. i sent out detective Matt to solve the mystery
well lucky i alerted him because he screamed back there was a lacey... i had to hold it in for now. AGAIN!
Damn this was a cool way to spend an hour, sitting on a chair, sipping a coke watching a lacey 20 meters up in a tree fighting off birds that were annoying it!


Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) vs raven by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Knowing we were leaving the next morning, i joked to matt saying this trip could seriously not get any better. like cmon. we've basically cleared everything cool in VIC!.
But Matt didnt accept that we were finished, Matt did what all good Matts should do. Go out and find a DESERT SKINK. good Matt, Matt gets a pat


Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

Now to seriously put the icing on the cake... Dan came back with this bad boy
with this bad boy that made my eyes pop out (damn you for keeping it!)
a vic tarantula!


Vic Selenotholus by Nick Volpe, on Flickr



So yeah.. what a way to spend 3 and a half days out! ... it was a bloody epic trip for VIC standards!
im very happy!
(btw all other inverts that were found on the trip are in this thread - http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/a...t-pics-209460/ )

but enjoy! ...

Nipper!

November 19, 2013, 12:45 am

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NIPPER!
The video may not be fully uploaded until 7:30 pm 19/11/2013 Qld Time! What Idiots voted for third rate internet!