Nephrurus in the Field

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Pitbullgeckos

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YO fellow geckoheads!

I´m going "down under" in jan -08 and want to do some fieldherping for knobtails.

How should I contact?
Is this a good time of the year?
Where should I go?
Are there any guides?
Anything else?

Any suggestions are most welcome.

Kind Regards
Björn
 
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van_veen456

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Very nice!
Where are you going exactly?
I'll be going to sydney for a couple of days (not expecting to many knobtails there :p), then ayer rock and after that we'll take an inland flight to Cairns and we'll gradualy make our way to brisbane for our internship...

Hoping to see a lot of different herps...But I guess it wont be very difficult to see more then what I'm used to here in Holland...
 
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Pitbullgeckos

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I realy do not knowe where I´m going, it depends.......I badly want to see some Amyae and also Stellatus in it´s native enviroment,,,,,,so where ever they are, that´s where Im going.
Any tips on guides?
Aname and a mailadress/phonenumber would be most helpful.

Kind regards
 
JasonL

JasonL

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Australia is a very big place, amyae are not a common species to be found and stellatus live in small areas of South Australia and Western Australia. If visiting central Australia you will most commonly find N. levis levis and N. laevissimus, they can be found by following their tracks across dunes or by driving the roads. There is alot of other herps to be found in Central Australia though.
 
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Pitbullgeckos

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Thanks!
Most places are big places thats way I allways try to hook up with people, guides that knowe the place by hart. This is not my first field trip.
I went to madagascar to find C.parsonii once........and found U.giganteus before Willi Henkel discribed it......so I knowe that looking for a few spices will genarate lotes of others in the book.
So; Anyone knowes of a guide to hook up with?
 
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JasonL

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There are not really any guides available in Australia for the sort of thing your after, your best bet would be to find some herpers that live in the area of the reptiles you want to find via Australian reptile sites. All reptiles are fully protected in Australia, your technically not allowed to touch them unless your a member of a wildlife rescue organisation and you are rescueing it, there are even photographic restrictions in some states.
 
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Pitbullgeckos

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Wow,,,,,,ok, thanks Jason!
I knew there was lots of regulations, but photo restrictions, thats hardcore.
So Jason, help me out here, you are from downunder, there must be someone who can take us out the outback to see some nephrurus. It would be cool to study levis and leavisimus in central austarlia to get a grip of their natural enviroment. Any special place?
 
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JasonL

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Your best bet is to fly to Alice Springs, then drive to Uluru from there, if weather conditions suit, you should find N. levis and N. laevissimus, though as I said, you will need to be lucky for N. amyae, look around dune areas for levis and leaviss. Night driving the roads is also good, though be very carefull of large animals and road trains (road trains won't slow or stop for anyone or anything)
 
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Pitbullgeckos

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Jepp, I found lots of herps in WA, and some of them where nephr. Realy cool expirience to see them in the natural habitat. I learned a lot !!!

As it turned out it was not easy to get out in the outback and without excelent guides I haven´t found anything. If anyone is intrested to go there and to get some herping done I can help to hook you up with some cool boys who knowe the WA, Pilbara, Kimberlys etc by heart and have all the permits. Yes, one have to have permit to watch wildlife in WA, crazy but true.
Drop a mail if intrested
 
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