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I have been doing a bit of herping over the last few months so I will share a few photos. I hope you enjoy them.

Palm Cockies are always a treat to see.
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Quoll's are making a come back on the Cape after the Cane Toads gave them a hard time.
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Scorpian's are common where ever there is heath country.
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Northern Adder's are also found in the same habitat. These guys are becoming less and less frequently seen due to over grazing, burning off and Cane Toads.
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Frill Neck Lizards can be seen everywhere on the Cape during the wet season however are almost unseen during the dry.
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The common Burtons Legless Lizard is one of my favourite animals to find. I have seen them in almost every colour known to man!
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Water Pythons are the most common python on the Cape.
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Major Skinks can be found where ever the rainforest is.
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White Bellied Sea Eagle's are very impressive and entertaining to watch. This bird was on a fresh water causeway eating Cherabin that were coming up in the flood waters.
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Chondro's are my favourite python to find on the Cape. I have found countless animals yet everytime I see one they take your breath away.
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Nactus eboracensis are cool little geckos.
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Two lined Dragon's are also very common.
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Wood Frog's can be heard from ages away and are in very good numbers around stoney creek crossings.
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These Black footed Tree Rats are quite big for a rat.
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My favourite skink genus the Carlia's are every where.
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viridis, how do you find the GTP's? do you have a spot up there where they can be found especially, or are you just lucky?
 
Another adult Chondro
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Eclectus Parrot's nest in the hollow of this tree. Fig Parrots also feed here.
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I have seen upto 6 pairs of Eclectus nest in this tree.
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Whistling Kites are very common on the Cape
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Striated Heron
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Reef Egret
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Fungi galore in FNQ
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Ant Plants
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Gobies in a fresh water stream.
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White Lip Tree Frogs are pretty cool. When walking at night they look like Chondros at first glance.
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These guys are always lurking around
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Spotted Python that looks like a Stimson's.
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Another Spotted Python
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File Snake.
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Furina
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Yellow Spotted Monitor
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Southern Shovel nosed Snake
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very nice !!!
love all the herps !
scorpion is urodacus macrurus, do you see any centipedes?
 
Palm Cockatoo's are simply breath taking animals to see in the wild. My record is 16 in a day.
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Feral Pigs do a lot of damage to the environment. It is a shame that DERM do not take the issue more seriously
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These common little Rainbow Bee Eaters are common during the cooler months.
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Chestnut Bresteds are also common. These guys always come in with Red Browed Finches to seed that I put out in my bird feeder.
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Cisticolas (spelling) are sometimes seen in rank grass near swamps.
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Red Backed wrens are not overly common
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These Amphibolurus temporalis are spectacular coloured animals in my local area.
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The Spotted Pythons vary quite a bit in both colour and pattern as you can see
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Red Wing Parrots are common
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As are the great number of waders and shore birds.
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Great Knots
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Pied Oyster Catcher
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Common Tree Snake
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The locals really look after the place as you can see.
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The Cape does not have a huge array of geckos however the few that are here are nice. Northern Velvet Gecko
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Box Patterned Gecko
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Very rare Bynoe's Gecko. Most members would not have seen one of these . ;)
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Another Burtons Legless Lizard
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Another rare species - Brown Tree Snake
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Pale Headed snakes can be found at the souther end of the Cape
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Northern Death Adder
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Great pics Nick, those Chondro's are stunning!
 
I really like small skinks if you have not noticed. - Striped Snake Eyed Skink.
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Notice the distinct lack of people? This is the way I like to visit the beach
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Another Northern Velvet Gecko on the sandstone.
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Lesser Sand Plovers are very timid and are tricky to photograph up close.
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An unusualy marked Common Blue Tongue for this area.
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Mertens Water Monitor
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These endemic Black Mountain Boulder Frogs are pretty cool. This is a female with her bright orangey yellow colouration. The males are a drab brown
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I have seen hundreds of Ring Tailed Geckos but this was a whopper over 300mm total length.
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The endemic Black Mountain Gecko
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Just like the rest of the Queensland - Keelbacks are in plauges
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Another Northern Adder
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Carlia
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Carlia longipies
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One of the coolest skinks Australia has to offer - Emoia longicauda
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Glaphyromorphus nigricaudus
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Two Lined Dragon
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Furina tristis
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This Gehyra is a massive specimen and was known about yet undescribed at the time.
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A pretty Delia butterfly
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This was my first ever Chondro that I saw in the wild about 30 trips ago! Still my most memorable
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A funky coloured Litoria
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A Longichorn (spelling) Beetle
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Cape York Mulgas are bloody hard to find nowadays
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A bit of colour at muddy waterhole on Artemis Station
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Palm Cockie
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A rainforest scorpion for Richoman!
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A nice light coloured Scrub Python.
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A hatchling Ring Tailed Gecko waiting in ambush
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A Chondro wondering who's down there?
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Another endemic Nactus
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The same Mulga as before.
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A nice Blonde Maculosa.
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Some great photos Nick. I like the palm cocatoos and all of the different types of geckos. It is good to see quolls making a comeback up there.
 
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