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So this thread is composed of a bunch of reptile pics I've taken since back in October, through to now over a couple different trips.
First off was a short night up around Newcastle with a couple of friends.
This Rough-scale was one of the few snakes out on the road.
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also photographed a Red-belly in the day, but I got few decent shots.
Pseudechis porphyriacus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I also took a few pictures of flowers
Actinotus helianthi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Viola hederacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We found a very small, yet attractive and uncommon frog.
Crinia tinnula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a really cute Feather-tailed Glider.
Acrobates pygmaeus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I then took a couple pictures at home
Rocket Frogs
Litoria latopalmata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria latopalmata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Water Dragon
Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Before a short trip to the Barringtons yielded some nice skinks
Montane Garden Skink
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Weasel Skink
Saproscincus mustelinus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a nice Southern Angle Headed Dragon
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I took some more photos at home, this time of a Yellow-faced Whip Snake
Demansia psammophis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Demansia psammophis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Before I joined up with a bunch of other herpers on the AHS field trip to Smith's Lakes, where we saw and I took photos of numerous animals.
Golden Crowned Snake
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Eastern Small Eyed Snake
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Rough Scaled Snake
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Revealed Tree Frog
Litoria revelata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria revelata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And Tyler's Tree Frog
Litoria tyleri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Red Backed Toadlets
Pseudophryne coriacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pseudophryne coriacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Common Scaly Foot
Pygopus lepidopodus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pygopus lepidopodus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Moritz' Leaf-tailed Gecko
Saltuarius moritzi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Saltuarius moritzi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Some Lycosid spider.
Spider by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I then had a few days photographing around where I live, doing a couple nights up the mountains for frogs.
Great-barred Frog
Mixophyes fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Giant-barred Frog
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Black-soled Frog
Frog Skin by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Frog Eye by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And another Small-eyed Snake
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A short trip North allowed me a couple pictures of some cool frogs.
Sphagnum Frog
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pugh's Mountain Frog
Philoria pughi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
After all this herping around the NSW coast, I was very ready for some desert air. Luckily I managed to get on a trip with Sydney Uni out to the Simpson Desert in western Qld. I'd visited the area once before and knew it to be pretty spectacular, this was not at all dulled on this trip.
Of course my primary aim, as always was geckos. I particularly wanted pictures of the Smooth Knob-tails.
While we did see a number of these I was often too busy to get pictures and didn't really get the ones I wanted.
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I also took some photo of the Sand-plain Gecko
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And some of the features of a Fat-tailed Gecko
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Dragons Lizards were extremely abundant in the day, with several species being seen around.
My favourites are the rather speccy Thorny Devils. We only saw one somewhat dull individual this trip, but it was a nice animal none-the-less.
Moloch horridus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Moloch horridus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Central Netteds were aplenty with many juveniles of the species seen running into burrows around the place, or basking on low wood and shrubs.
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I had seen Millitary Dragons before, and found them very nice, but this was the first time seeing the males in their spectacular breeding colours.
Ctenophorus isolepis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus isolepis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A pair of Long-nosed Dragons hung around the camp area often seen sitting up in the trees, jumping from branch to branch.
Amphibolurus longirostris by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Some of the dune tops yielded these Cane-grass Dragons, this individual is the first one I've seen actually sitting on Cane Grass, though I'm sure it's not actually uncommon.
Diporiphora winneckei by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The hot conditions were also pretty good for skinks which were seen often foraging in the morning and afternoon or taking shelter at the edge of spinifex during the day. We saw plenty of species, though I photographed only a few.
Red-tailed Fine-snout Ctenotus have long slender tails and toes. They're quite pretty skinks.
Ctenotus leae by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenotus dux were one of the more common species.
Ctenotus dux by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenotus dux by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
As were Ctenotus ariadne.
Ctenotus ariadne by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
There were also plenty of Sand-sliders, namely Lerista labialis.
Lerista labialis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
As well as a single individual of Lerista aericeps.
Lerista aericeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We saw a few snakes, including a large Mulga which I didn't photograph and some nice burrowing species.
Most people dislike Blind Snakes, I kinda like them, though I agree they are a pain to photograph.
Ramphotyphlops endoterus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ramphotyphlops endoterus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
On the other hand this Narrow Banded Shovel-nosed Snake was exciting for the whole team, as they rarely turn up in the area, and are extremely attractive.
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Along with these, another Snake-like animal was picked up. This time, a Legless Lizard.
Delma nasuta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Last but certainly not least were the Goannas we were lucky enough to track down.
Gould's Monitors were certainly the easiest of these to find, walking through our camp, digging around the ground in it and letting me get pretty close for some pics.
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also saw a number of Pygmy Mulga Monitors, a delightful small, quite beautiful species.
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
However my favourite find of the trip was this Short-tailed Monitor. This is the smallest species of Goanna in the world. On top of this it's quite attractive, displaying some nice red colour to match the sand of its surrounding.
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Unfortunately even the best trips come to an end. We soon found ourself driving out of the Desert, bid fairlwell by a pretty sunset over the Southern Cross in the town of Windorah.
Sunset on the Southern Cross by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hope you guys enjoy the thread!
First off was a short night up around Newcastle with a couple of friends.
This Rough-scale was one of the few snakes out on the road.
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also photographed a Red-belly in the day, but I got few decent shots.
Pseudechis porphyriacus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I also took a few pictures of flowers
Actinotus helianthi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Viola hederacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We found a very small, yet attractive and uncommon frog.
Crinia tinnula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a really cute Feather-tailed Glider.
Acrobates pygmaeus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I then took a couple pictures at home
Rocket Frogs
Litoria latopalmata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria latopalmata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Water Dragon
Intellegama lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Before a short trip to the Barringtons yielded some nice skinks
Montane Garden Skink
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lampropholis caligula by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Weasel Skink
Saproscincus mustelinus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a nice Southern Angle Headed Dragon
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hypsilurus spinipes by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I took some more photos at home, this time of a Yellow-faced Whip Snake
Demansia psammophis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Demansia psammophis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Before I joined up with a bunch of other herpers on the AHS field trip to Smith's Lakes, where we saw and I took photos of numerous animals.
Golden Crowned Snake
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cacophis squamulosus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Eastern Small Eyed Snake
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Rough Scaled Snake
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Tropidechis carinatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Revealed Tree Frog
Litoria revelata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria revelata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And Tyler's Tree Frog
Litoria tyleri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Red Backed Toadlets
Pseudophryne coriacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pseudophryne coriacea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Common Scaly Foot
Pygopus lepidopodus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pygopus lepidopodus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Moritz' Leaf-tailed Gecko
Saltuarius moritzi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Saltuarius moritzi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Some Lycosid spider.
Spider by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I then had a few days photographing around where I live, doing a couple nights up the mountains for frogs.
Great-barred Frog
Mixophyes fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Giant-barred Frog
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Mixophyes iteratus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Black-soled Frog
Frog Skin by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Frog Eye by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And another Small-eyed Snake
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Cryptophis nigrescens by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A short trip North allowed me a couple pictures of some cool frogs.
Sphagnum Frog
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Philoria sphagnicola by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pugh's Mountain Frog
Philoria pughi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
After all this herping around the NSW coast, I was very ready for some desert air. Luckily I managed to get on a trip with Sydney Uni out to the Simpson Desert in western Qld. I'd visited the area once before and knew it to be pretty spectacular, this was not at all dulled on this trip.
Of course my primary aim, as always was geckos. I particularly wanted pictures of the Smooth Knob-tails.
While we did see a number of these I was often too busy to get pictures and didn't really get the ones I wanted.
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I also took some photo of the Sand-plain Gecko
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Lucasium stenodactylum by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And some of the features of a Fat-tailed Gecko
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diplodactylus conspicillatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Dragons Lizards were extremely abundant in the day, with several species being seen around.
My favourites are the rather speccy Thorny Devils. We only saw one somewhat dull individual this trip, but it was a nice animal none-the-less.
Moloch horridus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Moloch horridus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Central Netteds were aplenty with many juveniles of the species seen running into burrows around the place, or basking on low wood and shrubs.
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus nuchalis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I had seen Millitary Dragons before, and found them very nice, but this was the first time seeing the males in their spectacular breeding colours.
Ctenophorus isolepis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenophorus isolepis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A pair of Long-nosed Dragons hung around the camp area often seen sitting up in the trees, jumping from branch to branch.
Amphibolurus longirostris by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Some of the dune tops yielded these Cane-grass Dragons, this individual is the first one I've seen actually sitting on Cane Grass, though I'm sure it's not actually uncommon.
Diporiphora winneckei by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The hot conditions were also pretty good for skinks which were seen often foraging in the morning and afternoon or taking shelter at the edge of spinifex during the day. We saw plenty of species, though I photographed only a few.
Red-tailed Fine-snout Ctenotus have long slender tails and toes. They're quite pretty skinks.
Ctenotus leae by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenotus dux were one of the more common species.
Ctenotus dux by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ctenotus dux by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
As were Ctenotus ariadne.
Ctenotus ariadne by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
There were also plenty of Sand-sliders, namely Lerista labialis.
Lerista labialis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
As well as a single individual of Lerista aericeps.
Lerista aericeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We saw a few snakes, including a large Mulga which I didn't photograph and some nice burrowing species.
Most people dislike Blind Snakes, I kinda like them, though I agree they are a pain to photograph.
Ramphotyphlops endoterus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Ramphotyphlops endoterus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
On the other hand this Narrow Banded Shovel-nosed Snake was exciting for the whole team, as they rarely turn up in the area, and are extremely attractive.
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Brachyurophis fasciolatus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Along with these, another Snake-like animal was picked up. This time, a Legless Lizard.
Delma nasuta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Last but certainly not least were the Goannas we were lucky enough to track down.
Gould's Monitors were certainly the easiest of these to find, walking through our camp, digging around the ground in it and letting me get pretty close for some pics.
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gouldii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also saw a number of Pygmy Mulga Monitors, a delightful small, quite beautiful species.
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus gilleni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
However my favourite find of the trip was this Short-tailed Monitor. This is the smallest species of Goanna in the world. On top of this it's quite attractive, displaying some nice red colour to match the sand of its surrounding.
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Varanus brevicauda by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Unfortunately even the best trips come to an end. We soon found ourself driving out of the Desert, bid fairlwell by a pretty sunset over the Southern Cross in the town of Windorah.
Sunset on the Southern Cross by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hope you guys enjoy the thread!
