The Yellow-footed Antechinus in Perricoota Forest seemed more curious than the one we saw at Bendigo. It still managed to find a straw to hide its eye. It only gave me a second to take this photo. It is very very shy Australian Native animal.
Yellow-footed Antechinus 07.05.2018 Perricoota Forest
Yellow-footed Antechinus
Yellow-footed Antechinus
A perfect example of "if I can't see you, you can't see me". It is how animal thinks I think. It is a Yellow-footed Antechinus. The photo was taken at No 7 Reservoir Kangaroo Flat near Bendigo on 8 April 2017
Central Bearded Dragon, the Living Desert 12.03.16
Out of over hundred photos, this one perfectly fitted into my lens with a beautiful Broken Hill earth colour as background. This little creature was so friendly, it literally run towards me for the photo shoots. Some of photos could only fit its head into the screen. I had to take my eyes away from the camera screen just in case it would run into me. one time it was a metre away, I had to stop the urge to pick it up and keep it as my pet. Of course some of photos were taken with manual focus without cropping.
A spectacular new species of dragon lizard, Ctenophorus mirrityana, has been described from western New South Wales - See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/science/new-lizard-from-nsw#sthash.DOO2LuvL.dpuf
A spectacular new species of dragon lizard, Ctenophorus mirrityana
Dragonfly
Scarlet Percher
Waiting for the name from Australian Museum
Black and yellow mud dauber
Stumpy-tail Lizard (Shingle-back Lizard) can be colourful when they open their mouth.
Central Bearded Dragon - spines in rows along side of body, spiny 'beard' below neck. The difference between Central Bearded Dragon and Bearded Dragon is that CBD's body is with lines of ordered spines on the sides between the front and hind legs and BD has body with unorganised spines on the sides.
Sand Goanna is also called Gould's Goanna or Sand Monitor. Body coluor varies with spotted dark and light pattern. Dark stripe through the eye. Tail with flattened sides,end with pale colour (usually yellow) and no pattern.
Sand Goanna - Mutawintji National Park
Eastern Grey Kangaroos feed mainly on grasses and herbs, but sometimes eat leaves from trees and shrubs.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Living Desert
Red Kangaroo - Living Desert
Eastern Long-necked Turtle - Chelodina longicollis
It is also called a snake-necked turtle. The eastern long-neck's shell will eventually grow to around 25cm in length, with its neck almost the same length. The upper shell or carapace can vary in colour from light reddish-brown to almost black, while the lower shell or plastron is usually creamy-yellow, sometimes with other dark brown markings. The feet have strong claws and are webbed for swimming. The jaws are made of hard, horn-like material and, if provoked, can deliver a painful bite
Habitat:
This is an extremely common turtle in eastern Australia. They inhabit almost any type of relatively slow moving water body from farm dams to major rivers and lakes.
This is an extremely common turtle in eastern Australia. They inhabit almost any type of relatively slow moving water body from farm dams to major rivers and lakes.
Diet:
These turtles prey mostly on fish, tadpoles, frogs and crayfish. The long neck is used like a snake to rapidly strike at passing prey. Large food items are torn apart by the strong front claws.
These turtles prey mostly on fish, tadpoles, frogs and crayfish. The long neck is used like a snake to rapidly strike at passing prey. Large food items are torn apart by the strong front claws.
Reproduction:
The female lays between 4-20 hard-shelled eggs during spring and early summer in an excavation in the bank of a swamp or stream. The young tortoises usually hatch after an incubation time ranging from three to eight months. Some females may produce two or three clutches in one season
The female lays between 4-20 hard-shelled eggs during spring and early summer in an excavation in the bank of a swamp or stream. The young tortoises usually hatch after an incubation time ranging from three to eight months. Some females may produce two or three clutches in one season
