oskarpryor
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I will be going on a trip to the Top End region of the Northern Territory in late Nov to early Dec, this will not solely be a herping trip but I'll also be birdwatching, mammal watching & fishing. I will be targeting quite a few endemics & other specialties found in region. The hotspots I will be visiting are Darwin (East Point, Darwin Botanic Gardens, Buffalo Creek, Lee Point, Howard Springs NP, Berry Springs NP & Fogg Dam), Kakadu (Bird Billabong, Jabiru Lake, Mamukala Wetlands, Bardedjilidji, Ubirr, Cahills Crossing, Yellow Water & Nourlangie Rock) & Katherine (Pine Creek, Umbrawarra Gorge NP & Edith Falls).
Here is what I'll be targeting at some of the hotspots (some mammals & insects in there two):
Howard Springs Nature Park: Arafura File-Snake, Barramundi & Merten's Water-Monitor
Berry Springs Nature Park: Arafura File-Snake, Freshwater Crocodile & Merten's Water-Monitor
Fogg Dam: Dahl's Aquatic-Frog, Freshwater Crocodile & Water Python
Ubirr: Wilkin's Rock-Wallaby
Cahills Crossing: Saltwater Crocodile
Yellow Water: Asian Water-Buffalo & Saltwater Crocodile
Nourlangie Rock: Black Wallaroo & Leichhardt's Grasshopper
Some of the target species, which I don't have particular hotspots for:
Reptiles
Bockadam
Dragons (Chameleon & Gilbert's)
Geckos (Giant Cave-, Jewelled Velvet-, Northern Knob-Tailed & Northern Spiny-Tailed)
Lizards (Burton's Legless- & Frilled)
Mangrove-Snakes (Richardson's & White-Bellied)
Monitors (Blunt-Spined, Mangrove, Mitchell's Water-, Spiny-Tailed, Spotted Tree- & Yellow-Throated)
Northern Hooded Scaly-Foot
Pythons (Black-Headed, Children's, Northern Carpet-, Oenpelli, Olive & Water)
Rock-Monitors (Black-Palmed & Kimberley)
Rough-Scaled Death-Adder
Skinks (Northern Blue-Tongue & Obiri Rock-)
Snakes (King Brown-, Lesser Black Whip-, Little File-, Macleay's Water- & Slaty-Grey)
Turtles (Arnhem Land Long-Necked & Northern Yellow-Faced)
Mammals
Antilopine Wallaroo
Brush-Tailed Phascogale
Ghost Bat
Nabarlek
Northern Hopping-Mouse
Northern Quoll
Rats (Arnhem Land Rock-, Black-Footed Tree- & Brush-Tailed Rabbit-)
Red-Cheeked Dunnart
Rock Ringtail-Possum
Savanna Glider
Wallabies (Northern Nailtail- & Spectacled Hare-)
Once I've completed the trip I'll make a trip report post & show everything I found.
Here is what I'll be targeting at some of the hotspots (some mammals & insects in there two):
Howard Springs Nature Park: Arafura File-Snake, Barramundi & Merten's Water-Monitor
Berry Springs Nature Park: Arafura File-Snake, Freshwater Crocodile & Merten's Water-Monitor
Fogg Dam: Dahl's Aquatic-Frog, Freshwater Crocodile & Water Python
Ubirr: Wilkin's Rock-Wallaby
Cahills Crossing: Saltwater Crocodile
Yellow Water: Asian Water-Buffalo & Saltwater Crocodile
Nourlangie Rock: Black Wallaroo & Leichhardt's Grasshopper
Some of the target species, which I don't have particular hotspots for:
Reptiles
Bockadam
Dragons (Chameleon & Gilbert's)
Geckos (Giant Cave-, Jewelled Velvet-, Northern Knob-Tailed & Northern Spiny-Tailed)
Lizards (Burton's Legless- & Frilled)
Mangrove-Snakes (Richardson's & White-Bellied)
Monitors (Blunt-Spined, Mangrove, Mitchell's Water-, Spiny-Tailed, Spotted Tree- & Yellow-Throated)
Northern Hooded Scaly-Foot
Pythons (Black-Headed, Children's, Northern Carpet-, Oenpelli, Olive & Water)
Rock-Monitors (Black-Palmed & Kimberley)
Rough-Scaled Death-Adder
Skinks (Northern Blue-Tongue & Obiri Rock-)
Snakes (King Brown-, Lesser Black Whip-, Little File-, Macleay's Water- & Slaty-Grey)
Turtles (Arnhem Land Long-Necked & Northern Yellow-Faced)
Mammals
Antilopine Wallaroo
Brush-Tailed Phascogale
Ghost Bat
Nabarlek
Northern Hopping-Mouse
Northern Quoll
Rats (Arnhem Land Rock-, Black-Footed Tree- & Brush-Tailed Rabbit-)
Red-Cheeked Dunnart
Rock Ringtail-Possum
Savanna Glider
Wallabies (Northern Nailtail- & Spectacled Hare-)
Once I've completed the trip I'll make a trip report post & show everything I found.