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Gday from Western Australia

Reptiles in Western Australia

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Gecko
Gert

Australia has been called "The Land of the Lizards"

Aborigines can judge the health of the country by observing the amount of lizards it contains.

'Gecko Gert' story.

Bicycle Dragon - Ctenophorus caudicintus
Ring-tailed Bicycle Dragon
Monitor Lizard
Monitor
Shingleback = Tiliqua rugosa
Bob Tail

When threatened, these slow and gentle

Stumpy-tailed BLUE TONGUE skinks

frighten off predators such as Eagles, Kookaburras and Snakes by hissing and opening its mouth widely.
A bite may hurt but it's not poisonous.

Mouse over the image if you dare!

Blue Tongue


Bluey

Some blue tongues are more aggresive than others. Yikes

Found in many WA backyards.

 

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Monitor Lizard
Monitor Lizard
Perentie
Perentie
Skink
Skink

Keep still or move slowly then wait for the

Skink
Egernia napoleanis

to come out and soak up the sun's blood-warming energy.

More skink pics s1 | s2 | s3

Crowned Snake
Crowned Snake
Lizard
Spot the Lizard
Bearded Dragon
Beardie

WESTERN BEARDED DRAGON
Pogona minor

A lovable personality and calm nature have made this native of Western Australia an extremely popular pet throughout the world.

Beardies subsist on vegetable matter and insects and can live up tp 10 years in captivity.

Monitor Lizard
Monitor
Gecko
Gecko
Bungarra
Bungarra

Highly valued by the Aborigines as a delicious source of protein.

PERENTIE

When frightened these powerful. burrowing, egg laying, fork-tongued Monitor Lizards will run and climb the nearest tree (or human).
"Australia's largest lizard"

Big lizard
"mouse-over" the image.
Long-Nosed Dragon
Long-Nosed Dragon
Gwardar - Western Brown Snake
Gwardar

Western Brown Snake or Gwardar - Pseudonaja nuchalis

A dangerously venomous snake whch can be very fast and aggrressive when threatened or disturbed. It is capable of injecting a large dose of highly toxic venom.

In the last 30 years, the Gwardar is responsible for six of the last ten snakebite deaths in Western Australia.

But, in comparison, the common honeybee causes an average of ten deaths per year in Australia.

Carpet Python
Carpet Python

South-western Carpet Python - Morelia spilota imbricata

A large non-venomous snake found in southern regions of Western Australia. Pythons kills small mammals and birds by constriction until they suffocate.

So named because their colouring resembles the patterns of old fashioned carpets.

Legal as pets in W.A.

South-western Carpet Python
Python

Brian Bush's Homepage

Snakes Harmful & Harmless - specialising in reptile education.

The information on Brian's site is orientated towards Australian and particularly Western Australian reptiles.

Snake
Legless Lizard - stripes run lengthwise. A snake's goes across.

Comments

  1. Monique W

    SCARY BITCHES!!!



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