Herping Mt Glorious

[Mangles]

We went for a drive up to Mt Glorious last night and we found two carpets, a gecko and some frogs.

Could somebody identify the frog shown below for me. I believe it could be some sort of barred frog.

 

[Fuscus]

great barred Frog

 

[melgalea]

thats a pretty funky looking frog hey.

 

[slacker]

I'm surprised that's all you found. I was thinking about heading up there last night myself; should have been a good one, or so I would have thought.

Still, at least you found a couple of snakes. What sort of gecko was it that you found? Southern spotted velvet?

 

[melgalea]

wouldnt mind going up myself. what time of the night do u usually go herping.

 

[amy5189]

yeah, im interested in finding a good herping spot around brissie so if someone knows a good place/times/what weather is best? that would be great.

 

[slacker]

In my very limited experience, the best time is for a few hours just after dark.

PS: Keep an eye out for rangers up there. They're pretty quick to assume that if you're up there looking for reptiles, you're trying to poach them. And be very careful not to be seen even moving them off the road.

 

[melgalea]

good tip slacker. cheers

 

[Mangles]

Yes, a southern spotted velvet. Another frog we found and a BTS from another trip.

 

[shane14]

nice find!

 

[disasterpiece7.0]

Nice, I'm keen to head up there sometime too.

 

[Bugsy]

Did you remove that tick for the BTS?? Nice critters.

 

[Mangles]

Did you remove that tick for the BTS?? Nice critters.

No, we left it alone as it is illegal to interfere with the wildlife.

 

[DanTheMan]

PS: Keep an eye out for rangers up there. They're pretty quick to assume that if you're up there looking for reptiles, you're trying to poach them. And be very careful not to be seen even moving them off the road.

How ridiculous.

 

[LauraM]

good finds

 

[krusty]

looks like you had a good night out.