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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.
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Southern Whitetip 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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Forest Hopper, Lawn Hopper or Carpet Prawn The Forest Hopper, Lawn Hopper or Carpet Prawn is a small amphipod with a narrow elongated body that is flattened from side-to-side. Widespread in warm temperate climates across the Indo-Pacific region; common in eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
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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.
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Unicorn Darner The Unicorn Darner is a large, brown to black dragonfly with pale stripes and spots. It inhabits streams in a variety of forest types, ranging from rainforest to drier open forest.
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Forest Needle The Forest Needle is a very large, metallic green damselfly with yellow markings. It inhabits creeks and streams in wetter forest, particularly rainforest.
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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.
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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.
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Springs Flatwing 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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Land Snails, Slugs and Freshwater Snails 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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Lamington Spiny Crayfish 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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Stout Vicetail 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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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.
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Mount Elliot Leaf-tailed Gecko The Mount Elliot Leaf-tailed Gecko is only found on Mount Elliot, Bowling Green Bay NP (30 km SE of Townsville, north-eastern Queensland).
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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.
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Forest Darner 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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Bee Killer Assassin Bug The Bee Killer Assassin Bug is a slow-moving predator that lurks among foliage and on flowers to ambush other insects as food. It is widespread in eastern Qld and NSW.
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Large Wiretail The Large Wiretail is a large, slender damselfly that inhabits small rocky streams in wet and dry forest. Adults are bronze-black with pale-cream to yellowish markings. As the males age, they develop a thick, whitish powdery coating on the thorax and the base and tip of the abdomen.
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Plumbago Blue The Plumbago Blue butterfly is rarely found far from Plumbago plants. The flattened green caterpillars feed on the buds and flowers. It occurs in Eastern Australia from north of Cooktown, Qld, to Wollongong, NSW.
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Giant Panda Snail The Giant Panda Snail is Australia's largest land snail, the shell of which may reach 90 mm in height. This species is often encountered in the rainforests around Brisbane, particularly at night after rain when they are out feeding on fungi. Giant Panda Snails occur as far south as Barrington Tops in NSW.
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