moloch horridus

So today I spent time behind the scenes with Simon Hinkley, Peter Mariot, Patrick, and Wendy (last names unknown) at Melbourne Museums live exiberts and entomolgy departments. I also spent time within the museum befire heading behind the scenes looking at a variety if displays from medical to...

What's that one native snake, lizard, invertebrate etc that you want to someday own but your skill, its care is slightly intimidating or its rarity is holding you back? :)

Hi, so there is a good chance I will be doing a massive road trip next year up through SA (going through coober pedy) and into the NT so Alice springs, Simpson desert, Ayers rock and right up to the top for some barra fishing (and hopefully some croc spotting). I was just hoping for some...

Hey reptile lovers, Just asking for everyone's help to compile a list of every lizard in Australia that can be kept as a pet. Any response will be great Thanks all, Brando

I've been going through a few of my photos from the last year or two and decided I need to sort them out and post them. Here are a few to get started... and I'll upload a few more over the next day or two. Enjoy... ...and a shot of Coral Bay to finish off Mike

Hi there, I'm Jo. This is my first post, about my first ever snake. I'm green as grass & am feeling a little clueless about a few things mostly feeding / shedding cycles & thought I'd ask you experts for your thoughts. I bought this beautiful 8yo Vic Murray Darling girl on 4th November from a...

Hello fellow herpers! I am new to posting on this forum, though I have been herping for a long time, with the results shown on my website http://wildherps.com. (Also, I've posted a fair amount on http://fieldherpforum.com under the name Ribbit, but I thought I'd come straight to the source...

2014 has been reasonably good to me so far in regards to the herping trips I have been on. I just wanted to show some of them off... although I'm quite the dreadful photographer. Regardless, here they are. Lucasium damaeum - beaded gecko. Nephrurus deleani - Pernatty knob-tailed gecko...

Well last Tuesday night after watching some epic cricket, matthew (pythonwner or some boring name like that on here) got ready to get up at 4am to get a flight to Adelaide. Arriving at Adelaide we met up with JP from QLD and waited for shawn (rocket) to pick us up. We went to his house and saw...

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...

Hey all Names David, I'm from Mt Druitt now living in Campbelltown. Have an interest in Eastern Water Dragons, Eastern Longneck Turtles.... An long term want to get involved in Green tree snakes. Would love to conquer the ownership & survival of a Thorny Devil ( Almost impossible I know ) So...

So it's winter. I hate winter. It's cold, wet, bleak and worst of all, all of the reptiles around me become inactive. Fortunately over the past couple weeks I managed to escape some of winter. These are some finds from the Simpson Desert of far western Qld. Disclaimer: It is is illegal to...

Hi Everyone. Been ages since ive been on here, went through the Field Herping Forum and its lacking colour! Heres a few things to brighten it up a bit ;) boring looking Central Netted Dragon Ctenophorus nuchalis we found along the dirt track. On the way into Carnarvon we found a Thorny...

So my LITTLE brother some how scored this job doing camel tours in Uluru and knowing how much I love my herps he has done abit of herping himself just to rub it in so I figure if I have to be jelly so does everyone else just a few of the pics he has sent me so far. jelly much!!

hey, today i came out to say hello to my turtles and i was stunned to see ants have eaten away all the silicone at the joints of my 6 foot tank and made some sort of nest in the corners of the tank.... i couldn't believe it so i killed them all which made me a little bit happier but now if i...

I got some rats and a possible female kimberly phase norrhern bluey. Kind of glad I didnt splurge on an albino darwin hatchy. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk 2

Ill start off, either the olive python or the inland taipan :D.

This morning when I checked on my hatchlings, about half of the click clicks had tiny black ants in them. The ants were not bothering the snakes, but seemed to be concentrating on the water bowls. I went into a cleaning frenzy, popping hatchlings into their travel containers and thoroughly...

Hi guys I'm really keen on getting a thorny devil but know nothing about keeping or even obtaining one. So could you help me out here its really starting to bother me.

when herping I like to make videos am I aloud to pick up animals to get good close up footage of them? (I realease them of course)

Turtles spend most of their lives in water, but why do these air breathing animals immerse their heads in puddles for hours at a time when their watery homes dry up? Researchers have discovered that the animals have to rinse their mouths with water in order to excrete urea: the animals are...

We are still fine tuning but our 8x4x3ft high desert tank but it is nearly done. Just need to find something interesting to go in it. Any ideas?

Hi Everyone, Just curious as to know what your "Reptile" wishlist is? I have noticed a few people talk about their wishlist, I cannot find any threads though. My Wishlist is: 1 Male NT BHP. Ocellate BHP's Chondro's Most Pythons actually :P RBB Mainland Tiger Snake De Vis's Banded Snake Greater...

No I haven't mistaken this for a dating website (bad joke), I am quite curious as to whether Moloch horridus or the t/horny devil is able to be held as a pet on a certain license. I can imagine they would be quite hard to look after as they only have one or two food sources which are not very...

Just some awesome magazine clippings we like to keep on our fridge for a laugh :D

I have been thinking about breeding and selling a dragon species but I first wanted to know what would be the best one to make good money from so I'm Lookin at things like a type of dragon with a high selling price, easy to keep and easy to breed. Ta

Hi Everyone. For the past 10 days I and 3 others have been on a trip throughout the Pilbara. First up was the big drive from Perth to Robe River, Pannawonica and was expected to arrive at 8:30pm. As most would know not all plans go the way you want them to and this one didn’t, just before the...

This webpage has some great pictures of reptiles and other animals from the Tanami Desert. I particularly like the banded snake and the thorny devil.... enjoy The Tanami Desert | Stewed Thoughts

Hi I do invertebrate surveys for a living and often find reptiles in the traps. Just wondering if anyone knows what the first lizard is, it was found in the goldfield in WA. The rest of the pics are just from various other field trips. Sorry about the quality of the pics they are taken with...

Hey everyone, Recently the well disputed topic amongst herpers came to my mind- What is the HARDEST herp to care for? I am interested in knowing your opinion as owners! I would like you to include Lizards, Snakes, Turtles and Frogs! Thanks, James

Does anyone know if there are any already in existance? As in one that can be used as a basic outline for creating our own husbandry plan to submit to NT parks service. I have a week to get one together, there are devils in the incubator that have tentatively got our name on them if we can...

I had the most awesome conversation with my boss today. He's very keen to assist me to attempt to create a thorny devil enclosure. At this stage we plan to do it on my property( we both felt it would work better that way due to staffing inconsistencies, etc at the park as it would allow us to...

Hey everyone... I've been browsing this site for a while and thought I should introduce myself. I've loved reptiles my whole life, my parents were members of NPWS and we went on bushwalks every other weekend. I currently have a 4 and a half year old Diamond Python (I named her pebbles, but my 4...

So I have a question, if one could somehow solve the issue of massive numbers of ants being needed is it actually possible to get a hold of these guys in the pet trade? I am in the midst of landscaping my property and putting in enclosures for all my animals and would love to install a lovely...

There's an awesome David Attenborough doco on reptiles and amphibians on ABC 1 right now!

i have a couple of questions. First, do jacky dragons eat the mealworm beetles? Also, i am looking for a couple of red beardies and a thorny devil..any suggestions on where to start looking, especially for the devils? I live in the melb/geelong area.

Gday Folks, Just doing a bit of preliminary research into the issue, how easy is it to farm ants to a sustainable level that they could be used to feed an individual Thorny Devil? Any suggestions, stories or what ever would be appreciated Cheers Tom

hey everybody, does any body keep thorny devils? if so could you please post some pics to look at :) cheers cam

what would be the better strat off snake a spotted python or a diamond or something else ??? thanks

Hi all, i don't know if this has been done before but has anyone got a bandy bandy or do people breed them ??? Whats their status ???? cheers :)

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what snake or other reptiles are you planning to get. im planning a murray darling or some type of carpet python next and my brother planing to get a blue tongue or a different lizard of some sort

Hey all.... a little beauty found north of Kalgoorlie. WA D. Bloomfield

Hey Guys, So im a tattooaholic, got my first one at 16 and now have 10 all up. Im having a Red Bellied Black snake added tomorrow to my existing sleeve to match a phoenix that is already on there. Alot of people frown on the idea of a vet student with tattoos but i say times have changed and it...

My mum wants me to get this lizard that grows to only about 15cm and is bright orange and lives somewhere in the desert areas haha.

hey people I was wondering if you can... Actually keep thorny devils in Australia? If so do you need a special licence? cheers

Firstly, a pair of Diplodactylus granariensis granariensis that had just finished shedding... Secondly, a Gehyra purpurascens that gave me a surprise by walking out of the bore...

I saw this little fella and HEAPS of his brothers and sisters about 80km East of Laverton about 2 months ago, I was operating a Ditch Witch trencher and these guys (and other species), would come right up to me to check me out.

Hello Reptile Keepers in Down Under, i am from Germany and keep Reptiles since i was 15 teen Years old (now i am 38). Many times i see bearded Dragons in our Reptile Shops and Ackie Monitors. Some Day they were different type of Colorforms in one Reptiles Shop the so called Red ackies and the...

These shots are all taken by my hand held Canon G10, so don't think you need an SLR! Best advice is to read the entire manual, lets you explore so much more then what you think your camera can do. This guy is only a yearling JCP...