lampropholis delicata

Hey i Know this maybe stupid but anyone heard of any Chameleons being bred in Australia. cheers Paul

My wife and I have just returned from a four-day trip to Tasmania. Most of our time was spent in the Hobart area, but one day, we drove along the east coast. We visited Ben Lomond National Park and then continued as far north as the Bay-of-Fires. The weather in Tasmania is often cool so we...

MOUNTAIN WALKS Goat House Walk, Mt. Lidgbird This walk provided a good introduction to the montane plants and also was good for demonstrating what the longer Mt. Gower trek would be like. The trail commenced in the lowlands and then followed a ridge to the first line of cliffs of Mt...

My wife and I have just returned from a week long trip to Lord Howe Island. Wow, what a place! It is a superb site for those who enjoy cycling, hiking, snorkelling, birding or just want to be awed by natural beauty. Lord Howe is situated about 700 km northeast of Sydney. It is located...

Here's a rather dark shingleback from the ACT. Anyone reckon it's melanistic, or is it just black?

hey i have a holiday house in rosebud. and so does my great uncle. people who go to his house say they say alot of lizards ( which is true ) but some people say they see a green lizard on the fence ( like sticking to the fence like a gecko ) but i dont think there is such thing as a green gecko...

Hi, I will come soon to Victoria and I'll do some herping search. While I was sorting my pictures of my trip in Victoria last year, I realized that I've found this one picture of a skink. The picture is awful because the weather was bad and the lizard was very far away... Can anyone help me...

Never seen these guys around my house before... what kind of skink is he?

Hey! Does anyone keep any small skinks like L. Guichenoti (grass skink) or L. Delicata (garden skink)? Any Morethia, Psuedemoia or Saproscincus species? Anyone keep fire tailed skinks(morethia ruficauda)? :)

Found this little fella under some tarps at my nephews place Any idea what sort of python it is?

I did some more Herping today and ended up being a really good day. I when't to one of my herping spots and when first got there we saw numbers of Eastern Water Skinks, Eastern Water Dragons, Copper- Tailed Skinks i didn't bother with photographing them. I ended up with a pic of Two Eastern...

With all this early warm weather thought i'd go for another quick bush walk. Same spot as last time and once again.....same 2 reptiles are last time, haha, Red Belly and Eastern Water Skink. Thankfully i got a better pic of the RBB this time AND he was buried in thick bush compared to the one in...

hey, do any herpers have a list of what they have seen in lane cove national park at day and night while herping etc. thanks.

I'm after some suggestions on suitable lizards to house with a pair of medium sized water dragons. I've been given a round tank about 4.5m in diameter and ~1m high, to wich I'm going to add mesh walls and a roof of some description so nothing can climb in/out. Will also include a large pond...

Found this poor little WCS the other day,,, He'd obviously seen this lizard stuck to the sticky tape & thought he might go for lunch,, Woops... then he found himself stuck... Unfortunatly both were dead buy the time i found them,,, Plastics dont just find their way into our waterways & kill...

Why is legal to kill mammals such as mice and rats for the production of reptile food, but we can't do the same to skinks and frogs. Don't get me wrong, I love frogs and skinks, however there are issues with feeding mice and rats to young GTP's and I know that the top breeders feed them skinks...

hey i got a 5 year old spotted python and she has not eaten through winter as usual and even before that she has been barely eating my thawed mice that i offer. so over this winter i have started to breed mice and now its starting to heat up i wanted to start feeding her on pre killed mice, just...

Thought i'd post this thread because most of my lizards are skinks & I'd really like to see some of the differant species some people have. 1: My Pink Tongue Skink, 2: My pair of Cunninghams, 3: My Black Rock Skinks 4: My Bluey enjoying himself in his waterbowl.

Today, I visited the cliffs along the Shoalhaven River near Nowra. It was beautiful with temps of about 23C. I found several Yellow-faced Whipsnakes (Demansia psammophis) that were sunning near the edge of the cliffs. Here is the sort of habitat where I encountered the snakes...

Thought it might make for an interesting thread to see what species of snake/pythons you keep and what state of Australia you come from? Im interested to see if there are any trends occuring between the different states.Like are Coastal pythons more popular in Queensland than say Melbourne...

ok so i was working on a job about 2 weeks ago and was changing a lock, i was taking it off and a couple of lil eggs fell on the ground 2 cracked but 1 still looked ok so i thought ill put it in a lil container and see what happens as i had just destroyed his home...so i been checking each day...

August is the final month of winter in Wollongong and it has begun to warm. The weather this weekend was beautiful so I went out for awhile on each day. A few reptiles were out and also enjoying the sunny conditions. I decided to produce a short post of what I photographed as well as include...

..hmm what has really annoyed me ...i was asked to remove this snake from a mates "SHED" since i was already at his place when they saw it,he said it was a tiger snake and they going to kill it..i said no,let me have a look! it ened up being a stepehns banded snake,wich i told them was still...

Hi all, got 3 questions, 1) are there any geckos found in goulburn 2)Whay specie of frogs are found in goulburn 3)do frogs and geckos hybernate cheers.

Everybody's favourite game... It's Spot the Skink... Do you see the skink in this photograph? If you do there's billions of prizes up for grabs.... Good luck :)

I found this little guy when gardening on the weekend on the mornington peninsula his a bit different to the run of the mill skinks we see so I took a couple of photos and let him go. He was easy to handle probably pretty cold. I have had a quick look in my older version of cogger but he didn't...

These you don't need a licence for: Reptiles (Exempt) Species Code Common Name Scientific Name S02525 Adelaide Snake-eye Skink Morethia adelaidensis U02138 Barking Gecko Nephrurus milii G02475 Bougainville’s Skink Lerista Bougainvilli C02105 Bynoe’s Gecko Heteronotia binoei...

SCINCIDAE -- Skinks (Continued) This post will include photos of skinks only. It is the third of a series of four posts. EREMIASCINCUS -- "Sand-swimmers". A genus of 2 skinks that are widespread in the interior. They have glossy scales and are excellent burrowers. Broad-banded...

Hi all I know their have been a few posts like this one already, people checking on the health and feeding etc, I have read those posts and taken in the information and I just have a few more questions and some specific to my snake. My snake is 4-5 months old, and has not eaten for the last 4...

can i house frogs with geckos? ive got 1 spotted grass frog and 1 common froglet and then ive got 3 southern marbled geckos. im looking at ways i can get more space. my answer is no but i dont think the geckos will try to eat them as the froglet is the same size as their heads! but i also dont...

Ok can anyone help with the ID of this little fellow? My guess is - Lampropholis delicata

The weather today was mild with a temperture of about 18C. My wife and I decided to go on a picnic. After a last minute change of plans, we decided to go on our usual walk at Royal National Park. We start at Garie Beach and then follow the Great Coast Walk to the Wattamolla area before...

Well I'm new to keeping herps and could do with some input from others. I have some Christinus marmoratus at the moment but I rarely if ever see them. I was thinking about a couple of Broad banded sand swimmers but as I live in VIC I can't. I will have a tank that will be roughly 700mm wide x...

hey pll i got a coastal carpet hachy and he just will not touch anything i give him iv bumped his temps up and still will not eat can any1 give me any tip as to why he wont eat or wat can i do to make him eat. his temps are at 30deg and he is in a tub with a heat cord plz help

Out of curiosity, i have heard alot that putting snakes in grass will make them poo. So i was wondering if anyone new why they do this? And also if snakes that do get put in the grass, is their is much of a risk of them getting parasites or infection? thanks.

Heeeey. I have a little problem with my ackie. I bought my ackie while it was only 2 weeks old or so and now it is 8months old. It has grown a little bit since ive had it but I feel its to small for its age. It is currently 15cm head to tail. 6cm stv. I feed it on adult crickets and sometimes...

Hi.. I was wondering what is the best food for a Yellow faced WHip Snake in Queensland. I have been catching Penny lizards (Garden skink). Is there anything else that they prefer. Thanks

Looking to buy a Lizard for my son. (61/2 yr old) But i am unsure which would be the best kind to get for us/him. I would get one from a young age for us all to adapt and grow together. Any advise on which would be the best kind would be wonderful. Thanks, Mandy.

Does anyone know if garden skinks would eat termites if their paths crossed?

Gday all. I just returned home from a week and a half in Gold Coast and northern NSW. I was lucky enough to get out and do a bit of herping, so i thought i would share some pics. First stop was Dreamworld. Luckily i got to sneak off to the Aussie Wildlife World while the Mrs and the boy were...

Did some herping at Somersby Falls (Brisbane Water National Park) today. Saw a couple of things not as many as all the other times ive been there, but still good. Ill put some more up after these 5. 1) Blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua scincoides) 2) Blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua scincoides) 3) Common...

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Last week, I spent a few hours at the beautiful Jervis Bay. I only found a few common lizards but it was an enjoyable day. I think that Jervis Bay is one of the most stunning national parks in NSW and it is only a drive of about an hour and half from Wollongong. When my kids were young, we...

Just thought i would post some pic's of reptiles that live around my area. Some of the herps live in my backyard and some live in the bush around here. I will put some more shoot's after these. 1) Broad-Tailed Gecko (Phyllurus platurus) 2) Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) 3) Eastern Water...

Here are a few pictures from the AHS field trip to Smiths Lake, the following species were found while herping. Amphibians Litoria barringtonensis Leaf-green Tree Frog Litoria chloris Red-eyed Tree Frog Litoria fallax Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria latopalmata Broad-palmed Frog Litoria...

Greetings people! I snapped this photo of a skink on my garden hose (located in Townsville) this morning and I haven't had much luck positively IDing it. I'm hoping one of you guys can nail it down for me. Here it is:

My garden is coming together nicely. I have an old bathtub in my yard that has been full of dirty water and rubbish for yonks. Well thats what I thought. Couple nights ago decided to wander out to see some nightlife of my yard, looking for the croaking frogs and found them absolutely thriving...

that just because you keep reptiles, that your home is a haven for all those that they have in their home (wild) and would like relocated ?? Friend of mine has wild eastern bluey's in her back yard. Was lucky enough to find not one but two babies on her back deck. She tried to bring it over...

Copied directly from my blog. --- Note: if you've seen the 2009 ReptilesDownUnder.com calendar, you might recognise some pictures here. We left The Warrumbungles in the morning and drove up to Girraween National Park, just across the border in Queensland. Despite it being quite close to...

Hello, Can anyone help me ID this little fellow please? Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3 It's about 3-4cm long. I found it in my garage this morning near South Head, Sydney. I'm sure it must be common but have spent an hour looking through my field guide and can't find a match. I'm new to...