Reptile and amphibian (Herpetology) report 
...Trevor Pescott 
Southern Brown Tree Frog 
1 
22/12/12 
Yaugher, in long grass near waterhole. 
TP 
Pobblebonk Frog 
1 
06/12/12 
Brisbane Ranges, calling from the dry river bed at the Little River picnic 
ground; also spawn probably from this species on a waterhole beside 
Thompson Road. 
SI,TP 
Common Froglet 
06/12/12 
Calling from creek in Anakie Gorge and at the Little River picnic ground, 
Brisbane Ranges. 
SI,TP 
Cunningham’s Skink 
1 
21/11/12 
Photographed with movement-activated camera at Aston-Eclipse Creeks, 
Brisbane Ranges, investigating a bait-box. 
CCo 
White’s Skink 
1 
17/11/12 
Found dead in garden, Whinray Road, Meredith. 
CCo 
Garden Skink 
Few 
06/12/12 
Little River picnic ground, Brisbane Ranges. 
SI,TP 
Few 
09/12/12 
Dog Rocks Sanctuary, caught by a boy during a luncheon at the 
homestead. 
TP 
1 
17/12/12 
Yaugher, sunning on stack of rocks. 
TP 
1 
22/12/12 
Yaugher, under tile along powerline easement. 
TP 
Blotched Bluetongue Lizard 
1 
15/01/13 
Yaugher, in my strawberry patch; ‘is this why 1 can’t find any ripe berries— 
bluetongues are said to relish them.’ 
TP 
1 
28/01/13 
Beside house on Portreath Road, Bellbrae West. 
AW 
Eastern Brown Snake 
1 
13/01/13 
Curled beside Ridge Track, Brisbane Ranges; ‘Kristen spotted after Wendy 
and Owen had walked past.’ 
CCo 
Mainland Tiger Snake 
1 
15/01/13 
Drank at waterhole beside Gundry Road, in the Great Otway National Park; 
‘it returned to drink a second time as 1 watched from the opposite side of the 
water about 5 minutes later.’ 
AW 
1 
25/01/13 
Yaugher; ‘it had become tangled in some netting 1 had been getting ready in 
the garden shed to cover the fruit trees, and 1 had to carefully cut away the 
net to release it.’ 
TP 
Lowland Copperhead 
1 
14/11/12 
Eclipse Creek, Whinray Road, Meredith, on the edge of a dam at 9.20 a.m. 
WCo 
1 
24/11/12 
Whinray Road, Meredith; ‘it was lying on a dirt path beside a flower bed. 
When 1 approached, it quickly moved into the neighbouring windbreak.’ 
WCo 
1 
30/11/12 
On an overgrown track, Bald Hills Road, Anglesea Heath. 
AW 
1 
04/01/13 
Whinray Road, Meredith; ‘moved fast across grass into shady, bushy flower 
bed where 1 lost sight of it.’ 
WCo 
Leatherback Turtle 
1 
06/12/12 
Photographed beside a fishing boat in Portland Harbour. (Although this is 
outside our area, it is a very interesting record.) 
per 
GW 
Eastern Brown Snake Photo: Colin Cook Cunningham’s Skink investigating a bait box, Brisbane Ranges. 
Photo triggered by camera. 
Other fauna 
Banjo Shark 3 20/01/13 Cruising in the shallow water off Edwards Point. AW, PW 
(aka Southern Fiddler Ray) 
Observers in mammal, herpetology and other fauna reports: 
AW, Alison Watson; CCo, Colin Cook, GW, Geoff Wilson; JBe, John Berry; JLo, Judy Locke; KCo, Kristen Cook; NTu, Ned Turcinov; 
OCo, Owen Cook; PW, Phil Watson; SI, Shona Innes; TP, Trevor Pescott; VWD, Valda Dedman; WCo, Wendy Cook 
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