Zoochat Big Year 2025

Najade said:
25.04.25 - Robles Mimosos Ecolodge, Cartago, Costa Rica

Birds (non-passerines)
111. Southern Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas [fasciata] albilinea)
112. Purple-throated [Variable] Mountain-gem (Lampornis [castaneoventris] calolaemus)
113. Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
114. Richmond’s [Vaux’s] Swift (Chaetura [vauxi] richmondi)

Birds (passerines)
115. Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
116. Mountain Elaenia (Elaenia frantzii)
117. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush (Catharus frantzii)
118. Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Euphonia (Chlorophonia) callophrys)
119. Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)
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Addendum to my Costa Rica trip:
Couple of species that for some reason I forgot to put on the list before.

Sandpiper on a stream out of Cloudbridge, egrets in and around Sylvan Falls, falcon woke me up at Casa Botania, aracari at Las Cruces, woodpecker and flowerpecker at Miriams Quetzales and warblers in Guanacaste.

Birds (non-passerines)
120. Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
121. Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
122. American Great Egret (Ardea [alba] egretta)
123. Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
123. Feral Pigeon (Rock Dove) (Columba `livia´)
124. Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
125. Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Birds (passerines)
126. American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
127. Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
128. Slaty Flowerpecker (Diglossa plumbea)
 
28/04:
A couple of additions, with one being a lifer whilst helping a friend with bird and plant surveying:

131) Western House Martin Delichon urbicum

62) Cramp Ball Fungus Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus

01/05:
Whilst sitting by the main lake on campus:

63) Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula

02/05:
A wander about around the campus yesterday:

64) Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
65) Sun Fly Helophilus pendulus

And come the evening, I had to evict this moth species from my kitchen:

66) Brindled Flat-body Agonopterix arenella

03/05:
Today, a wander round campus to take note of what native plants are currently in flower saw me run into this mining bee and this hemiptera species:

67) Early Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa
68) Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
 
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birdsandbats said:
Birds
191. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
192. Sora Porzana carolina
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Birds
193. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
194. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
195. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
196. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
197. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
198. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
199. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
 
Had a super lucky day at Frampton today with (hopefully) good shots of both Reed and Sedge Warblers - I was trying to get diving Terns and Reed warblers kept flying into my eyeline, a pleasant problem to have.

Thanks to the sightings map in the visitor centre I was able to find a good looking Pink footed goose among some Greylags too. Had some sort of caterpillar too on the path but the photos will have to be worked on to find out what on earth that was.

Turnstones at Titchwell the other day were the highlight of a busy reserve and my first chance to get them up close in flight. Had the first Cuckoo call and distant view of the year there too, very much hoping for another chance to get one of those in the lens this year.

Birds

83. Turnstone, Arenaria interpres, 26/04/2025, RSPB Titchwell Marsh
84. Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, 26/04/2025, RSPB Titchwell Marsh
85. Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, 26/04/2025 RSPB, Titchwell Marsh
86. Reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, 03/05/2025, RSPB Frampton Marsh
87. Pink footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus, 03/05/2025, RSPB Frampton Marsh
88. Common Tern, Sterna hirundo, 03/05/2025, RSPB Frampton Marsh

Other

6. Green Veined White, Pieris napi, 14/04/2025, RSPB Strumpshaw Fen
 
Oops, I missed my results from a society moth trapping on Wednesday in which we caught the following that were year ticks and lifers for me:

69) Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta
70) Muslin Moth Diaphora mendica
71) Lunar Marbled Brown Drymonia ruficornis
72) Hebrew Character Orthosia gothica
 
birdsandbats said:
Birds
193. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
194. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
195. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
196. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
197. Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
198. Northern Parula Setophaga americana
199. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
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Birds
200. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
201. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
202. Dunlin Calidris alpina
203. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
 
Bank Holiday weekend outing to the seaside for me today, with a visit to Bempton Cliffs RSPB to complete my standard auk (and sparrow!) set, then Bridlington for Purple Sandpipers and a couple of extras picked up while failing to see a vagrant Lesser Yellowlegs. :D

Birds:
158. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus
159. Atlantic Puffin - Fratercula arctica
160. Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres
161. Purple Sandpiper - Calidris maritima
162. Common Sandpiper - Actitis hypoleuca
163. Eurasian Reed Warbler - Acrocephalus scirpaceus

(UK: 159)

:)
 
Just realised I forgot to include a mammal addition from an evening walk with the bat detector last night.

Mammals:
20. Common Pipistrelle - Pipistrellus pipistrellus

:)
 
Bisonblake said:
Today turned out much better than I expected. It rained almost the entire morning, so I wasn't expecting to get any new birds for the day. Instead, I got four new birds (which weirdly seems like a trend based on my last few outings) and my highest warbler count for a single day. I ended with 9 species and tried to get to 10, but it was a little too late for anything new to show.

5/1/25
Birds:
129. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
130. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
131. Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
132. Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

Total species: 152
Birds: 132
Mammals: 14
Herptiles: 6
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Another rainy day turned into a great day for birding. I went out right after it ended and had an even better day than Thursday. I beat my single-day warbler count again and saw two of my top targets for my lifelist, Blackburnian Warbler and Golden-winged Warbler.

5/4/25
Birds:
133. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
134. Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
135. Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
136. Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
137. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

Total species: 157
Birds: 137
Mammals: 14
Herptiles: 6
 
akasha said:
Mammals:

6. Brown Hare (Lepus capensis)

Birds:

67. Pacific Koel
68. Eastern Rosella
69. Blue-faced Honeyeater
70. Grey Butcherbird
71. Apostlebird
72. Common Myna
73. Rainbow Bee-eater
74. Grey-crowned Babbler
75. Superb Parrot
76. White-plumed Honeyeater
77. Brown-headed Honeyeater
78. Spotted Pardalote
79. Striated Pardalote
80. Speckled Warbler
81. Weebill
82. Grey Shrikethrush
83. Rufous Whistler
84. Jacky Winter
85. Eastern Yellow Robin

Invertebrates:

2. Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica)
3. Common Garden Snail (Helix aspersa)
4. European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
5. Australian Paper Wasp (Polistes humilis)
6. Shaggy Jumping Spider (Hypoblemum griseum)
7. Black House Ant (Ochetellus glaber)
8. Meat Ant (Iridomyrmex puroureus)
9. Black Field Cricket (Teleogryllus commodus)
10. Wingless Grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum)
11. Australian Painted Lady (Vanessa kershawi)
12. Australian Golden Orbweaver (Trichonephila edulis)
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Mammals:

7. Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
8. House Cat (Felis catus)
9. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
10. Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)

Birds:

86. Australian Boobook
87. Buff-rumped Thornbill
88. Scarlet Robin

Reptiles:

1. Delicate Garden Skink (Lampropholis delicata)

Invertebrates:

13. Blue Banded Bee (Amegilla cingulata)
14. Snail Parasitic Blowfly (Amenia imperialis)
 
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Yoshistar888 said:
Back from the Mallee, also thought I’d share my Herptile list in its entirety since it’s pretty small. Overall the trip was great, got twelve lifer birds and four herps.

Birds:

19. Greater Bluebonnet (Northiella haematogaster)
20. Yellow-throated Miner (Manorina flavigula)
21. Fire-crested (Pink) Cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)

Herptiles:

1. Growling Grass Frog (Litoria raniformis)
2. Garden Skink (Lampropholis gutchenoti)
3. Southern Water Skink (Eulamprus tympanum)
4. Eastern Three-lined Skink (Bassania duperreyi)
5. Coventry’s Coolskink (Carinascincus coventryi)
6. Delicate Skink (Lampropholis delicata)
7. Jacky Dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus)
8. Ragged Snake-eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus pannosus)
9. Southern Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus tuniluki)
10. Southeastern Morethia (Morethia boulengeri)
11. Peter’s Lined Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis petersi)
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Did a nice daytrip up to north eastern Victoria, have decided to add my full mammals list this year. also forgot to add Masked Woodswallow from earlier, plus an extra herp from Melbourne Zoo.

Mammals:
1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
2. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
3. Eastern Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus pereginus)
4. Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
5. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
6. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
7. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
8. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
9. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
10. Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
11. Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
12. Feral Goat (Capra hircus)
13. Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

Birds:
22. Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
23. Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella)
24. Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
25. Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)

Herptiles
12. Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
13. Southern Rainbow Skink (Carlia tetradactyla)
 
MOG2012 said:
April 26, 2025
Today, we took a day trip in Tuscany for our last full day in Italy

BIRDS:
48) Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
49) Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
50) Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
51) Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

MAMMALS: 6 species
BIRDS: 51 species
REPTILES: 2 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 19 species
TOTAL: 85 species
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May 4, 2025

BIRDS:
52) Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

INVERTEBRATES:
20) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

MAMMALS: 6 species
BIRDS: 52 species
REPTILES: 2 species
FISH: 7 species
INVERTEBRATES: 20 species
TOTAL: 87 species
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
Updates from me. Recent highlights have included doing a very long day trip, three hours west near Goondiwindi for Greater Bluebonnets of which I saw many. I picked up White-eared Honeyeater and Jacky Winter as well which are long overdue. I’m still chasing a few Great Dividing Range species. White-spotted Eagle Rays off North Stradbroke Island and a fluke Squirrel Glider in the afternoon at a local bushland reserve have been lingering memories. I also went to Melbourne for a couple of days mainly for zoos and I tried to squeeze in some birding which was actually pretty poor probably due to warm autumn temperatures. I should have planned better but I still ended up with a lifer Collared Sparrowhawk just outside Melbourne Zoo clutching a small bird in its talons and the best sighting of Spotless Crake I’ve ever had as they fought out in the open at Newport Lakes among Hoary-headed Grebes. I won’t be travelling for the winter break (I think) but I will be starting to finalise a return to far-north Queensland for September for operation cassowary.

Mammals:
09) Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
10) Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor
11) Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis
12) Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus
13) Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus
14) European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
15) House Mouse Mus musculus

Birds:
170) Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
171) Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
172) Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
173) Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
174) White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
175) Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
176) White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
177) Black Kite Milvus migrans
178) Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris
179) Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus
180) Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis
181) Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
182) Greater Bluebonnet Northiella haematogaster
183) Yellow-faced Honeyeater Lichenostomus chrysops
184) Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula
185) Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea
186) Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax
187) White-eared Honeyeater Lichenostomus leucotis
188) Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
189) Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
190) Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
191) Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana
192) Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
193) Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
194) Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
195) Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
196) Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
197) Little Raven Corvus mellori
198) Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
199) Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
200) Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus
201) Musk Duck Biziura lobata
202) White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata
203) Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
204) Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
205) New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
206) Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis
207) Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
208) Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
209) Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
210) Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

Herptiles:
19) Copper-tailed Ctenotus Ctenotus taeniolatus
20) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog Litoria fallax
21) Broad-shelled Turtle Chelodina expansa
22) Dainty Tree Frog Litoria gracilenta
23) Pale-flecked Garden Skink Lampropholis guichenoti
24) Eastern Blue-tongue Tiliqua scincoides

Fish:
17) White-spotted Eagle Ray Aetobatus ocellatus
18) Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki

Invertebrates:
221) Liolophura gaimardi [chiton]
222) Indigo Flash Rapala varuna
223) Orange Threadtail Nososticta solida
224) Grey Ringlet Hypocysta pseudirius
225) Conogethes haemactalis [moth]
226) Australian Yellow-winged Locust Gastrimargus musicu
227) Green Emperor Anax gibbosulus
228) Eucalyptus Variegated Beetle Paropsisterna cloelia
229) Brown Shield Bug Poecilometis strigatus
230) Echthromorpha agrestoria [wasp]
231) Blue-spotted Hawker Adversaeschna brevistyla
232) Red Triangle Slug Triboniophorus graeffei
233) Little Blue Periwinkle Austrolittorina unifasciata
234) Spectacular Crab Spider Thomisus spectabilis
235) Phimenes arcuatus [wasp]
236) Chrome Awl Hasora chromus
237) Yellow Admiral Vanessa itea
238) Southern Meat Ant Iridomyrmex purpureus
239) Wandering Pennant Macrodiplax cora
240) Pygmy Percher Nannodiplax rubra
241) Smooth-handed Ghost Crab Ocypode cordimanus
242) Common Bandwing Grasshopper Pycnostictus seriatus
243) Green Skimmer Orthetrum serapia
244) Black-banded Hoverfly Episyrphus viridaureus
245) Ornate Spiny Ant Polyrhachis ornata
246) Pygmy Wisp Agriocnemis pygmaea
247) Saralba ocypteroides [fly]
248) Cattle-poisoning Sawfly Lophyrotoma interrupta
249) Lydia Lichen Moth Asura lydia
250) Neat Epidesmia Epidesmia tryxaria
251) Cross-line Wave Moth Traminda aventiaria
252) Endotricha mesenterialis [moth]
253) Lawn Armyworm Moth Spodoptera mauritia
254) Tropical Beehive Snail Coneuplecta calculosa
255) Four-spined Spiny Orbweaver Gasteracantha quadrispinosa
256) Asperala erythraea [mantidfly]
257) Fraser's Banded Snail Sphaerospira fraseri
258) North Queensland Jumping Spider Cosmophasis micarioides
259) European Wasp Vespula germanica
260) American Cockroach Periplaneta americana
261) Red Harlequin Bug Dindymus versicolor
262) Blue Ringtail Austrolestes annulosus
263) Striped-mouth Conniwink Bembicium nanum
264) Common Conniwink Bembicium melanostoma
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A small update from me. I recently participated in a frog spotlighting survey in the outer fringes of Brisbane, something I hope to continue, which added two new species of frogs including two endemic Green-thighed Frogs which are poorly understood and no one was excepting to see them into autumn. A bonus Greater Glider frozen high up in the canopy was a neat find so close to suburbia among all the frogs and huntsman spiders including a new one (invert #267). Additionally, after an absolute embarrassing search around Melbourne for Scarlet, Pink and Flame Robin, a local winter Rose Robin was brilliant to see among White-naped Honeyeaters and Fan-tailed Cuckoo at my usual patch at Enogerra Reservoir. I didn't get Rose Robin at all for 2024 so it was great to get one early in the season. For all things buggy, Green Jewel Bugs have been a much-awaited local target; beautiful little things I tracked down at the local park while looking at fungi. I also ventured back to Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast a few weeks back for more rock pooling and was finally rewarded with lots of sea hares munching on the algae and a few new fish species.

Mammals:
16) Greater Glider Petauroides volans (armillatus)

Birds
211) Paradise Riflebird Ptiloris paradiseus
212) Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla
213) Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
214) White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus
215) Rose Robin Petroica rosea
000) Galah x Little Corella Eolophus roseicapilla x Cacatua sanguinea

Herptiles:
25) Great Barred Frog Mixophyes fasciolatus
26) Green-thighed Frog Litoria brevipalmata
27) Scarlet-sided Banjo Frog Limnodynastes grayi

Fish:
19) Banded Sergeant Abudefduf septemfasciatus
20) Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major Abudefduf vaigiensis
21) One-spot Snapper Lutjanus monostigma

Inverts:
265) White-speckled Sea Hare Aplysia argus
266) Blotched Nerite Nerita albicilla
267) Grey Huntsman Spider Holconia immanis
268) Havinthus rufovarius [assassin bug]
269) Dark Zebra Shield Bug Anchises parvulus
270) Savanna Black Tree Ant Tetraponera punctulata
271) Leptomyrmex rothneyi [spider ant]
272) Megachile maculariformis [bee]
273) Lucilia porphyrina [fly]
274) Eumelea rosalia [moth]
275) Green Jewel Bug Lampromicra senator
276) Lantana Hispid Uroplata girardi
277) Boatman Fly Pogonortalis doclea
278) Calomela juncta [beetle]
279) Bark-hugging Saint Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope ocyaloides
 
Matthew Typpo said:
April 27, 2025

Birds

42. White-Throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
43. Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
44. Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus)
45. Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Fish

2. Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides)
3. Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens)
4. Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus)
5. Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Reptiles

3. Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

Amphibians

1. American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Totals
Birds: 45
Mammals: 9
Fish: 5
Invertebrates: 4
Reptiles: 3
Amphibians: 1
Total: 67
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April 27, 2025

Birds

46. Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
47. Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
48. Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Totals
Birds: 48
Mammals: 9
Fish: 5
Invertebrates: 4
Reptiles: 3
Amphibians: 1
Total: 70
 
A fair haul of moths just on the walk to and from the pub this evening:

74) Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta
75) Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
76) Green Carpet Colostygia pectinataria
77) Chinese Character Cilix glaucata
78) Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata
 
Yoshistar888 said:
Did a nice daytrip up to north eastern Victoria, have decided to add my full mammals list this year. also forgot to add Masked Woodswallow from earlier, plus an extra herp from Melbourne Zoo.

Mammals:
1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
2. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
3. Eastern Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus pereginus)
4. Grey-headed Flying Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)
5. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
6. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
7. European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
8. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
9. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
10. Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
11. Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
12. Feral Goat (Capra hircus)
13. Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

Birds:
22. Masked Woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
23. Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella)
24. Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii)
25. Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii)

Herptiles
12. Australian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)
13. Southern Rainbow Skink (Carlia tetradactyla)
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Herptiles:

14. Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)
 
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