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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
Inland Freshwater Crab, *Austrothelphusa transversa*. © Queensland Museum. 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.
Crustaceans
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
Rough-throated Leaf-tail Gecko, Saltuarius salebrosus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. 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.
Reptiles
Geckos
Female *Cyrtophora moluccensis* hanging upside-down in its tent-web. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. 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.
Spiders
Pygmy Wisp, *Agriocnemis pygmaea*, male. © Chris Burwell. 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.
Insects
Damselflies
Red-rumped Wisp, *Agriocnemis rubricauda*, female. © Chris Burwell. Red-rumped Wisp
The Red-rumped Wisp is a tiny damselfly that inhabits a variety of standing water habitats, including small, well-vegetated ponds, dams and swamps. It is very similar to the Pgymy Wisp but males have more of the tip of the abdomen reddish. However, only female Red-rumped Wisps are known from south-east Queensland.
Insects
Damselflies
Female *Trichonephila plumipes* in orb web. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Golden Orb-Weaving Spiders
The three species of Golden Orb-Weaving Spiders found in Queensland (in the genera Trichonephila and Nephila) are familiar denizens of urban environments throughout the state. The most commonly encountered species, Trichonephila plumipes, is abundant in backyards in eastern Queensland, including around Brisbane.
Spiders
Rose Barnacles, Tesseropora rosea. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Rose Barnacle
Rose Barnacles occur on rocks at the seaward edge of rocky shores, and are able to tolerate strong wave activity. They are found in eastern Australia and southern Western Australia.
Crustaceans
Moreton Bay Bug, *Thenus parindicus*. © Queensland Museum. Moreton Bay Bug
The Moreton Bay Bug (also called Flathead Lobster or Shovel-nosed Lobster) is found over muddy-sand substrates in inshore waters to about 60 m depth. Northern Australia.
Crustaceans
Bruce's Hinge-beak Prawn, *Rhynchocinetes brucei*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Bruce's Hinge-beak Prawn
Bruce's Hinge-beak Prawn has distinctive patterning, and grows to 30 mm in length. It occurs on rocky reefs, in crevices and caves, and among rubble. Eastern Australia; also Philippines and Hong Kong.
Crustaceans
Honeycomb Coral Crab, *Trapezia septata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Honeycomb Coral Crab
The Honeycomb Coral Crab features honeycomb patterning over its shell and claws. It lives commensally with a variety of branching corals, and is found in northern Australia. Also found in the eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific and north to Japan.
Crustaceans
Red Mud Lobster, *Neaxius glyptocercus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell. Red Mud Lobster
The Red Mud Lobster is a stout, lobster-like crustacean with strong claws. It is very common in Moreton Bay, and is found in northern and eastern Australia.
Crustaceans
Pyramid periwinkle, Nodilittorina pyramidalis. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Pyramid Periwinkle
The Pyramid Periwinkle is one of several periwinkle species that commonly live on our rocky shores. It grows to about 20 mm in length, is very common in the high intertidal zone, and ranges from southern Queensland around southern Australia to Fremantle, WA.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Marine snails
Hairy Mussel, Trichomya hirsuta. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Hairy Mussel
The Hairy Mussel occurs abundantly along the eastern and southern coasts of Australia as far south as Tasmania, particularly in estuarine localities. Shells of living animals are covered in short bristles. They occur in eastern and southern Australia.
Molluscs
Bivalves
Yabby, *Trypaea australiensis*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Yabby or Ghost Nipper
Yabbies burrow in large numbers on sheltered intertidal and shallow, subtidal muddy sandflats. They are often collected by yabby pump, and commonly used as bait for fishing. Occur in eastern Australia.
Crustaceans
Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp, *Ancylocaris brevicarpalis*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp
The Pacific Clown Anemone Shrimp is common on coral and rocky reefs in the subtidal zone. Occurs singly or in pairs, on Haddon’s Anemone, and also on other anemones and sea cucumbers. Northern Australia.
Crustaceans
Soldier Crab, *Mictyris longicarpus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Soldier Crab
The Soldier Crab burrows corkscrew-like into intertidal muddy sandflats. It occurs in eastern Australia.
Crustaceans
Lamarck's Porcelain Crab, *Petrolisthes lamarckii*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Lamarcks Porcelain Crab
Lamarcks Porcelain Crab is found under rocks and rubble on reefs; intertidal and shallow subtidal zones in eastern Australia.
Crustaceans
Mud Ark, Anadara trapezia. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Mud Ark
The Mud Ark is one of the most abundant bivalve molluscs on the mud- and sand-flats of eastern and southern Australia. They are common components of aboriginal shell middens.
Molluscs
Bivalves
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