Victorian Mallee

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richoman_herps
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Victorian Mallee

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Was happy to get out of Melboring and head up to the Victorian Mallee a month ago
Was a good time of the year to get some of our targets, and we succeeded :)


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Eastern Banjo Frog (Limnodynastes dumerili) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr

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Obscure Skink (Morethia obscura) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


These were common on the roads

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Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Painted Dragons were numerous, the blue males were hard to catch, leaving us with this dull female

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Painted Dragon (Ctenophorus pictus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Scalyfoot! one of your targets, happy to get 2

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Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Common Scaly-foot (Pygopus lepidopodus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


burtons, the stripy one was hot!

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Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Burton's Legless Lizard (Lialis burtonis) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Gravid beaded gecko, these guys were everywhere at night

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Beaded Gecko (Lucasium damaeum) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Wood Gecko

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Wood Gecko (Diplodactylus vittatus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Southern spiny tailed gecko, never get sick of seeing these

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Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus intermedius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Southern Spiny-tailed Gecko (Strophurus intermedius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Variegated Dtella

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Variegated Dtella (Gehyra variegata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Variegated Dtella (Gehyra variegata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Blind snakes

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Dark-spined Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops bicolor) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Prong-snouted Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops bituberculatus) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Mitchell's short tailed snake

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Mitchell's Short Tailed Snake (Parasuta nigriceps) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Mitchell's Short Tailed Snake (Parasuta nigriceps) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Mallee Dragons

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Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus fordi) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus fordi) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Lace monitor, was cool seeing one of these, it was getting attacked by birds!

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Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) vs raven by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


BANDY BANDY! one of our biggest targets, super happy to get this, they're not that common in victoria

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Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on FlickrImage
Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Bandy-bandy (Vermicella annulata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Murray striped skink

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Murray Striped Skink (Ctenotus brachyonyx) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Murray Striped Skink (Ctenotus brachyonyx) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Desert skink - always cool to see these secretive buggers

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Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Desert Skink (Liopholis inornata) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Strap snouted brown snake .. hell yes!

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Strap-snouted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr
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Strap-snouted Brown Snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


Mitchells roach - very cool roach!

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Polyzosteria mitchell by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


And to top it off, a vic tarantula!

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Vic Selenotholus by Nick Volpe, on Flickr


enjoy, nick
jimoo742
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Re: Victorian Mallee

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very nicely done
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Re: Victorian Mallee

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Very nice series. I love the Lace Monitor with the Raven. Great shot.
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crocdoc
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Re: Victorian Mallee

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Nice series!

Damn, I live in Australia and I wasn't aware there were tarantulas that far south.
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