Cape York

[viridis]

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.

Quoll's are making a come back on the Cape after the Cane Toads gave them a hard time.

Scorpian's are common where ever there is heath country.

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.

Frill Neck Lizards can be seen everywhere on the Cape during the wet season however are almost unseen during the dry.

The common Burtons Legless Lizard is one of my favourite animals to find. I have seen them in almost every colour known to man!

Water Pythons are the most common python on the Cape.

Major Skinks can be found where ever the rainforest is.

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.

 

[JungleManSam]

nice photos! that death adders eye look too evil

 

[Red-Ink]

Great pics mate... love the quoll

 

[viridis]

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.

Nactus eboracensis are cool little geckos.

Two lined Dragon's are also very common.

Wood Frog's can be heard from ages away and are in very good numbers around stoney creek crossings.

These Black footed Tree Rats are quite big for a rat.

My favourite skink genus the Carlia's are every where.

 

[JungleManSam]

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?

 

[viridis]

Another adult Chondro

Eclectus Parrot's nest in the hollow of this tree. Fig Parrots also feed here.

I have seen upto 6 pairs of Eclectus nest in this tree.

Whistling Kites are very common on the Cape

Striated Heron

Reef Egret

 

[Waterrat]

Nick, have you came across any spiny bandicoots at IR?

 

[viridis]

Fungi galore in FNQ

Ant Plants

Gobies in a fresh water stream.

White Lip Tree Frogs are pretty cool. When walking at night they look like Chondros at first glance.

These guys are always lurking around

Spotted Python that looks like a Stimson's.

Another Spotted Python

File Snake.

Furina

Yellow Spotted Monitor

Southern Shovel nosed Snake

 

[richoman_3]

very nice !!!
love all the herps !
scorpion is urodacus macrurus, do you see any centipedes?

 

[lithopian]

fantastic pics!!! Great sight seeing

 

[viridis]

Palm Cockatoo's are simply breath taking animals to see in the wild. My record is 16 in a day.

Feral Pigs do a lot of damage to the environment. It is a shame that DERM do not take the issue more seriously

These common little Rainbow Bee Eaters are common during the cooler months.

Chestnut Bresteds are also common. These guys always come in with Red Browed Finches to seed that I put out in my bird feeder.

Cisticolas (spelling) are sometimes seen in rank grass near swamps.

Red Backed wrens are not overly common

These Amphibolurus temporalis are spectacular coloured animals in my local area.

The Spotted Pythons vary quite a bit in both colour and pattern as you can see

Red Wing Parrots are common

As are the great number of waders and shore birds.

Great Knots

Pied Oyster Catcher

 

[JungleManSam]

i take care of the pig population in tully and georgetown when I go camping lol.

 

[abnrmal91]

Great pics thanks for sharing.

 

[viridis]

Common Tree Snake

The locals really look after the place as you can see.

The Cape does not have a huge array of geckos however the few that are here are nice. Northern Velvet Gecko

Box Patterned Gecko

Very rare Bynoe's Gecko. Most members would not have seen one of these .

Another Burtons Legless Lizard

Another rare species - Brown Tree Snake

Pale Headed snakes can be found at the souther end of the Cape

Northern Death Adder

 

[Perko]

Great pics Nick, those Chondro's are stunning!

 

[viridis]

I really like small skinks if you have not noticed. - Striped Snake Eyed Skink.

Notice the distinct lack of people? This is the way I like to visit the beach

Another Northern Velvet Gecko on the sandstone.

Lesser Sand Plovers are very timid and are tricky to photograph up close.

An unusualy marked Common Blue Tongue for this area.

Mertens Water Monitor

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

I have seen hundreds of Ring Tailed Geckos but this was a whopper over 300mm total length.

The endemic Black Mountain Gecko

Just like the rest of the Queensland - Keelbacks are in plauges

Another Northern Adder

Carlia

Carlia longipies

One of the coolest skinks Australia has to offer - Emoia longicauda

Glaphyromorphus nigricaudus

Two Lined Dragon

Furina tristis

This Gehyra is a massive specimen and was known about yet undescribed at the time.

A pretty Delia butterfly

This was my first ever Chondro that I saw in the wild about 30 trips ago! Still my most memorable

A funky coloured Litoria

A Longichorn (spelling) Beetle

Cape York Mulgas are bloody hard to find nowadays

 

[waruikazi]

That's a niiiiiice mulga. How big?

 

[viridis]

A bit of colour at muddy waterhole on Artemis Station

Palm Cockie

A rainforest scorpion for Richoman!

A nice light coloured Scrub Python.

A hatchling Ring Tailed Gecko waiting in ambush

A Chondro wondering who's down there?

Another endemic Nactus

The same Mulga as before.

A nice Blonde Maculosa.

 

[mungus]

this has to be 1 of the best threads i've read for ages !!

 

[meatman]

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.