Went up to Gunbower Island on the Murray with other naturalists from uni a few weeks ago for a bit of herping and birding. We were on the island for 4 or so days, got plenty of new birds and a couple of good herps...
Found this long neck on the road before we'd even arrived, the island was a mosaic of wetlands and there were old turtle shells all over the place
Upon entrance...
A few Boulenger's skinks out and about, we also got Lampropholis guichenoti around camp
Think this guy was a Little Friarbird but correct me if I'm wrong
Little Egret in this habitat shot
The habitat was great for frogs and our frogging at night revealled a few common species
L. tasmaniensis we also heard fletcheri.
Crinia parasignifera (males)
And plenty of Peron's about
My first RBB was very exciting, with no were to go beside a small dam it went for a swim to get away
We went canoeing in Euchuca towards the end of the trip, didn't take cameras for the risk of getting them wet but we saw a Yellow-bellied water skink on the southern bank of the Murray. On the way back to camp we came across this nice Bells Lacey crossing the road.
One the way home me and two other herpers stopped off at Mt. Hope for a few hours
We found a stumpy on the way to the top
At first we weren't getting much but soon Tree skinks started popping up from between the cracks
And back at the base again we ran into several C. robustus
Please don't reproduce these images without permission
cheers, jordan
Found this long neck on the road before we'd even arrived, the island was a mosaic of wetlands and there were old turtle shells all over the place
Upon entrance...
A few Boulenger's skinks out and about, we also got Lampropholis guichenoti around camp
Think this guy was a Little Friarbird but correct me if I'm wrong
Little Egret in this habitat shot
The habitat was great for frogs and our frogging at night revealled a few common species
L. tasmaniensis we also heard fletcheri.
Crinia parasignifera (males)
And plenty of Peron's about
My first RBB was very exciting, with no were to go beside a small dam it went for a swim to get away
We went canoeing in Euchuca towards the end of the trip, didn't take cameras for the risk of getting them wet but we saw a Yellow-bellied water skink on the southern bank of the Murray. On the way back to camp we came across this nice Bells Lacey crossing the road.
One the way home me and two other herpers stopped off at Mt. Hope for a few hours
We found a stumpy on the way to the top
At first we weren't getting much but soon Tree skinks started popping up from between the cracks
And back at the base again we ran into several C. robustus
Please don't reproduce these images without permission
cheers, jordan