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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
Military Turban, Turbo militaris. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Military Turban
The Military Turban is one of the larger species of its family (Turbinidae), growing to approximately 100 mm in shell length and is frequently seen subtidally by divers, sometimes sporting encrusting worm tubes or algal growths. It is found in Eastern Australia.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Marine snails
Cabbage White, Pieris rapae, pinned adult specimen. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Cabbage White
The Cabbage White butterfly has white wings with creamy yellow undersides. It is found throughout Australia. Caterpillars are pale green with a thin yellowish line down the back. It is a pest of cruciferous crops such as cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli.
Insects
Butterflies
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
The Striped Marshfrog, Limnodynastes peronii. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Striped Marshfrog
The Striped Marshfrog is light brown to grey-brown and marked with bold, dark longitudinal stripes. It is widespread in coastal eastern Australia and also occurs in Tasmania.
Frogs
Red and White-spotted Reef Crab, *Lophozozymus erinnyes*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Red and White-spotted Reef Crab
The Red and White-spotted Reef Crab hides in cavities in dead coral or mussel clumps, intertidal zone down to about 30 m depth. Known only from northern Australia, south to Moreton Bay.
Crustaceans
White Hammer Oyster, Malleus albus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. White Hammer Oyster
The White Hammer Oyster is one of the most unusual types of marine bivalve molluscs and easily recognised by its greatly elongate hinge extensions (recalling a hammer shape) and somewhat corrugated valves. It is found in subtropical and tropical Australia.
Molluscs
Bivalves
Coral Swimmer Crab, *Charybdis feriata*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie. Coral Swimmer Crab
The Coral Swimmer Crab reaches up to 160 mm in carapace width. It occurs in Australia, except for the southern coast; Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Japan.
Crustaceans
Hairy Swimmer Crab, *Charybdis natator*. Courtesy of Ian Banks. Hairy Swimmer Crab
The Hairy Swimmer Crab is a very stout, solidly built swimming crab that can grow to 145 mm in carapace width. It occurs in northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Sydney.
Crustaceans
Red Arrow, *Rhodothemis lieftincki*, male. © Chris Burwell. Red Arrow
The Red Arrow is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits lakes, dams, ponds, sluggish rivers and swamps. Young adults are orange-brown with white markings on the head and thorax. Mature males become mostly solid-red.
Insects
Dragonflies
Pink-clawed Hermit, *Dardanus pedunculatus*. Courtesy of Ian Banks. Pink-clawed Hermit
The Pink-clawed Hermit has short thick eyestalks with distinctive red and white banding. It is found on reefs and seagrass beds in Qld and NSW.
Crustaceans
Funeral Pyre Nudibranch, *Jorunna funebris*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch. Funeral Pyre Nudibranch
The Funeral Pyre Nudibranch is easily identified by its distinctive white body colour decorated with large black circles composed of numerous raised papillae. It feeds on sponges and occurs in subtropical and tropical Australia.
Molluscs
Gastropods
Nudibranchs
Dainty Swallowtail, Papilio anactus, pinned adult specimen. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Dainty Swallowtail
The Dainty Swallowtail butterfly has black wings with white spots and patches; row of red spots bordering hindwings. It is widespread in eastern Australia from Qld south to Adelaide, SA.
Insects
Butterflies
Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab, *Tubuca coarctata*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab
The Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab is common on muddy upper shoulders of creeks and riverbanks in eastern Australia from Cape York to Moreton Bay.
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
Orchard Swallowtail, Papilio aegeus, pinned adult female specimen. © Queensland Museum. Orchard Swallowtail
The Orchard Swallowtail butterfly is widespread in northern and eastern Australia.
Insects
Butterflies
Twister, *Tholymis tillarga*, mature male. © Chris Burwell. Twister
The Twister is a medium-sized dragonfly that inhabits standing waters, including permanent and temporary swamps and ponds. The adults are crepuscular. Mature males are red with a dark and white patch at the base of each hindwing.
Insects
Dragonflies
Common Crow, *Euploea corinna*, pinned adult male specimen. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Common Crow
The Common Crow butterfly is found in open forest and woodland. It is widespread across northern and eastern Australia. In Brisbane gardens, the caterpillars feed mostly on oleanders and figs.
Insects
Butterflies
Common Green Treefrog, a common inhabitant of suburban down-pipes. Common Green Treefrog
The Common Green Treefrog is a large species. It is bright to dull green with a rounded head. It is widespread through northern and eastern Australia.
Frogs
Strawberry Cockle, Fragum unedo. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright. Strawberry Cockle
The Strawberry Cockle is creamy white with strawberry-red scales and has a solid, strongly ribbed shell. Like many other bivalves, it feeds by using a siphon to draw in water and pass it to the gills. Strawberry Cockles are common in the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones throughout the Indo-West Pacific.
Molluscs
Bivalves
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