Brigalow Herping.

jordanmulder · Jan 10, 2015

So was sitting here... pretty bored. Thought I'd just throw up some photo's a herping trip I did with a couple of mates in the Brigalow belt of Queensland.
So the first real night of herping was around the St George area. We did pretty poorly probably due to the fact that there the moon was so bright you could probably drive down the highway without headlights. Still found some Gecko's and a Dragon or Two.

Nobbi dragon (Diporiphora nobbi) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Burns dragon (Amphibolurus burnsi) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern beaked gecko (Rhynchoedura ormsbyi) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Beaded gecko (Lucasium damaeum) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern stone gecko (Dipldactylus vittatus) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Marbled velvet gecko (Oedura marmorata) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Bandy Bandy (Vermicella anulata) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

After doing so crap at St George we decided to head East of Surat where conditions turned out to be a lot better! The moon was blocked out at the start of the night by some cloud and it was during this period that we found most of the reptiles for the night. We ended up staying a couple of nights and did a bit of day herping in between the extreme heat of midday.

Golden tailed gecko (Strophurus taenicauda) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

King Brown Snake (Pseudechis australis) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Southern spotted velvet gecko (Oedura tryoni) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

De Vis' banded snake (Denisonia devisi by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Ocelated velvet gecko (Odeura monilis) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Brigalow trip41 by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Australian coral snake, (Brachyurophis australis) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Yellow spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern hooded scaly foot (Pygopus shraderi) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Broad banded sandswimmer (Eramiascincus richardsonii) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern robust slider (Lerista punctatovittata) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern spiney tailed gecko (Strophurus wiliamsi) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Dubius dtella (Gehyra dubia) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Gehyra versicolor by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Our next stop was just East of Tara where we encountered more cool reptiles!

Spotted black snake (Pseudechis guttatus) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Pale headed snake (Hoplocephalus bitorquatus) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Grey snake (Hemiaspis damelii) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

We also missed a Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli) by literally Two mins! A car overtook us and hit it. Needless to say we tracked them down and fed them to a ravenous Gehyra.

Well our trip in the Brigalow was over. We were Sad. So we decided that on the way back we would stop in at the Granite Belt and see what else we could find. Here is some of the stuff that I had the patience to photograph.

Southern spotted velvet gecko (Oedura tryoni) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Cunningham's skink (Egernia cunninghami) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr

Eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata ) by Jordan Mulder, on Flickr