 Recent Herp Discussion | | | | | | | |  | | 
16-Mar-08, 09:01 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Somewhere in the middle of W.A. Gender:  | | | Anybody know what this little guy might be?
I have seen these guys running around where I work fairly often and just wondering if anyone could idenitfy them? Location : Southern Inland Pilbara (Paraburdoo). Sorry about picture quality taken on the phone and these fellas get a bit skittish when you get too close. I will bring my camera in to work tomorrow and try and get some better shots.   |
16-Mar-08, 09:07 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Age: 34 | | |
I am not up on names, but that nose looks a bit like one of them other type of water dragons, but in a tree? Maybe a monitor of some sort. They're my guesses. I need to grow some trees in my yard to attract some to my yard. I never see anything near me 
__________________
Kathy and Tim
RIP Rusty
Farewell Lucy |
16-Mar-08, 09:11 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: north coast NSW Age/Gender: 24  | | | |
looks like a Dragon - Amphibolurus sp.
As you're located in the Pilbara I'd say long nosed dragon A. longirostris although could also be gilberts dragon A. gilberti
__________________  |
16-Mar-08, 09:14 AM
|  | Sublime Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Central Queensland Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by lozza  looks like a Dragon - Amphibolurus sp.
As you're located in the Pilbara I'd say long nosed dragon A. longirostris | I'll second that!
__________________  |
16-Mar-08, 09:16 AM
|  | Regular Member | | | |
Long nosed tata 
__________________
**Dramatic Member of the FWC** --- I'm not a chubi, you're the chubi... Quote:
Originally Posted by diamonddan i dont like her moreal police and spelling police posts ... | |
16-Mar-08, 09:19 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Sydney Age: 44 | | | |
Sorry Kath but I disagree, I am thinking more Gilberts Dragon but I would need to know how big he is.
__________________
MacHerps Annual Expo - 30th March 2008 - New Venue
Centennial Stadium Minto - Much Bigger and Better
$1,000 in prizes. www.macherps.com
Thanks to Reptiles Australia Magazine, Australian Reptile Park
Ultimate Reptile Supplies and Dr Robert Johnson at Penrith
|
16-Mar-08, 09:22 AM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Sydney Age: 44 | | | http://images.google.com.au/imgres?i...%3D2%26hl%3Den
Better pic of a gilberts if you can confirm if that is the lizard then you will know.
__________________
MacHerps Annual Expo - 30th March 2008 - New Venue
Centennial Stadium Minto - Much Bigger and Better
$1,000 in prizes. www.macherps.com
Thanks to Reptiles Australia Magazine, Australian Reptile Park
Ultimate Reptile Supplies and Dr Robert Johnson at Penrith
|
16-Mar-08, 09:52 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-05 Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD | | | |
Could be either long nosed or Gilberts (personally I think long nosed). Be aware that pics of long nosed in books will usually have a red face but Pilbara animals are more often yellow/golden faced.
|
16-Mar-08, 10:10 AM
|  | I Eat Cats Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 21 | | | |
Im going to say long nosed aswell. The head shape just looks a lot more long nosed than gilbert's to me.
|
16-Mar-08, 10:47 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: Gold Coast Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Amphibolurus longirostris....I have a feeling someone is looking into the taxonomy of this group at the moment
Cheers,
Scott
|
16-Mar-08, 10:59 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-05 Location: sydney | | | |
looks like a gilberts. shoot it and take a close up
__________________
\"...I don\'t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.\"
|
16-Mar-08, 11:36 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Darwin Age/Gender: 32 | | | |
it has the right color /stripe to be a male gilberts but its nose looks a bit pointier than the gilberts i have seen in Darwin and nw WA my feild guide to aus reptiles has shed no light on it for me sorry .
__________________
i like all reptiles, i like some people.
|
16-Mar-08, 12:13 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Somewhere in the middle of W.A. Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by junglemad looks like a gilberts. shoot it and take a close up | Tried to shoot one but they are still way too quick I ended up wasting too many bullets...
... A couple of observations I noticed were bobbing of the head when something threatens them and when they move they stand upright and run along on their hind legs, looks pretty cool. They also live in trees where birds normally have nests and the birds do not seemed to worried about the presence of them, is it possible they don't eat eggs? Also a couple of more photos...   |
16-Mar-08, 12:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Somewhere in the middle of W.A. Gender: | | | |
I might try thumbnails next time.
|
16-Mar-08, 12:22 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | |
when your using photobucket just resize to the preset size that says message boards
__________________
R.I.P. Dimebag 1966-2004
..........Proud member of the coastal carpet lovers club..........
| | |
|
