Broad-tailed gecko (Phyllurus platurus) - Sydney,NSW

For a gecko that’s common on the exterior walls of most of Sydney’s homes it’s certainly an awesome animal. Seeing my first individual in habitat was definitely a treat.

#phyllurusplaturus #broadtailedgecko #carphodactylidae #gekkota

Usually when I hear a rustling in the bushes I assume that it’s just a brush turkey foraging through the leaf litter. Come to find out these two dominant male eastern water dragons were having a territorial dispute.

#intellagama #dragon #intellagamaleuserii #easternwaterdragon #waterdragon

A few mothers for Mother’s Day

1. Jungle huntsman spider (Heteropoda jugulans)
2. European rabbit (snake food)
3. Wolf spider (Lycosidae indet.).

#mothersday #lycosidae #europeanrabbit #wolfspider #huntsman #huntsmandspider #heteropoda #heteropodajugulans

Rainbow lorikeets are absolutely the clowns of the parrot world. For whatever reason this one thought it needed to make a scene by loudly squawking and flapping up and down on this twig.

#psittacine #psittaciformes #lorikeet #rainbowlorikeet #trichoglossus #trichoglossusmoluccanus #parrot

Juvenile blue tongue at Macquarie uni was out basking this morning.

Eastern water dragon (Intellagama leuserii) from a dreary morning a few weeks ago in the national park next to my university. They’re thick on the ground there but it’s hard to get tired of such a regal animal.

#agamidae #intellagama #intellagamaleuserii #waterdragon #easternwaterdragon #agama

Australian paper wasp (Polistes humilis) - Sydney, NSW

#australianpaperwasp #paperwasp #wasp #polistes #polisteshumilis #hymenoptera #wasp #macrophotographyaustralia #myMQ

A gold crowned snake cruising at 18 degrees tonight

A couple of different birds from Macquarie campus recently. These are the first photos I took with my new camera and to say I’ve been enjoying it is an understatement.

#sulfurcrestedcockatoo #blackswan #longbilledcorella #pacificblackduck #birds #psittaciformes #anseriformes #canonr5 #myMQ

Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus) - Sydney, NSW

As far as I can tell this is the same pair of lorikeets that I saw nesting in this same tree hole during my first semester at Macquarie.

#psittacine #psittaciformes #lorikeet #rainbowlorikeet #trichoglossus #trichoglossusmoluccanus #parrot

The four species of central Australian python - NT
1. Bredl’s python (Morelia bredli)
2. Woma python (Aspidites ramsayi)
3. Black headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus)
4. Stimson’s python (Antaresia stimsoni

This trip was definitely one for the books.

2 years I’ve been living in Sydney and yesterday was the first phasmid I’ve seen. Margin-winged stick insect (Ctenomorpha marginipennis)

Snake season in Sydney might be coming to an end but the geckos are clearly still very active. Idk why it took me so long to get off my ass and find some.

Broad-tailed gecko (Phyllurus platurus)