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Here are photos of a couple of additional species of geckos that I saw on the trip.
This is another photo of the area where I camped near Fowler's Gap.
Common Dtella (Gehyra variegata)
I turned it over a fence post near my campsite and found two of these Common Dtellas. Their colour was much darker than they appear at night.
photo during the day:
photos at night (Mutawintji):
Prickly (Bynoe's) Gecko (Heteronotia binoei)
Prickly Geckos were also darker by day. These were the fastest geckos that I have encountered and were as quick as many small diurnal lizards. I didn't notice at the time, but there were large spider fangs near the gecko.
The gecko above was found beneath a piece of tin on the side of the road near Cobar. The habitat at Cobar must have had a little rain since there were a few everlasting daisies in flower.
Four-pored Dragons (Tympanocryptis tetraporophora)
While not geckos, these lizards were nicely coloured and they fooled me while night-driving. The dragons are diurnal lizards but I encountered these two on the road at night. Both lizards were alert. Someone on another forum suggested that the females lay their eggs at night. The lizard in the second photo was obviously gravid so perhaps this explained the nocturnal activity.
Fat-tailed Dunnart
This small carnivorous marsupial is known as a dunnart. I saw them seveal times at Mutawintji. This one was busy eating a grasshopper and it did not seem worried by my presence a meter away.
Euro
Adult males of this species were muscular beasts.
Crimson Chat
I saw a few of these outback nomads near the town of Cobar in the same area as I found the Prickly Gecko. They follow the rain and it appeared that the Cobar area must have had a little since some of the plants were flowering.
Pink ("Major Mitchell") Cockatoo
This is my favourite Aussie cockatoo. I saw several pairs on my brief sojourn to the mallee south of Broken Hill.
Well, that concludes my posts from the Mutawintji trip. Next week, I am off to south central Queensland so hopefully will have more photos to share before long.
Regards,
David
This is another photo of the area where I camped near Fowler's Gap.
Common Dtella (Gehyra variegata)
I turned it over a fence post near my campsite and found two of these Common Dtellas. Their colour was much darker than they appear at night.
photo during the day:
photos at night (Mutawintji):
Prickly (Bynoe's) Gecko (Heteronotia binoei)
Prickly Geckos were also darker by day. These were the fastest geckos that I have encountered and were as quick as many small diurnal lizards. I didn't notice at the time, but there were large spider fangs near the gecko.
The gecko above was found beneath a piece of tin on the side of the road near Cobar. The habitat at Cobar must have had a little rain since there were a few everlasting daisies in flower.
Four-pored Dragons (Tympanocryptis tetraporophora)
While not geckos, these lizards were nicely coloured and they fooled me while night-driving. The dragons are diurnal lizards but I encountered these two on the road at night. Both lizards were alert. Someone on another forum suggested that the females lay their eggs at night. The lizard in the second photo was obviously gravid so perhaps this explained the nocturnal activity.
Fat-tailed Dunnart
This small carnivorous marsupial is known as a dunnart. I saw them seveal times at Mutawintji. This one was busy eating a grasshopper and it did not seem worried by my presence a meter away.
Euro
Adult males of this species were muscular beasts.
Crimson Chat
I saw a few of these outback nomads near the town of Cobar in the same area as I found the Prickly Gecko. They follow the rain and it appeared that the Cobar area must have had a little since some of the plants were flowering.
Pink ("Major Mitchell") Cockatoo
This is my favourite Aussie cockatoo. I saw several pairs on my brief sojourn to the mallee south of Broken Hill.
Well, that concludes my posts from the Mutawintji trip. Next week, I am off to south central Queensland so hopefully will have more photos to share before long.
Regards,
David
