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Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko, Saltuarius swaini. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Border Ranges Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Border Ranges Leaf-tailed Gecko is found in the coastal ranges of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
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Pyramid periwinkle, Nodilittorina pyramidalis. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Pyramid Periwinkle
Summary
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.
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Sydney Rock Oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Sydney Rock Oyster
Summary
The Sydney Rock Oyster is the most ecologically and commercially important species of the oyster family from Australian waters. It is found along the east coast of Australia, and New Zealand.
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Orchid Snail, Zonitoides arboreus. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Orchid Snail
Summary
The Orchid Snail is often cursed by greenhouse gardeners and orchid growers. This miniature invader, originally from North America only reaches about 6 mm in diameter. It ranges from southern Victoria to north-eastern Queensland.
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Spotted Velvet Gecko, Oedura tryoni. © Queensland Museum, Steve Wilson.
Spotted Velvet Gecko
Summary
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.
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Mauve-eyed Hermit, *Dardanus crassimanus*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Mauve-eyed Hermit
Summary
The Mauve-eyed Hermit is instantly recognisable by its bright red body, legs with pale purple-banded joints and mauve eyestalks. It is found on a variety of substrates including rock, reef, and sandy mud seagrass flats, from tropical to warm-temperate Australia, south to NSW.
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Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail, Terrycarlessia turbinata. © Queensland Museum, John Stanisic.
Glossy Turban Carnivorous Snail
Summary
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.
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Jukes' Keyhole Limpet, Diodora jukesii. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Jukes' Keyhole Limpet
Summary
Jukes' Keyhole Limpet is one of the most common marine snails along the northern coast of Australia. It has strong ribbing and is mostly associated with subtidal rocky reefs and rock platforms.
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Fraser's Banded Snail, Sphaerospira fraseri. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fraser's Banded Snail
Summary
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.
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Pale Banded Snail, *Sphaerospira mattea*. © Queensland Museum.
Pale Banded Snail
Summary
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.
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Fragile File Clam, Limaria fragilis. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Fragile File Clam
Summary
File Clams live on the underside of rocks, or under shell rubble in rock pools in the intertidal zone. They filter feed on plankton, and their swimming behaviour undoubtedly helps them evade predators. File Clams occur throughout the Indo-west Pacific.
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Eungella leaf-tailed gecko, Phyllurus nepthys. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Eungella Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Eungella Leaf-tailed Gecko is confined to the Clarke Range, west of Mackay, mid-eastern Queensland.
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Southern Vicetail, *Hemigomphus gouldii*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Southern Vicetail
Summary
The Southern Vicetail is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits rocky streams and creeks in mountain ranges and their foothills in south-east Queensland.
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Forest Darner, *Austroaeschna pulchra*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Forest Darner
Summary
The Forest Darner is a large, brown to dark brown dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits streams and rivers running through rainforest and other wet forests.
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Southern Pinfly, *Neosticta canescens*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Southern Pinfly
Summary
The Southern Pinfly is a medium-sized damselfly that inhabits streams and creeks running through wetter forest. Adults are greenish black with yellow to greenish-yellow markings. As the males age, they develop a pale powdery coating on the tip of the abdomen.
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Arrowhead Rockmaster, *Diphlebia nymphoides*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Arrowhead Rockmaster
Summary
The Arrowhead Rockmaster is a very large, robust damselfly that inhabits streams and fast-flowing rivers, usually in wetter forests. Mature males are patterned with blue and black, while females are much more sombrely coloured.
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Sapphire Rockmaster, *Diphlebia coerulescens*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Sapphire Rockmaster
Summary
The Sapphire Rockmaster is a very large, robust damselfly that inhabits streams and fast-flowing rivers, usually in wetter forests. Mature males are patterned with black and rich blue, while females are much more sombrely coloured.
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Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko, Cyrtodactylus adorus. © Queensland Museum, Patrick Couper.
Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Pascoe River Ring-tailed Gecko is found on the lower reaches of the Pascoe River, north-eastern Queensland.
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Brown Tiger Prawn, *Penaeus esculentus*. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Brown Tiger Prawn
Summary
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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Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko, Phyllurus kabikabi. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Oakview Leaf-tailed Gecko if found in Oakview National Park, via Kilkivan, South east Queensland.
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