Doing a bit of a stroll around the place last week I managed a few herp photos that might be of interest here. I'm not the best on ID but others will probably know.
The only snake I managed to get, almost as thin as a boot lace, Furina ornata, Orange-naped Snake.
An interesting turtle...
In continuation from my previous posts, here is the 2nd to last chapter of a herping trip myself and a few friends went on from October-December 2010. Previous posts found below.
http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/field-herping-reptile-studies-5373/nt-qld-herping-trip-western-155397/...
This Thursday Matt & I will be doing a talk on the 2nd half of our trip through the Northern Territory and Queensland at the end of last year.
This will cover the areas between Darwin, NT and the Northern Qld area between Normanton and Cooktown.
It will be held at the Coolum Beach Hotel, and...
This is the second and final installment regarding this particular trip. The majority of the time I spent with Kris during his trans-Australia roadtrip was concentrated in the Top End of the Northern Territory. This is an amazing area of sandstone gorges, massive wetlands, extensive mangroves...
I recently joined Gus up north to the Tully area to assist him with his masters project, which involves tracking the endangered rainforest frog Litoria rheocola. His site was near Mena Creek in a patch of secondary rainforest. I first spent time at the site in August 2008 while assisting another...
OK, let's get to the bottom of this...does the Elseya genus still exist? Has it simply been replaced or renamed as Wollumbinia?
A few months ago I read a paper by Richard Wells which described what he calls the "Latisternum Complex" and then sets about renaming what seems like most (or all?) of...
Scientific Name
Elseya albagula
Common Name
Southern-snapping turtle
Age
1 Month old
***
not known
Length
5.5 cm
Quantity Available
13
General Description
Rare in captivity Southern snapping turtles, eating well and thriving.
Location
Sunshine Coast,Qld...
I have to retype this whole post again, I just closed the window accidently just before I got to submit the post, what a pain in the ***.
Anyway here goes.
Ive almost finished building my turtle pond. But I need some cheap/easy way of heating it. It is only a 300L pond so i bought a...
Hi, for those of you interested in turtles below is a photo of a few different species of turtle's eggs showing size comparison and also how a fertile egg 'bands' up starting with a small white spot in the middle of the egg which spreads outwards towards the sides and ends of the egg. This only...
hey all, i was wondering what is the easiest and best method of feeding turts cause i just got a little eatan lonmg neck for my lil brother fo christmas and he doesnt seem to be going for the floating aquatic turtle feed i give him.
cheer's, jeremy
ps: answer ASAP as i dont have the net...
i was watching harrys practise last night because he had a albino blue tongue at the start of the show and i was hoping he would come back to it. anyway they have this thing on the show when they talk to children about their pets. this little 6 year old kid was there and he says "this is my pet...