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Ringed Thin-tail Gecko, Phyllurus caudiannulatus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko)
The Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko) is largely restricted to Bulburin State Forest, south-eastern Queensland.
Reptiles
Geckos
Border Leaftail Gecko, Saltuarius wyberba. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Granite Leaf-tailed Gecko
The Granite Leaf-tailed Gecko is found in South-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, extending from the Warwick area south to the Mann River Nature Reserve.
Reptiles
Geckos
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko, Saltuarius swaini. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Border Ranges Leaf-tailed Gecko
The Border Ranges Leaf-tailed Gecko is found in the coastal ranges of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Reptiles
Geckos
Lamington Spiny Crayfish, *Euastacus sulcatus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Lamington Spiny Crayfish
The Lamington Spiny Crayfish is restricted to streams bordered by rainforest, and sometimes wet eucalypt forest, at more than 300 m altitude. Inhabits mountains in a crescent from Mount Tamborine to Lamington Plateau, west along Macpherson Range, and north via Cunningham's Gap into the Mistake Mountains, Queensland.
Crustaceans
Broad-tailed Gecko, Phyllurus platurus.© Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Sydney Leaf-tailed Gecko (Broad-tailed Gecko)
The Sydney Leaf-tailed Gecko (Broad-tailed Gecko) is confined to the Sydney Sandstones, New South Wales.
Reptiles
Geckos
The Tusked Frog Tusked Frog
The Tusked Frog is medium sized. It is back is brown with dark blotches. It is found in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.
Frogs
Toenail Egg-cowrie, Calpurnus verrucosus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Toenail Egg-cowrie
The Toenail Egg-cowrie is common in intertidal and shallow subtidal areas, grows to about 35 mm long, and has a solid, oval and broad shell. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales coasts.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Marine snails
Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail, Terrycarlessia turbinata. © Queensland Museum, John Stanisic. Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail
The Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail belongs to a family (Rhytididae) whose members prey on invertebrates such as earthworms and also on other snails. It ranges from the Barrington Tops in New South Wales to about Nambour in south-eastern Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Girdled Periwinkle, Littoraria filosa. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Girdled Periwinkle
The Girdled Periwinkle is striking, varying from yellow to brown, orange or pink. At low tide these molluscs 'glue' their shells to the bark or leaves of mangrove trees to stop themselves from drying out. This species is distributed from Botany Bay, New South Wales, around northern Australia to Exmouth Gulf, WA.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Marine snails
Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Fraser's Banded Snail
Fraser's Banded Snail is a native snail species that is quite large, its shell reaching a diameter of up to 56 mm. The shell ranges from a tawny yellow to dark brown base-colour with many black spiral bands and a dark area behind the outer lip. It occurs from around the Clarence River region in northern New South Wales northwards to about Gympie in south-eastern Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Asian Tramp Snails, Bradybaena similaris. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Asian Tramp Snail
The Asian Tramp Snail is a serious vine and market garden pest, that has become well-established in eastern Australia from Melbourne, Victoria, and around Bega on the south coast of New South Wales northwards to the Wet Tropics region of north-eastern Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
The Graceful Treefrog, Litoria gracilenta. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Graceful Treefrog
The Graceful Treefrog is bright green with yellow slides, belly and feet. It is found coastally from Cape York, Queensland, to the Gosford area of New South Wales.
Frogs
Spotted Velvet Gecko, Oedura tryoni. © Queensland Museum, Steve Wilson. Spotted Velvet Gecko
The Spotted Velvet Gecko is uncommon in suburban Brisbane; abundant in surrounding bush-land. Coast and ranges from mid-eastern Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales.
Reptiles
Geckos
Forest Hopper, *Talitroides topitotum*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Forest Hopper, Lawn Hopper or Carpet Prawn
The Forest Hopper, Lawn Hopper or Carpet Prawn is a small amphipod with a narrow elongated body that is flattened from side-to-side. Widespread in warm temperate climates across the Indo-Pacific region; common in eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
Crustaceans
Pale Banded Snail, *Sphaerospira mattea*. © Queensland Museum. Pale Banded Snail
The Pale Banded Snail has, as the common name suggests, a pale, yellowish shell with many strong, dark brown spiral bands. It also has a dark brown patch behind the outer lip and on the umbilical region on the base of the shell. It ranges from about the Tweed river region in northern New South Wales northwards to the Broadsound Range, north-west of Rockhampton, and inland to the Carnarvon area, Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Zebra Volute, Amoria zebra. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Zebra Volute
The Zebra Volute lives in shallow, usually subtidal sand banks where it seeks out other snails and clams for food. The striped colour pattern on the shell (length to 50mm) gives the species its common name, but there are several other species of Australian volute which likewise have striped shells. It is found from Queensland to New South Wales only.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Marine snails
A pair of Fine-speckled Semi-slugs, Stanisicarion virens. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Fine-speckled Semi-slug
The Fine-speckled Semi-slug has an attractive, medium-sized, ear-shaped shell with a silky, amber-green appearance. It lives under logs and fallen palm fronds in rainforest and drier forests, and can frequently be found in suburban gardens. It is found from Taree in New South Wales northwards to about Rockhampton, Queensland.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Land snails
Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Brown Tiger Prawn
The Brown Tiger Prawn is a large, banded prawn growing to 235 mm in length. It occurs on mud or sandy mud, and is found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to central NSW.
Crustaceans
Family Synlestidae, Southern Whitetip, *Episynlestes albicauda*. © Chris Burwell. Damselflies of south-east Queensland
A total of 38 species of damselflies have been recorded from south-east Queensland, divided among seven different families. South-east Queensland (SEQ) is treated as the area from Noosa Shire south to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim and west to the Lockyer and Somerset regional councils.
Insects
Damselflies
Family Petaluridae, Coastal Petaltail, *Petalura litorea*. © Chris Burwell. Dragonflies of south-east Queensland
A total of 77 species of dragonflies have been recorded from south-east Queensland. Of these, 73 species are divided among seven different families. The other four species are currently not assigned to a particular family. South-east Queensland (SEQ) is treated as the area from Noosa Shire south to the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim and west to the Lockyer and Somerset regional councils.
Insects
Dragonflies
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