Also known as a Mulga Snake, this King Brown Snake was relocated from a Copley home.
King Brown Snake
Curl Snake
This 40cm snake seen in Copley, Flinders Ranges, is tentatively identified as a Curl Snake (Suta suta). Corrections are welcome.
Central Bearded Dragon with fly
Frog dissolving
Putrefaction of a frog’s body, suspended on an algal mat in a shallow spring.
Snake track
Swift Rock Dragon
Female Swift Rock Dragon (Ctenophorus modestus) in the central Flinders Ranges.
Bandy-bandy snake
Likely to be an Eastern Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata), this 20cm snake was found wrapped in a spider’s web in Beltana in the Northern 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.
Thick-tailed Gecko
Thick-tailed or Barking Gecko, Mt Lyndhurst.
Northern Flinders Ranges Froglet
Crinia flindersensis (Northern Flinders Ranges Froglet, Flinders Springs Froglet) is a vulnerable species seen here in spring waters. With long toes and fingers, markings are typically bars and stripes across the body and limbs with some variations as seen below.
