Some of this season's finds, Melbourne

[cheekabee]

These are just some of this seasons finds around melbourne and its surounds
Unfortunately didn't get any good pics of copper heads and tiger snakes although
I did see a few. And still haven't encoutered a white lipped snake to photograph.


Enjoy, Akash


Cunningham skink(Egernia cunninghami) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Robust Skink(Ctenotus robustus) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Black Rock Skink(Egernia saxatilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Marbled gecko eggsMarbled gecko eggs(Christinus marmoratus) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Weasel Skink(Saproscincus mustelina) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern Blue toungue(Tiliqua scincoides) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Male Tussock Skink(Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Female Tussock Skink(Pseudemoia pagenstecheri) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

White's Skink(Egernia whitii) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Gipsland water Dragon(Physignathus lesueurii howitti) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern long neck turtle(Chelodina longicollis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Water skink(Eulamprus tympanum) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Growing grass frog(Litoria raniformis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Eastern brown snake(Pseudonaja textilis) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Little whip snake(Suta flagellum) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Stripped legless lizard(Delma Impar) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Garden skink(Lampropholis guichenoti) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

Juvenile Jacky Dragon(Amphibolurus muricatus) by Melbourne herping, on Flickr

 

[Shotta]

awesome pics, i wish i could take pics like that
thanks for sharing

 

[Tipsylama]

Some excellent pictures akash, seems you have a very nice spot there!

 

[Bluetongue1]

Really enjoyed checking out the pics. Thankyou very much for that. Am amazed at how you managed to get four water skinks to stay together long enough to photograph them in one hit. With the Moses in the Cradle plant (Tradescantia [Rhoeo] spathacea) behind them I am assuming it was in someone’s garden.

Just a little bit of info… The Little Whip Snake is now in ‘Parasuta’. Thought you might like to know that the plant in the pond with the turtle is Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). It is a state prohibited weed in Victoria, which is the highest category of noxious weed under the Catchment and Land Protection Act (1994). The Department of Primary Industries is responsible for the eradication of State prohibited weeds.

Blue

 

[cheekabee]

Thanks guys
Yeah Blue tounge went back to that body of water where I found that turtle and litterally the whole water surface was covered in that plant, you couldn't see any water, when i found the turtle it was only in a little puddle close o he pond with the plant. You used to be able to catch longfinned eels and yabies in the pond but now you cant even cast a line out because of the plant, its terrible.

 

[Bushman]

You've taken some good photos there Akash. 8)
I particularly like the clarity of the close-ups and good depth of field.

 

[Stevo2]

Great photos

 

[cheekabee]

Thanks guys

 

[joelysmoley]

cool

 

[shadowpuppet]

wow great photos...where abouts were the photos taken?

I went looking for herps on the weekend only managed to get a couple of decent photos, that i'll be uploading soon.

found it very to find herps and the ones i did find were very very fast and didnt like standing still for to long....

 

[richoman_3]

awesome shots akash ...
hopefully i can get you out to some more awesome spots soon

 

[cheekabee]

Thanks guys
Shadow puppet the photos were all taken in the Melbourne region especially in the western suburbs as I live there a few were taken further out west.
Yeah Richoman I got to get you out aswell lol.

 

[Xeaal]

awesome pics, i wish i could take pics like that
thanks for sharing

Yeah.. what he said! lol. Really well done!!