Marmorata (Slightly different!)

[Nephrurus]

Oedura marmorata is a very widespread species, and is enormously variable. This animal is from the very south of their range, some 200kms from Broken Hill on the NSW border. It was a male, found running across the ground.

All the best,

-H

 

[MiCh@3L]

Hi Henry,

very interesting posting! Thanks for sharing those Oedura impression with us.

cheers,
Michael

 

[Ken Bartenfeld]

Looks as if it has a recent cut on the head...poor guy.

Thanks for the pics.

 

[Nephrurus]

Looks as if it has a recent cut on the head...poor guy.

Yeah, he may have been beaten up by another male. We found him running along the ground... they generally prefer trees.

I believe the southern-most record of the species is in this area (not compeltely 100%).

-H

 

[moloch]

Hello Nephrurus,

That was a good find. I have not yet seen this species in the wild although I have searched for them a few times. Do you usually find yours by night driving or by searching the trees?

I seem to recall that Scott Eipper had a range extension of this species in the mallee of southwestern NSW, but I am not certain.

Regards,
David

 

[Ari]

This subadult male looks almost exactly the same as the QLD form that I keep.

Strangely enough I have generally always found that from the neck banding down to just above the hind legs to always count a total of 5 bands. However check this juvie I bred this season with 6 bands & the 2nd band has an amazing hook formation which I have never seen before.

 

[nathanbrisvegas]

they are found at scotia sanctuary i dont know exactly where that is from where he was found but i know their range was extended to their in the recent years

 

[Nephrurus]

Do you usually find yours by night driving or by searching the trees?

I found this one on the ground whilst walking through the scrub at night. Others have been found under bark on dead trees. Unfortunately this method of searching is terribly destructive, especially because the favoured tree is a threatened species so there isn't a great deal of habitat around.

This subadult male looks almost exactly the same as the QLD form that I keep.

Strangely enough I have generally always found that from the neck banding down to just above the hind legs to always count a total of 5 bands. However check this juvie I bred this season with 6 bands & the 2nd band has an amazing hook formation which I have never seen before.

I keep a queensland form (Longreach), and mine look nothing like it! I'd be pretty interested to see some photos of your adults.

I'm pretty sure this is not a sub adult. It was much larger than my yearlings, so i assume what you can see would have been the adult colours. From what i've seen and heard they seem to get less yellow more south they get (in NSW anyway). I'd be keen to see some pictures of other marmorata, as long as they have the locality!

The band count is weird. One of mine has four bands, one has 5 and the other 6! (i might have to recount!). Interesting hook shaped banding though... hmmm might be a trait to focus on!

they are found at scotia sanctuary i dont know exactly where that is from where he was found but i know their range was extended to their in the recent years

Yeah, Scotia sanctuary was where it was found.

-H

 

[geckodan]

Thats fairly typical of the form south of the band from Winton across QLD to about Dalby.Some have just solid black bands , others , like the one pictured have a fine yellow row in between. Typical of non-NT forms, the tail is relatively round in cross section (compare it to the tail in my avatar)

 

[Nephrurus]

Danny, Any chance of some photos of the WA form? I hear they are large spectacular animals, but haven't seen any yet.

Have you bred many Elcho form this year?

Ari, what locale of marmorata do you keep? I'll post some pictures of mine when I take some (i'm usually pretty lazy about this).

-H

 

[geckodan]

Danny, Any chance of some photos of the WA form? I hear they are large spectacular animals, but haven't seen any yet.

Have you bred many Elcho form this year?

-H

Meekatharra origin

My Elcho's are all finished. Lost my last female egg bound last week so the boys are being sold.