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Mottled Treesnail, Papuexul bidwilli. © Queensland Museum.
Land Snails, Slugs and Freshwater Snails
Summary
The terrestrial environment is home to a vast array of snails and slugs. Many native land snails and slugs live in the moist layers of litter on the forest floor and other moist habitats such as rotting logs, under rocks or beneath debris. In eastern Australia, they are particularly diverse in rainforest areas. The freshwater environment also hosts a variety of snails.
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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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Lamington Spiny Crayfish, *Euastacus sulcatus*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Lamington Spiny Crayfish
Summary
The Lamington Spiny Crayfish is restricted to streams bordered by rainforest, and sometimes wet eucalypt forest, at more than 300 m altitude. Inhabits mountains in a crescent from Mount Tamborine to Lamington Plateau, west along Macpherson Range, and north via Cunningham's Gap into the Mistake Mountains, Queensland.
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Orange Palmdart, Cephrenes augiades, pinned adult specimen. © Queensland Museum.
Orange Palmdart
Summary
The Orange Palmdart is found in rainforest, suburban gardens and nurseries with palms. It is widespread across northern and eastern Australia. Caterpillars are pale green with banded heads. They feed on palms, sewing adjacent leaflets together to form feeding retreats. When the caterpillars pupate inside the same shelter they produce a whitish floury deposit.
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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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Long-necked Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko, Orraya occultus.© Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
McIlwraith Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The McIlwraith Leaf-tailed Gecko is restricted to higher elevations in the McIlwraith Range, north-eastern Queensland.
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Northern Leaf-tail Gecko, Saltuarius cornutus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko is found in the Wet Tropics rainforests of north-eastern Queensland.
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Mount Jukes Broad-tailed Gecko, Phyllurus isis. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell
Mount Blackwood Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Mount Blackwood Leaf-tailed Gecko is restricted to Mount Blackwood and Mount Jukes near Mackay, mid-eastern Queensland.
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Southern Giant Darner, *Austrophlebia costalis*, female. © Chris Burwell.
Southern Giant Darner
Summary
The Southern Giant Darner is a very large, dull brown dragonfly with pale-cream to yellowish markings. It inhabits streams and creeks in wetter forests, particularly rainforest.
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Springs Flatwing, *Griseargiolestes fontanus*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Springs Flatwing
Summary
The Springs Flatwing is a moderately large damselfly that inhabits small streams and boggy seepages in wet forest, particularly rainforest. The adults are black with metallic green iridescence with yellow to orange-yellow markings on the thorax.
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Ringed Thin-tail Gecko, Phyllurus caudiannulatus. © Queensland Museum, Bruce Cowell.
Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko)
Summary
The Bulburin Leaf-tailed Gecko (Ringed Thin-tail Gecko) is largely restricted to Bulburin State Forest, south-eastern Queensland.
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Champion's Leaf-tailed Gecko, Phyllurus championae. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Koumala Leaf-tailed Gecko
Summary
The Koumala Leaf-tailed Gecko is known from only two localities near Koumala in mid-eastern Queensland.
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Flame Flatwing, *Austroargiolestes amabilis*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Flame Flatwing
Summary
The Flame Flatwing is a large, orange and black damselfly that inhabits creeks, streams, and boggy pools in rainforest and other wet forests. It is very similar to the Golden Flatwing but the distributions of the two species do not overlap.
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Southern Whitetip, *Episynlestes albicauda*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Southern Whitetip
Summary
The Southern Whitetip is a very large, dark brown or black damselfly with paler cream or yellowish markings. It inhabits streams and creeks fringed with wet forest, particularly rainforest.
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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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A pair of Fine-speckled Semi-slugs, Stanisicarion virens. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Fine-speckled Semi-slug
Summary
The Fine-speckled Semi-slug has an attractive, medium-sized, ear-shaped shell with a silky, amber-green appearance. It lives under logs and fallen palm fronds in rainforest and drier forests, and can frequently be found in suburban gardens. It is found from Taree in New South Wales northwards to about Rockhampton, Queensland.
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Stout Vicetail, *Hemigomphus heteroclytus*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Stout Vicetail
Summary
The Stout Vicetail is a medium-sized, black and yellow dragonfly that inhabits rocky streams and small rivers running through rainforest and open forest.
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Coastal Evening Darner, *Telephlebia tryoni*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Coastal Evening Darner
Summary
The Coastal Evening Darner is a large, brownish dragonfly with dark markings along the leading edges of the wings. It inhabits streams and creeks running through a variety of habitats, including rainforest and paperbark swamp. Adults are crepuscular.
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Fivespot Threadtail, *Nososticta solitaria*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Fivespot Threadtail
Summary
The Fivespot Threadtail is a medium-sized, black damselfly with light bluish-green, cream or yellowish markings. It inhabits streams and creeks in a range of habitats, from coastal heathland to rainforest.
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Golden Flatwing, *Austroargiolestes chrysoides*, male. © Chris Burwell.
Golden Flatwing
Summary
The Golden Flatwing is a large, orange and black damselfly that inhabits creeks, streams, and boggy pools in rainforest and other wet forests. It is very similar to the Flame Flatwing but the distributions of the two species do not overlap.
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