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So a couple weekends back I finished a couple of large assignments and decided it would be a good opportunity to spend a couple weekends in a row herping. Yay!
The first weekend I headed out to the Hunter Valley for a night, my parents were going to some bush dance out there, so I just tagged along and herped instead.
Temperatures were pretty cool and it was totally overcast but I managed to track down some skinks I wanted to photograph.
White's Skinks were common around the rocky areas.
Liopholis whitii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Liopholis whitii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I'd seen 2-toed Worm Skinks in Qld before but this was my first opportunity to photograph them.
Anomalopus leuckartii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Anomalopus leuckartii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The nights under cloud cover stayed reasonably warm and there was some good gecko activity.
Lesueur's Velvet Geckos have great camouflage and are highly attractive.
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
But these Thick-tailed Geckos are probably even more attractive still.
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The following weekend started with ANZAC thursday, and a friday off giving me 4 free days. Me and some friends decided this was sufficiently long enough to drive out to Sturt NP and find some geckos.
We started late Thursday, getting out to Gilgandra where we saw one Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko.
The next day we travelled out through Bourke and continued west. Stopping at dark to gecko we managed to find several interesting species.
This baby Knob-tail was the first of the ssp. I've seen.
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Marbled Velvet Gecko was found on one of the trees.
Oedura marmorata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura marmorata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also found a Beaked Gecko which in this locality should be R.angusta a new species for me.
Rhynchoedura angusta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The next day continuing driving west we got a couple more things on the road.
Central Bearded Dragons were not nearly as common as they usually are in summer.
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Strap-snouted Brown (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) was crossing the road but went off before I got any good pics.
Untitled by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
That night geckoing in Qld we found tons and tons of Beaded Geckos and Spiny-tailed Geckos but I only photographed the adult N.levis we found.
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 photos of Wasps which were for some reason crowding around some bushes there.
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a Sunset over the Southwest Qld Desert.
Sunset in the Desert by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The first weekend I headed out to the Hunter Valley for a night, my parents were going to some bush dance out there, so I just tagged along and herped instead.
Temperatures were pretty cool and it was totally overcast but I managed to track down some skinks I wanted to photograph.
White's Skinks were common around the rocky areas.
Liopholis whitii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Liopholis whitii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I'd seen 2-toed Worm Skinks in Qld before but this was my first opportunity to photograph them.
Anomalopus leuckartii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Anomalopus leuckartii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The nights under cloud cover stayed reasonably warm and there was some good gecko activity.
Lesueur's Velvet Geckos have great camouflage and are highly attractive.
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Amalosia lesueurii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
But these Thick-tailed Geckos are probably even more attractive still.
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Underwoodisaurus milii by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The following weekend started with ANZAC thursday, and a friday off giving me 4 free days. Me and some friends decided this was sufficiently long enough to drive out to Sturt NP and find some geckos.
We started late Thursday, getting out to Gilgandra where we saw one Eastern Spiny-tailed Gecko.
The next day we travelled out through Bourke and continued west. Stopping at dark to gecko we managed to find several interesting species.
This baby Knob-tail was the first of the ssp. I've seen.
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Nephrurus levis by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Marbled Velvet Gecko was found on one of the trees.
Oedura marmorata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura marmorata by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
We also found a Beaked Gecko which in this locality should be R.angusta a new species for me.
Rhynchoedura angusta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The next day continuing driving west we got a couple more things on the road.
Central Bearded Dragons were not nearly as common as they usually are in summer.
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Pogona vitticeps by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Strap-snouted Brown (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) was crossing the road but went off before I got any good pics.
Untitled by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
That night geckoing in Qld we found tons and tons of Beaded Geckos and Spiny-tailed Geckos but I only photographed the adult N.levis we found.
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 photos of Wasps which were for some reason crowding around some bushes there.
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Wasp by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And a Sunset over the Southwest Qld Desert.
Sunset in the Desert by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
