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Called Agro, a 5,5 meter, 750 kg saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) in Adelaide River, NT |
Agro, desperately needs a thoothbrush after 70-80 years of opportunistic feeding |
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A saltie at Yellow Waters, Kakadu NP, NT |
Gaping croc in Kakadu NP |
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Yellow Waters croc |
Female croc at Yellow Waters |
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Common blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides), Broome Bird Observatory, WA |
The Common blue-tongued Skink shows off its feature |
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Pale-lipped Shadeskink (Saproscincus basiliscus), Daintree NP, QLD |
Pale-lipped Shadeskink, Daintree NP, QLD |
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Horners's Dragon (Amphibolurus horneri), Victoria Highway, NT |
Bauxite Rainbow-skink (Carlia amax) in Bell Gorge, WA |
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A skink in Kimberley. Maybe a Rough Brown Rainbow-skink (Carlia johnstonei), Bell Gorge, WA |
Common House Gekko (Hemidactylus frenatus), Broome |
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Mertens' Water Monitor (Varanus mertensi) |
Mertens' Water Monitor, Bell Gorge, Kimberley, WA |
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Ants feasting on a dead lizard, a Centralian blue-tongue (Tiliqua multifasciata), Kimberley, WA |
Freshwater Crocodile (Johnston Crocodile) (Crocodylus johnstoni), Lake Argyle, WA |
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Slender snout, the mainly fish-eating freshwater crocodile, Lake Argyle, WA |
Freshwater crocodile, Windjana Gorge, WA |
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Swimming with crocodiles. This species was numerous in Windjana Gorge, which belongs to Lennard River. This is an Archerfish, maybe Kimberley Archerfish, Toxotes kimberleyensis? The Kimberley Archerfish species in endemic to the Kimberley, and was described as recently as in 2004 |
Freshwater Crocodile in Windjana Gorge |
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Mangrove inhabitant, the Red Fiddler Crab (Uca flammula), Derby, WA |
New Guinea Mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis), amphibious fish on mangrove flats, Derby, WA |
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Pug-headed Mudskipper (Periophthalmodon freycineti), Cairns Esplanade, QLD |
Small Spotted Pompano (Trachinotus baillonii), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
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Black Sea Cucumber or Lollyfish (Holothuria atra), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
Parrotfish, maybe a Queen Parrotfish (Scarus vetula), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
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A juvenile Humphead Wrasse / Napoleonfish (Cheilinus undulatus), Great Barrier Reef, QLD. Notice the two dark lines running behind the eye. Can grow up to 2 meters and weighing 180 kg |
Blunt-head Parrotfish / Steephead Parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
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Six-banded Wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
Staghorn Damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon curacao), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
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Bluespotted Cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
Australian Staghorn Coral (Acropora spathulata), Great Barrier Reef, QLD |
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Euro, or Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus), Lake Argyle, WA |
Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis), Broome Bird Observatory, WA |
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Agile Wallaby, Savannah Way, QLD |
Roadside Agile Wallaby, Gibb River Road, WA |
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Agile Wallaby, Lakefield NP. The Agile Wallaby is very common in Northern Australia |
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Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus), Bell Gorge, Kimberley, WA |
The nocturnal Northern Quoll is endangered, and the most aggressive of the four quoll species |
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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), Yungaburra, QLD |
Platypus, Yungaburra, QLD |
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Short-eared Rock Wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis), Bell Gorge, Kimberley, WA |
Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus), Cairns, QLD |
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Black Fruit Bat / Black Flying Fox (Pteropus alecto), Tunnel Creek Cave, WA. Species name confirmed on bat forum. This is Australias largest bat, with a wingspan of more than 1 m. |
Common Sheath-Tailed Bat (Taphozous georgianus), Tunnel Creek Cave, WA. It was very difficult to take photos of these critters in the dark. In retrospect, I should probably not have used a flashlight to light up the cave-dwelling bats during their daytime rest |
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Spot Winged Threadtail (Nososticta kalumburu). This damselfly is endemic to the Kimberly region of Western Australia |
L-spot Basker (Aethriamanta nymphaeae), Kakadu NP |
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Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) - male, Savannah Way, QLD
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Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) - female, Kimberley, WA |
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Painted Grasshawk (Neurothemis stigmatizans) - male, Kimberley, WA
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Common Glider (Tramea loewii) - male, Kimberley, WA |
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Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) - male, Kimberley, WA |
Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) - male, Kimberley, WA |
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Graphic Flutterer (Rhyothemis graphiptera), female, Kakadu NP, NT |
Rosy Skimmer (Orthetrum migratum) - male, Kimberley, WA |
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Common Crow (Euploea core), Kimberley, WA |
Nocturnal spider, probably a Lycosidae species. Kimberley, WA |
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