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SCINCIDAE -- Skinks (Continued) This post will include photos of skinks only. It is the third of a series of four posts. EREMIASCINCUS -- "Sand-swimmers". A genus of 2 skinks that are widespread in the interior. They have glossy scales and are excellent burrowers. Broad-banded...

NOTE: This post contains photos of skinks only. SCINCIDAE -- Skinks This is the most diverse and abundant family of reptiles in Australia. Members of this family have adapted to virtually all habitats and may be found from tide pools to alpine areas. They range from a tiny islet south of...

(NOTE: there are many photos in this post and you may need to refresh your display to load all of the photos.) This post includes gecko photos from my trips to various parts of Australia. Australia has a fantastic diversity of geckos and reptiles in general. At the moment, the gecko count is...

I went for a walk today (18 April) at Royal National Park. On this visit, I followed the Coast Track north from Wattamolla to Marley Beach. The weather was cooler than during my visits in March and not many reptiles were active until the early afternoon. Around noon, a front passed overhead...

It is autumn in Wollongong and the temperatures are dropping. This past week , however, was warm with a few humid nights. I decided to walk up into the hills and visit a Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko (Phyllurus platurus) colony that I have watched for a few years. On my first visit, I only saw a...

Lucasium damaeum and others, Gawler Ranges, South Australia The Gawler Ranges National Park protects an isolated range of hills along the northern end of the Eyre Peninsula. I camped for a night in the northwestern portion of the park and think that I was probably the only one there due to the...

I have just returned from an eight day trip to South Australia. On the way there and again on the return trip, I stopped in the northwest portion of New South Wales. This part of the state is incredibly dry and bleak. Here are a few habitat shots of the area. Many of the hills and flats were...

Here are a few more pics from my trip to Western Australia last October. My wife and I spent a few days in the Perth area. I was lucky to meet a guy there who was performing a faunal survey for the WA museum and he was able to show me quite a few interesting reptiles that I would not have...

My son, Nicholas, and I went on a quick camping trip out to the Warrumbungle National Park near the little town of Coonabarabran, NSW, earlier this week. This park is a 6-hour drive from Wollongong. We try to visit it at least once a year for its excellent bushwalking, scenery and...

Back in late Aug and early Sep, my wife and I headed up to the warmth of far north Queensland for a couple of weeks. The temperatures were pleasant but we had more rain that I would have liked. It was warm enough for a number of reptiles to be active. Among these were Northern Leaf-tailed...

There is a paved road that extends west from Windorah for about 120kms before finally giving away to gravel on the Birdsville and Diamantina Tracks. This road is a great place for night driving since there is very little traffic. It also passes through a variety of habitats that alternate...

My son, Nicholas, and I have just returned from a quick trip out to Windorah, Queenlsand. Windorah is an isolated town in the channel country of the far southwestern corner of Queensland. This area is a long drive from Wollongong so we spent many hours in the car and traveled a little over...

Some of you may have read recently about the description of two new geckos from Australia. Here is a link: Geckos in the spotlight - two new species discovered One of the newly described geckos lives on the North West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia. This is a site that I have visited...

After Kalbarri, my wife and I drove north for about 5 hours to Denham, a small town on the central peninsula into Shark Bay. As we drove north, we left the sands and the beautiful wildflower country. This was replaced by mulga woodland. Further along, mulga trees replaced by low-growing...

Hello everyone, It has been a long time since my last post. It is spring here in Australia and the geckos are active once again. My wife and I recently headed to the west and made a quick trip up to Kalbarri and then Shark Bay. The weather was fair with cool nights and even rain one evening...

Here are a photos of three species of Oedura geckos that I found in southeastern Queensland a couple of weeks ago. Robust Velvet Geckos (Oedura robusta) were common in eucalyptus woodland near Brisbane. Southern Spotted Velvet Geckos (Oedura tryoni) were more common at higher...

A couple of nights ago, I stopped in the granite belt of southern Queensland while driving back to Wollongong from Brisbane. I have searched this area several times before for one of the special geckos but never had success. On this visit, the night was cool and misty with occasional showers...

We only spent a single night in the Atherton Tablelands while we traveled between Georgetown and Chillagoe. There was too much rain for walking the trails so we missed our opportunity to search for the Chameleon Geckos. We did find a couple of the Northern Leaf-tailed Geckos (Saltuarius...

We drove from Chillagoe to Cooktown on the tropical coast of the Cape York Peninsula. Along the way, we passed through a torrential tropical down pour. Cooktown was another scenic location. Here are a few scenery shots from the Cooktown area: One of the reasons for heading to...

My son, Nicholas, and I recently went on an eleven-day herping trip to the far north of Queensland. Among the places that we visited was the Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park. This park is situated in the lower, central portion of the Cape York Peninsula. The habitat of the park consists...