Weekend Fieldtrip Smiths Lake With The Frog And Tadpole Study Group

[mattmc]

GDAY,
Myself and a group of dedicated herpers including Arthur White and Nephrurus (from this site) went to Smiths Lake near Seal Rocks with the Frog and Tadpole Study Group to look for frogs aswell as reptiles mammals and birds and all other creatures alike. The list is as follows:
FROGS

Litoria: fallax
peronii
tyleri
barringtonensis
phyllochroa
wilcoxi
chloris
latopalmata
revelata
jervisiensis
verreauxii

Lymnodynastes: dumerilii greyii
peronii

Crinia: tinnula
signifera

Pseudophryne: bibroni
coricea

Uperolia fusca
Adelotus brevis

Paracrinia haswelli

REPTILES

Physignathus lesuerii lesuerii
Saltuarius swainni

Morelia spilota x variagata
Hemiaspis signata
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Rhinoplocephalus nigrascens
Hypsilurus spinipes
Tropidechis carinatus
Saiphos equalis
Lamprapholis sp.
Ctenotus sp.

OTHER

Northern Brown Bandicoot
Kangaroo
Wallaby
Microbats
King Cricket
Brown Rats
Anticinus
Puffer fish
Eagle ray
Giant black stingray
Many sp of bird
Forest Funnel web

Pics and a bit of a story to each will come soon but not of all of the animals. Nephrurus if you want to add anything or put some photos on you are welcome to.
Cheers
Matt

 

[mitch-001]

errrrrrmm common names? lol

 

[Nephrurus]

Yes Matt, we did see all that, but where are the pictures?

I'll post a few soon.

The microbats we got were Vespadalus vulturnus and Nyctophilus geofferyii

Antechinus stuartii amd Bush rats Rattus fuscipes turned up in some Elliot traps.


Pictures to come.

-H

 

[mattmc]

the common names

gday.
here are the common names for the frogs and reptiles in order of what they are above.

Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
Perons Tree Frog
Tylers Tree Frog
Litoria barringtonensis-no common name
Leaf Green Tree Ffrog
Stony Creek Frog
Red Eyed Tree Frog
Broad Palmed Frog
Wirring Tree Frog
Jervis Bay Tree Frog
Whistling Tree Frog

Eastern Banjo Frog
Striped Marsh Frog

Wallum Froglet
Common Eastern Froglet

Bibrons Toadlet
Red Backed Toadlet

Dusky Toadlet
Tusked Frog
Haswells Froglet

REPTILES

Physignathus lesuerii lesuerii- Eastern Water Dragon
Saltuarius swainni- Southern Leaf Tailed Gecko
Morelia spilota x variagata- Intergraded Diamond X Carpet
Hemiaspis signata- Swamp Snake
Pseudechis porphyriacus- Red Bellied Black Snake
Rhinoplocephalus nigrascens- Eastern Smalled Eyed Snake
Hypsilurus spinipes- Southern Angle Headed Dragon
Tropidechis carinatus- Rough Scaled Snake
Saiphos equalis- Three Toed Skink
Lamprapholis sp.- Garden Skinks ETC.
Ctenotus sp.- Eastern Water Skinks ETC.

Pics Yet to come
MATT

 

[RevDaniel]

waiting for the photos

 

[mattmc]

Here they Are- The Pics

Here are some of the pics. it is only about a third of what we found as we had photos of the others so we didnt shoot them. ill see what i can dig up later.

 

[wil]

any pics of the intergrade?

 

[Nephrurus]

The north coast NSW carpet we found was actually the scabbiest snake I've ever seen. Parasite and tick fest. That's what you get when you eat frogs i guess.
I only took photos of a few of the critters we found. I didn't get a chance with some species, and with others i didn't get any decent photos. These ones are not too bad, hope they suffice.
Red backed toadlet Pseudophyrne coriacea

Dwarf sedge frog Litoria fallax

Litoria phyllochroa

Litoria barringtonensis

Red eyed tree frog Litoria chloris

Salturarius swainii

Hypsilurus spinipes
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b173
/Nephrurus/DSCN6583.jpg

Litoria revelata

Adelotus brevis

Pseduophyrne bibroni

Uperolia fusca

Rough Scaled Snake Tropidechis carinatus

We had a great trip, clearly this a fraction of what we saw. Hope you enjoyed the photos.
Frog and Tadpole Study Group is www.fats.org.au Join us! Our meetings are once every 2 months, we meet at the the old olympic site in Hombush.


All the best,

-H

 

[Magpie]

Good pics, you manage to make even frogs look interesting
Looks like it was a mozzie fest out there though.

 

[Nephrurus]

Nah Mags, the mozzies were benign. We have this "cold" weather sometimes south of the border. The ticks were fairly hardcore though. I got three good sized paralysis ticks.

-H

 

[mattmc]

some more

these are a few more of the animals. the 1st one is the southern leaf tailed gecko, the 2nd is the southern angle headed dragon, the 3rd is the intergrade python which was not very healthy and the 4th is the tusked frog.

 

[mattmc]

the intergrade has tick but they were small compared to the bandicoots which were the size of a 10cent piece

 

[Australis]

Looks like you had a good time.

The S. swainii are bloody nice also

 

[dazza74]

nice,must of had fun

 

[peterjohnson64]

great stuff guys and thanks so much for sharing. And I think you'll find the intergrade is no longer a variegata cross but now mcdowelli.

 

[mysnakesau]

What a lovely set of photos. You ppl are lucky going away on trips like that. Don't think I'll ever get the chance but I enjoy reading your stories and looking at your pics. Whats that little lizard with the spikes down his back. Looks like another version of a boyds forest dragon.

 

[mattmc]

yes mysnakesau it is in the same genus as boyds ({hypsilurus} spinipes) is the name. common name is the southern angle headed dragon. ive been looking for these guys for a while now, about 2yrs and finally one is found. great little aniamls they are. i want to find a boyds next LOL.
cheers
matt

 

[eipper]

Peter,

Mcdowelli was sunk in ap paper in 2003

Cheers,
Scott Eipper

 

[Helikaon]

the intergrade has tick but they were small compared to the bandicoots which were the size of a 10cent piece

yeah the bandicoot is the natural reseviour for ixodes holocyclus, i am interested if you saw any paralysis symptoms in any of the reptiles though???

cheers
H.

 

[mattmc]

well thats was the only rep we found ticks on. based on the fact it was malnutritioned it didnt move alot. i dont think it was to do with the ticks. here is the story. we went out on friday night and i found the little guy. got some photos and disscussed if we should try and help him/her. we decided to leave it and i put it back under that rock. came back the next night and it had moved 1.5metres. this was prob the disturbance. i love the animal. i will get a pic of one we found last time. the nicest snake youd meet and alot healthier
cheers
matt