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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.
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Shiny Bait Crab The Shiny Bait Crab is found in crevices and pools on exposed rocky shores in eastern Qld. It is common at Point Lookout, on North Stradbroke Island.
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Bold-spotted Anemone Shrimp The Bold-spotted Anemone Shrimp has, as its name suggests, bold patterning. It grows up to 20 mm in length. It occurs on reefs and may be found on Haddon’s Anemone in channels and pools at Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island. Northern Australia; Indo-Pacific region.
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Cleft-fronted Bait Crab The Cleft-fronted Bait Crab has short hairs on its body and legs, and can reach 70 mm in carapace width. It occurs in eastern Qld; also subtropical and tropical western and eastern Pacific (north to Japan and south-east to Easter Island).
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Cooktown Ring-tailed Gecko The Cooktown Ring-tailed Gecko is found from Cape Melville to Mt Leswell and also on Stanley Island in the Flinders group, north-eastern Queensland. It is primarily an arthropod feeder but will also take small vertebrates (geckos and frogs).
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Inland Freshwater Crab The Inland Freshwater Crab is common throughout the semi-desert central and northern parts of Australia extending south into the upper reaches of the Darling River System.
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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.
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Central Queensland Leaf-tailed Gecko (Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko) The Central Queensland Leaf-tailed Gecko (Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko) is mainly known from dry areas in mid-eastern and south-central Queensland.
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Coastal Petaltail The Coastal Petaltail is a very large, heavy-set, brown dragonfly with pale-yellowish markings that inhabits swamps and marshes in sandy wallum habitats.
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Brownwater Skimmer The Brownwater Skimmer is a medium-sized dragonfly confined to lakes in coastal sand dunes. Young adults are yellow and black. Almost the entire body of mature males develops a pale bluish powdery coating.
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Wallum Darner The Wallum Darner is a large, brown to black dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits sandy streams running through heathland and littoral rainforest in coastal sand masses.
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Dune Ringtail The Dune Ringtail is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits coastal, brownwater dune lakes and swamps. Mature adults are dark metallic green or bronze with blue markings. The last three segments of the adomen are dark-coloured for males.
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Giant Triton The Giant or Trumpet Triton is one of the largest snails, reaching a length of 50 cm. Several island cultures use the shells as ceremonial trumpets. This species occurs throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.
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Sand Yabby The Sand Yabby is semi-aquatic and burrows around the perimeter of sand lakes or along small creeks. It is restricted to coastal south-eastern Queensland as far north as Fraser Island.
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Wallum Vicetail The Wallum Vicetail is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly that is restricted to freshwater habitats in coastal sand dunes, including streams and lakes.
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Orange-spot Smashing Mantis Shrimp The Orange-spot Smashing Mantis Shrimp lives in crevices and holes in dead and living coral clumps on reefs and in mussel clumps in shallow water. It is found in northern Australia.
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Northern Billabongfly The Northern Billabongfly is a small damselfly that inhabits a range of standing and flowing waters such as streams, rivers, lagoons and lakes, including dune lakes. Mature males are black with blue and greenish markings, including a blue tip to the abdomen. This species closely resembles the Eastern Billlabongfly.
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Green Turtle The Green Turtle is a large turtle with a bullet-shaped head and four large scales down either side of the shell. It is found in coastal, tropical and subtropical waters worldwide.
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Common Garden Spiders Spiders are ubiquitous in gardens, houses and urban environments throughout Queensland, and a wide variety of species can easily be found, especially in the eastern tropics and subtropics. The species accounts below highlight some of the more frequently encountered species in Queensland backyards.
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Pygmy Wisp The Pygmy Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits ponds, swamps and fringes of dams and lakes with plentiful aquatic vegetation. Mature males are dark brown or black with greenish markings and a reddish tip to the abdomen. Young females are mostly red and become black and green as they age.
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