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Koala
[Phascolarctos cinereus]
(Victoria, Australia) |
Wombat
[Vombatus ursinus]
(Cradle Mountain NP,
Tasmania, Australia) |
Echidna
[Tachyglossus]
(Cradle Mountain NP,
Tasmania, Australia) |
Water Buffalo
[Bubalus arnee]
(Roper Bar, Savannah Way,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Spotted Quoll
[Dasyurus maculatus]
(Tasmania, Australia) |
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Dingo
[Canis lupus dingo]
(Boggy Hole, Finke NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Tasmanian Devil
[Sarcophilus harrisii]
(Tasmania, Australia) |
Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus
[Pseudantechinus
macdonnellensis]
(Palm Valley, Finke NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Freshwater Crocodile
[Crocodylus johnstoni]
(Windjana Gorge, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Saltwater Crocodile
[Crocodylus porosus]
(Shady Camp, Northern Territory,
Australia) |
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Quokka
(Rottnest Island, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Western Grey Kangaroo
(Cape Le Grand NP,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Black-footed Rock-Wallaby,
Black-flanked Rock-Wallaby,
Warru
[Petrogale lateralis]
(Pilgonaman Gorge, Cape
Range NP, Western Australia,
Australia) |
Rock Wallaby
(Alice Springs, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Red-bellied, Rufous or Tasmanian
Pademelon
[Thylogale billardierii]
(Cradle Mountain NP,
Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Red Kangaroo
[Macropus rufus]
(Flinders Ranges, South
Australia,
Australia) |
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
[Macropus giganteus]
(Flinders Ranges, South
Australia,
Australia) |
Bennett- or Red-necked
Wallaby
[Macropus rufogriseus]
(Flinders Ranges, South
Australia,
Australia) |
Rock Wallaby
[Petrogale lateralis]
(Adcock Gorge, Kimberleys,
Western
Australia, Australia) |
Young Wallaby
(Nitmiluk NP, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
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Euro or Wallaroo
[Macropus robustus]
(Simpsons Gap, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Great Aussie Blue
[Inflatus australis sub sp indigo]
(Australia-day,
Perth, Australia) |
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Black swan
[Cygnus atratus]
(Perth, Western Australia,
Australia) |
Cape Barren Goose
[Cereopsis novaehollandiae]
(Tasmania,
Australia) |
Australian Shelduck
[Tadorna tadornoides]
(Montecollina
Bore, Strzelecki
Track, South Australia,
Australia) |
Burdekin Duck or
Radjah
Shelduck
[Tadorna radjah]
(Mamukala Lagoon, Kakadu NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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Pied Heron
[Ardea picata]
(Shady Camp, Mary River NP,
Northern Territory, Australia)
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White-faced Heron
[Ardea novaehollandiae]
(Leichhardt
Falls,
Queensland, Australia) |
Adult Rufus Night Heron
[Nycticorax caledonicus]
(Yvanhoe Crossing,
Kununurra, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Juvenile Rufus Night Heron
[Nycticorax caledonicus]
(Cowarie Station, Birdsville
Track, South Australia,
Australia) |
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Great Egret
[Ardea alba]
(Lake Field NP, Cape York,
Queensland, Australia)
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Intermediate Egret [Ardea
intermedia] and Pied or Magpie
Geese [Anseranas semipalmata]
(Mamukala Lagoon, Kakadu NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Straw-necked Ibis
[Threskiornis spinicollis]
(Mamukala Lagoon, Kakadu NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Sarus Cranes
[Grus antigone]
Mitchell River, Queensland,
Australia
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Purple Swamphen
[Porphyrio porphyrio]
(Cowarie Station,
Birdsville Track,
South Australia,
Australia) |
Masked Lapwing
[Vanellus miles]
(Lomarieum Lagoon,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Comb-crested Jacana
[Jacana gallinacea]
(Parry Lagoon, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Black-winged Stilt
[Himantopus himantopus]
(Mamukala Lagoon, Kakadu NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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Australian Cranes or Brolgas [Grus rubicundus] and Black-Necked
Storks or Jabirus [Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus] at Parry Lagoon,
Northern Territory, Australia.
Something a bit special:
A juvenile Pied Heron [Ardea picata] training his courtship
display at Cockatoo Lagoon, Keep River NP, Northern Territory,
Australia.
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
[Cacatua galerita]
(Mataranka
Homestead,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Little Corellas
[Cacatua pastinator]
(Windjana Gorge
NP,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Glossy Black-Cockatoo
[Calyptorhynchus lathami]
(Mitchell Plateau, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Galah
[Cacatua leadbeateri]
(Newman, Western
Australia,
Australia) |
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Australian King Parrot
[Alisterus scapularis]
(Lake Eildon,
Victoria,
Australia) |
Ringnecked Parrot
[Platycercus zonarius]
(Palm Valley, Finke NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
Red Winged Parrot
[Aprosmictus erythropterus]
(Undara Volcanic NP,
Queensland, Australia) |
Rainbow Lorikeet,
eastern form,
[Trichoglossus haematodus]
(Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Rainbow Lorikeet,
red-collared
form,
[Trichoglossus haematodus
rubritorquis]
(Mataranka
Homestead,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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Northern Rosella, Brown's
Parakeet, Smutty Rosella
[Platycercus venustus]
(Lelyin (Edith) Falls,
Northern Territory,
Australien)
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Blue Bonnet, pallid form
[Psephotus haematogaster]
(Cowarie Station, Birdsville
Track, South Australia,
Australia) |
Blue-Cheeked Rosella
[Platycercus elegans],
(Dawson
Developmental
Road, Queensland,
Australia) |
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Spinifex Pigeon
[Petrophassa plumifera]
(Arltunga, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Apostlebird
[Struthidea cinerea]
(Mataranka Homestead,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Welcome Swallow
[Hirundo Neoxena]
(Shark Bay, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Pacific Swallow
[Hirundo tahitica]
(Curdimurka, Oodnadatta
Track, South Australia,
Australia) |
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Laughing Kookaburra
[Dacelo novaeguineae]
(Baden-Powell Camp, Lane
Pool NP, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Forest Kingfisher, northern
form [Todiramphus macleayii]
(Lakefield NP, Cape York,
Queensland, Australia)
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Rainbow Bee-eater
[Merops ornatus]
(Windjana Gorge, Western
Australia, Australia)
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Black Currawong
[Strepera fuliginosa]
(Lake Dove, Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Australian pelican
[Pelecanus conspicillatus]
(Monkey
Mia, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Pied Cormorant
[Phalacrocorax varius]
(Shark Bay, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Black-faced Cormorant
[Leucocarbo fuscescens]
(Bruny Island, Tasmania,
Australia) |
Australian Darter
[Anhinga melanogaster]
(Savannah Way, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Shy albatross
[Diomedea cauta]
(Bruny Island, Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Sooty Oystercatcher
[Haematopus fuliginosus]
(Fish Creek Beach,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Pied Oystercatcher
[Haematopus longirostris]
(Fish Creek Beach,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Red-kneed Dotterel
[Erythogonys cinctus]
(Fish Creek Beach,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
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White-bellied Sea-Eagle
[Haliaeetus leucogaster]
(Leschenault Peninsula CP,
Western Australia, Australia) |
Wedge-tailed Eagle
[Aquila audax]
(Laverton, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Probably a Whistling Kite
[Haliastur sphenurus]
(Leschenault Peninsula CP,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Australian Kestrel
[Falco cenchroides]
(Boggy Hole, Finke NP,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Brown Falcon [Falco berigora]
or
Little Eagle [Hieraaetus
morphnoides]
(Kakadu NP,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
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Whistling Kite
[Milvus sphenurus]
(Shady Camp, Mary River
NP, Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Juvenile Whistling Kite
[Milvus sphenurus]
(Lomarieum Lagoon,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Pheasant Coucal
[Centropus phasianinus]
(Windjana Gorge,
Western
Australia
, Australia) |
Tawny Frogmouth
[Podargus strigoides]
(Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Emu
[Dromaius novaehollandiae]
(Tamala Station, Western
Australia,
Australia) |
Australian Bustard
[Ardeotis australis]
(Cape York, Queensland,
Australia ) |
Australian Brush-turkey,
northern form
[Alectura lathami]
(Cape York, Queensland,
Australia)
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Splendid Wren
[Malurus splendens]
(Lake Hart Rest Area, South
Australia, Australia) |
Lovely Wren
[Malurus amabilis]
(Harris Dam, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Superb Blue Wren
[Malurus cyaneus]
(Hellyer Gorge, Tasmania,
Australia) |
Grey Fantail
[Rhipidura fuliginosa]
(Warren Camping, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Yellow-throated Miner
[Manorina flavigula]
(Palm Valley, Finke NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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White-plumed Honeyeater
[Lichenostomus penicillatus]
(Alice Springs, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Silvereye
[Zosterops lateralis]
(Waychinicup NP, Western
Australia, Australia) |
White-browed Robin
[Poecilodryas superciliosa]
(Adel's Grove, Queensland,
Australia) |
Scarlet Robin
[Petroica multicolor]
(Porongurup NP, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Zebra Finch
[Poephila guttata]
(Ellery Creek Big Hole, Northern
Territory,
Australia) |
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Grey-fronted Honeyeater
[Lichenostomus plumulus]
(Daly Waters, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Singing Honeyeater
[Lichenostomus virescens]
(Daly Waters, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
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Flying foxes
(Windjana Gorge NP,
Western Australia,
Australia) |
Fruit bats
(Butterfly Springs, Limmen
NP, Northern
Territory,
Australia) |
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Spurge hawk caterpillar
[Hyles euphorbiae]
seen in the Vikos-Gorge,
Greece |
Also a Spurge hawk
caterpillar ...?
seen at Vathirevma,
Greece |
Also a Spurge hawk
caterpillar ...?
seen at Vathirevma,
Greece |
Silver Striped or Vine Hawk
Moth [Hippotion celerio]
Francis Peron NP,
Western
Australia,
Australia |
... and another one in a
different colour,
also
seen
at Francis Peron NP,
Western
Australia, Australia
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seen at The Blowholes,
Albany, Western Australia,
Australia |
seen at Scott National
Park,
Western Australia,
Australia |
seen at Kalkari Crate,
Queensland, Australia |
seen at Frankland River,
Western Australia, Australia |
seen at Bluff Knoll, Stirling
Ranges NP, Western
Australia,
Australia |
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Processionary caterpillars
[Thaumetopoea processionea]
They follow each other
head-to- bum; the first one
stops ... all stop!
Seen at Lake Muir, Western
Australia, Australia |
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seen in a mine shaft in
Arltunga Historic Reserve,
Northern Territory, Australia |
seen in Cape York,
Queensland, Australia |
large moth ...
seen in Port Augusta, South
Australia, Australia |
seen at Edith Falls,
Northern
Territory, Australia |
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seen near Mt. Kasidiaris,
Greece |
seen at Butterfly Springs,
Limmen Bight NP, Northern
Territory, Australia |
seen at Dale Gorge,
Karijini NP, Western
Australia,
Australia |
seen at Yarra Ranges NP,
Victoria, Australia |
seen at Kalkari Crate,
Queensland, Australia |
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seen at the Olgas (Kata
Tjuta), Northern Territory,
Australia |
seen in Cape York,
Queensland, Australia |
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seen near Mt. Kasidiaris,
Greece |
seen near Ioannina, Greece |
seen near Ioannina, Greece |
Wasp; seen at Bachsten
Camp, Munja Track,
Western Australia, Australia |
A wasp dragging some sort of a
cricket to its nest; seen at
Fish Creek Beach, Western
Australia, Australia |
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A wasp dragging a spider to
its nest; seen at Windjana
Gorge,
Western Australia,
Australia |
unknown ... seen at
Kalgoorlie, Western
Australia, Australia |
Common Australian fly,
come in large number, can be
found everywhere in Australia |
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unknown ... seen at Cape
York, Queensland,
Australia |
Beetle of some sort ... seen
at
Chott Bou Charab, Tunisia |
Weaver ant, green ant,
green tree ant, orange
gaster
[Oecophylla smaragdina]
(Cape York, Queensland,
Australia)
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Scorpion, approx. 12 cm
long,
seen
at El Leham
Mountains, Tunisia
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seen near Leonora, Western
Australia, Australia |
seen near Anthousa, Greece |
seen near Anthousa, Greece |
seen at Barnett River Gorge,
Western Australia, Australia |
... just before a thunderstorm
they
all
fled higher above
ground ....
seen at the Monastery
Panaghias
Chrisinou, Greece |
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seen on the Mpaara trail,
Finke NP,
Northern Territory,
Australia |
seen in Hunters Gorge,
Diamantina NP,
Queensland, Australia |
seen in the Undara Volcanic
NP,
Queensland, Australia |
seen in Kalambaka, Greece |
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Stick insect
[Phasmatodea]
(Carsons Beach,
Western
Australia, Australia) |
Stick Insect
[Phobaeticus serratipes]
(Victoria Rock, Western
Australia, Australia |
Stick Insect
[Phobaeticus serratipes]
(Bachsten Camp, Munja
Track, Western Australia,
Australia)
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Praying mantis
(Lake Christopher, Western
Australia,
Australia) |
Praying mantis
(Yulara, Northern Territory,
Australia) |
Praying mantis
(Caranbirini CR, Northern
Territory, Australia)
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Praying mantis
(Zagora, Greece) |
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Dromedary
(Magrou, Tunisia) |
Australian camels ... yes,
they
actually are dromedary
...
but
the Aussies call them
camels ...
(Great Central Road,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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Salamander
(Vovousa, Greece) |
Frog of some sort .... seen
at Waychinicup NP, Western
Australia, Australia |
another frog, seen in Cape
York, Queensland, Australia
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another frog, also seen in
Cape
York, Queensland,
Australia |
White lipped green frog
[Litoria infrafrenata]
(near Cooktown, Queensland,
Australia)
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Tiny frog, almost stepped on it
(Savannah Way, Queensland,
Australia)
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Cane toads
[Bufo marinus]
(Gilbert River, Queensland,
Australia) |
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Perentie
[Varanus giganteus]
(Alice Springs, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Merten's Water Monitor
[Varanus mertensi]
(Adcock Gorge, Western
Australia, Australia)
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Heath Monitor
[Varanus rosenbergi]
(Bluff Knoll, Stirling
Ranges
NP, Western Australia,
Australia) |
Gould's Goanna
[Varanus gouldii gouldii]
(Laverton, Western Australia,
Australia)
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Sand Goanna
[Varanus gouldii flavirufus]
(Lake Ballard, Western Australia,
Australia) |
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Crested Dragon; Bicycle Lizard
[Ctenophorus cristatus]
(Sandalwood Rock,
Holland
Track, Western Australia,
Australia) |
Crested Dragon; Bicycle Lizard
[Ctenophorus cristatus]
(Thursday Rock, Holland
Track, Western Australia,
Australia) |
Tawny Rock Dragon
[Ctenophorus decresii]
(Wilpena Pound, Flinders
Ranges, South Australia,
Australia) |
Jacky Lizard
[Amphibolurus muricatus]
(Lelyin (Edith) Falls, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
unknown dragon
(Wilpena Pound, Flinders
Ranges, South Australia,
Australia) |
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Ornate Dragon, female
[Ctenophorus ornatus]
(Victoria Rock, Holland
Track, Western
Australia,
Australia) |
Ornate Dragon, male
[Ctenophorus ornatus]
(Kokerbin Rock, Holland
Track, Western
Australia,
Australia) |
Central Military Dragon
[Ctenophorus isolepis]
(Caranbirini CR, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Mallee Military Dragon
[Ctenophorus fordi]
Lucky Bay near Hutt Lagoon,
Western Australia, Australia |
unknown dragon
(Mt. Barnett, Gibb River Road,
Western Australia, Australia)
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Gilbert's Water Dragon;
Ta-Ta Lizard
[Amphibolurus gilberti,
Lophognathus gilberti]
(Kununurra, Western
Australia, Australia)
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Dwarf Bearded Dragon
[Pogona minor]
(Sandalwood Rock, Holland
Track, Western Australia,
Australia) |
unknown dragon
(Lawn Hill National Park,
Queensland, Australia) |
Ring-tailed Dragon
[Ctenophorus caudicinctus]
(King's Canyon, Northern
Territory, Australia)
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Ring-tailed Dragon
[Ctenophorus caudicinctus]
(Bindoola Creek, Gibb River Road,
Western Australia, Australia) |
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Two-lined Dragon
[Diporiphora bilineata]
(Roper Bar, Savannah Way,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
unknown skink
(Lelyin (Edith) Falls, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
unknown skink
(Burk and Wills Camp 119
site, Queensland, Australia) |
King's Skink
[Egernia kingii]
(Waychinicup NP, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Centralian Ranges rock-skink
[Egernia margaretae
margaretae]
(Wilpena Pound, Flinders
Ranges,
South Australia,
Australia) |
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Southern Water Skink;
Dreeite Water Skink
[Eulamprus tympanum]
(Mt. Rosea, Grampians,
Victoria, Australia) |
Black Rock Skink
[Egernia saxatilis]
(Mt. Rosea, Grampians,
Victoria, Australia) |
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Shingleback; Bobtail; Stumpy-
tail; Sleepy Lizard;
Pinecone
Lizard; Boggi
[Tiliqua rugosa]
(Stirling Ranges, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Southern Blue-tongue;
Blotched
Blue-tongue
[Tiliqua nigrolutea]
(Trail Harbour, Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Purplish dtella
[Gehyra purpurascens]
Old Andado Road, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Tree dtella
[Gehyra variegata]
(Redbank Gorge, Northern
Territory, Australia |
Centralian dtella
[Gehyra montium]
(Palm Valley, Finke NP,
Northern Territory, Australia) |
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A Thorny Devil on the Holland Track, Western Australia,
Australia and one on the Great Central Road, Western Australia,
Australia; they adjust their colour to the surroundings.
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Southwestern earless skink,
Five-lined Skink
[Hemiergis initialis]
(Cowan Rock, Western
Australia, Australia) |
worm
(Pieman River, Tasmania,
Australia) |
worm
(Pieman River, Tasmania,
Australia) |
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Brown Snake; Dugite
[Pseudonaja affinis]
(Cranbrook, Western
Australia, Australia)
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White-lipped Snake
[Drysdalia coronoides]
(Great Ocean Road, Victoria,
Australia) |
Brown Tree Snake; "Night Tiger"
[Boiga irregularis]
(Munja Track, Kimberleys,
Western Australia, Australia) |
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Spider seen in the desert of
Chott Bou Charab, Tunisia |
Huntsman
[Sparassidae]
(Palm Valley, Finke NP,
Northern Territory,
Australia) |
unknown spider
(Ormiston Gorge, Northern
Territory, Australia) |
Trapdoor Spider
[Idiopidae]
(Walls of Jerusalem,
Tasmania, Australia)
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Trapdoor Spider
[Idiopidae]
(Kalgoorlie, Western
Australia, Australia)
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Jumping Spider
[Salticidae]
(Climies Track, Tasmania,
Australia) |
Jumping Spider
[Salticidae]
(Chili Beach, Cape York,
Queensland, Australia)
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Jumping Spider
[Salticidae]
(Kununurra, Western Australia,
Australia) |
St. Andrew's Cross Spider
[Argiope keyserlingi /
Argiope aetherea]
(Munja Track, Kimberleys,
Western Australia, Australia) |
Australian Jewel Spider,
Spiny
[Austracantha minax]
(Island Pool, Western
Australia, Australia) |
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Garden Orbweaver
[Eriophora transmarina /
Eriophora biapicata]
(Wellington Weir, Western
Australia, Australia)
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Golden Orbweaver
[Nephila ssp.]
(Chili Beach, Cape York,
Queensland, Australia)
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probably a Golden Orb Spider
(Warraweena Station, Flinders
Ranges, South Australia,
Australia) |
Redback Spider
[Latrodectus hasselti]
(Holland Track, Western
Australia, Australia
) |
Black House Spider
[Badumna insignis /
Badumna longinqua]
(Holland Track, Western
Australia, Australia )
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Dolphin
(Monkey Mia, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Cat-fish
(Cape York, Queensland,
Australia)
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Spanish Mackerel
(Steep Point, Western
Australia, Australia) |
Salmon
(Parry Beach, Western
Australia, Australia) |
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young Fur Seal
(Bruny Island, Tasmania,
Australia) |
Fur Seal males
(Bruny Island, Tasmania,
Australia) |
Sea-lions
(Point Labatt CP, South Australia,
Australia) |
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seen on the Great Ocean
Road, Victoria, Australia |
seen at Steep Point Camp,
Western Australia, Australia |
seen at Trial Harbour,
Tasmania, Australia |
seen at Waychinicup NP,
Western
Australia, Australia |
seen at Kalbarri, Western
Australia,
Australia |
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Yabbie, seen at Montecollina
Bore, Strzelecki
Track,
South Australia,
Australia |
Ghost Crab, seen at the
Tessellated Pavement,
Tasmania, Australia |
unknown "thing", found at
Mungo NP, New South Wales,
Australia
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And finally a collection of starfish ...
... seen at Trial Harbour, Tasmania, Australia ....
... and on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. |