GeckPhotographer
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So I thought I'd post some pictures I've taken over the past 3 weeks herping in Southeast Qld and Sydney Olympic Park.
Firstly some Bell Frogs, part of the population in Sydney Olympic Park's Brick Pit. Most people seem to like this frog because of the striking colours, but I honestly find them terribly ugly and much prefer some of the small brown mud living frogs others overlook.
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The rest of the pictures were taken in Southeast Qld, doing 20min reptile surveys on farm properties, some with a fair bit of habitat, others with little to no habitat.
These were pretty geckos, they weren't very active and weren't actually found during the surveys but some were around on some rocks behind the caravan park we stayed at for a couple nights and I wanted to photograph them.
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Skink that's very common in a lot of places but I didn't have pictures of before, this one was about the only thing we found in a paddock where even the grass was grazed to a cm, and no other cover existed, so I had plenty of time to take pictures.
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Another species found on the rocks behind the Caravan Park (among 10 species we found poking around those rocks, most not photographed). Dragon people feel free to correct my ID if it's wrong, I really hate small Amphibolurus/Diporiphora in Eastern Australia, the different Genders look just as different as the species to me.
Diporiphora nobbi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diporiphora nobbi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I was pretty stoked to find this on a farm that actually had really great habitat, one shelting under a log and a second under a small rock. Unfortunately they had recently burnt so not many photography sites without burnt out grass etc, but hey that's where they were. First Delma I've caught, and I do believe the same species as the one I almost caught in WA.
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And you know a skink that occurs barely 20 minutes from where I live but I had to go to Southeast Qld to get pictures of one, as it goes.
Ctenotus robustus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hope you enjoy.
Firstly some Bell Frogs, part of the population in Sydney Olympic Park's Brick Pit. Most people seem to like this frog because of the striking colours, but I honestly find them terribly ugly and much prefer some of the small brown mud living frogs others overlook.
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Litoria aurea by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
The rest of the pictures were taken in Southeast Qld, doing 20min reptile surveys on farm properties, some with a fair bit of habitat, others with little to no habitat.
These were pretty geckos, they weren't very active and weren't actually found during the surveys but some were around on some rocks behind the caravan park we stayed at for a couple nights and I wanted to photograph them.
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Oedura tryoni by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
A Skink that's very common in a lot of places but I didn't have pictures of before, this one was about the only thing we found in a paddock where even the grass was grazed to a cm, and no other cover existed, so I had plenty of time to take pictures.
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Morethia boulengeri by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Another species found on the rocks behind the Caravan Park (among 10 species we found poking around those rocks, most not photographed). Dragon people feel free to correct my ID if it's wrong, I really hate small Amphibolurus/Diporiphora in Eastern Australia, the different Genders look just as different as the species to me.
Diporiphora nobbi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Diporiphora nobbi by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
I was pretty stoked to find this on a farm that actually had really great habitat, one shelting under a log and a second under a small rock. Unfortunately they had recently burnt so not many photography sites without burnt out grass etc, but hey that's where they were. First Delma I've caught, and I do believe the same species as the one I almost caught in WA.
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Delma tincta by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
And you know a skink that occurs barely 20 minutes from where I live but I had to go to Southeast Qld to get pictures of one, as it goes.
Ctenotus robustus by Stephen Mahony, on Flickr
Hope you enjoy.