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	Name	Summary	Subject categories
	Textile Cone	The Textile Cone shell has an irregular shingle-like pattern. It feeds on other molluscs which it immobilises by injecting a powerful venom with a harpoon-like tooth. The species is found in tropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific.	Molluscs Gastropods Marine snails
	Eastern Brown Snake	The Eastern Brown Snake may be any shade of brown but can also be grey or black. Some individuals are banded. The belly is typically cream with pink or orange spots. It is found over most of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.	Reptiles Snakes
	Freshwater Snake (Keelback Snake)	The Freshwater Snake is olive brown with irregular dark cross-bands. This species grows to 75 cm. It is found in coastal areas of northern Australia from northern New South Wales to the Kimberley, Western Australia.	Reptiles Snakes
	Eastern King Prawn	The Eastern King Prawn has a cream to yellow body. Females grow up to 300 mm in length, males up to 190 mm. They are found in eastern Australia, from south-east Qld to Lakes Entrance, Vic.	Crustaceans
	Purple Swift-footed Shore Crab	The Purple Swift-footed Shore Crab is found on rocky coasts exposed to strong surf. It shelters in crevices and under rocks from mid to high tide mark. Occurs from southern to subtropical Australia.	Crustaceans
	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
	Gastropods	Gastropods form the largest class of molluscs and include many well-known groups such as cowries, cone snails, tritons, periwinkles and whelks. To date approximately 950 species of gastropods have been recorded from the Bay.	Molluscs Gastropods
	Pale Hunter	The Pale Hunter is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits steams and rivers, but occasionally lakes, throughout south-east Queensland.	Insects Dragonflies
	Sigma Darner	The Sigma Darner is a large, brown to dark brown dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits streams in a variety of forest types, ranging from rainforest to drier open forest.	Insects Dragonflies
	Freshwater turtles	Freshwater turtles are commonly seen in most Queensland waterways. Some species have long, snake-like necks, others are short-necked. Unlike the sea turtles and many foreign freshwater turtles, the Australian chelids fold their necks side-ways under the protective edge of the shell (pleurodirous). They have clawed, webbed feet and many species have distinct barbels on the chin.	Reptiles Turtles
	Carpet Snake or Carpet Python	Carpet snakes are extremely variable in colour and pattern. Most specimens are olive green, with pale, dark-edged blotches, stripes or cross-bands. This species is widespread and found throughout northern, eastern and southern Australia.	Reptiles Snakes
	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	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
	Cane Toad	Cane Toads have tough, leathery skin with a distinctly warty appearance. They are native to North, Central and South America and were introduced to Queensland to control cane beetles.	Toads