Sand Monitor (Varanus gouldii gouldii), also known as the Gould’s Goanna or Sand Goanna, paid a visit to the Copley community vegetable garden in the northern Flinders Ranges.
Sand Monitor: Copley Community Garden
Eastern Bearded Dragon: Copley
Juvenile Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata). This species of dragon can have distinctive underside markings from the tip of the snout to the tail.
Eyre Basin Beaked Gecko
Eyre Basin Beaked Gecko (Rhynchoedura eyrensis) spotted at night in the Copley area in October. Found on sandy, rocky plains typical of the Strzelecki Track, and known to inhabit insect and spider burrows.
Bynoe’s Geckos: Copley
Bynoe’s Gecko (Heteronotia binoei) seen at night in the Copley area, Flinders Ranges.
Gibber Geckos: Copley
Gibber Gecko (Lucasium byrnei) seen at night in the Copley area, Flinders Ranges.
Southern Spiny-tailed Geckos: Leigh Creek
Southern Spiny-tailed Geckos (Strophurus intermedius) spotlighted on road at 10:30pm in the Leigh Creek area.
Central Bearded Dragons: Copley
Flinders Ranges Dtella
The Flinders Ranges Dtella (Gehyra moritzi) is a nocturnal rock dwelling gecko endemic to the Flinders Ranges. It grows up to 70mm.
Swift Rock Dragon
Female Swift Rock Dragon (Ctenophorus modestus) in the central Flinders Ranges.
Reptile scats
These two reptile scats, each about 10cm long, were deposited on sand in early spring, as reptiles began emerging from winter hibernation. Reptile scat is identifiable by feces with a white cap of uric acid and potassium salts – an adaptation for ejecting nitrogenous wastes without the need to expel fluids through urination. The diet of this reptile, likely a goanna, appears to be insectivorous.
