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Biosphere Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd<br />
<strong>Ryde</strong> Flora <strong>and</strong> Fauna Survey <strong>2007</strong> 41<br />
Table 11<br />
Reptile Fauna <strong>of</strong> Terrys Creek Catchment Reserves<br />
Species Common Name Forrester<br />
Ctenotus taeniolatus<br />
Lampropholis delicata<br />
Lampropholis guichenoti<br />
Saproscincus mustelinus<br />
Eulamprus quoyii<br />
Eulamprus tenuis<br />
Cryptoblepharus virgata<br />
Physignathus lesueurii<br />
Phyllurus platurus<br />
Hemiaspis signata<br />
Pseudechis porphryiacus<br />
Frogs:<br />
Copper-tailed Skink<br />
Garden Skink<br />
Grass Skink<br />
Weasel Skink<br />
Eastern Water Skink<br />
Bar-sided Skink<br />
Wall Skink<br />
Eastern Water Dragon<br />
Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko<br />
Black-bellied Marsh Snake<br />
Red-bellied Black Snake<br />
Five species <strong>of</strong> frogs were found in the Terrys Creek reserves (Table 12). None <strong>of</strong> the<br />
frogs were abundant. The ephemeral nature <strong>of</strong> Terrys Creek means that water is not<br />
readily available for frogs but the enclosed gullies provide shelter sites for frogs.<br />
Red-crowned Toadlets Pseudophryne australis were not found in any <strong>of</strong> the above<br />
reserves in the <strong>Ryde</strong> LGA but were found in the adjoining Wood Street Reserve in the<br />
Hornsby LGA.<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Forsyth<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Pembroke<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Lucknow<br />
Park<br />
Table 12<br />
Frog Fauna <strong>of</strong> Terrys Creek Catchment Reserves<br />
Species Common Name Forrester<br />
Limnodynastes peronii<br />
Limnodynastes dumerilli<br />
Crinia signifera<br />
Litoria phyllochroa<br />
Litoria peronii<br />
Fish:<br />
Striped Marsh Frog<br />
Eastern Banjo Frog<br />
Common Eastern Froglet<br />
Leaf-green Tree Frog<br />
Perons Tree Frog<br />
Striped Gudgeon Gobiomorphius australis were found in Terrys Creek at Pembroke<br />
Park.<br />
Invertebrates:<br />
A wide variety <strong>of</strong> invertebrates were found in the reserves along Terrys Creek (Table<br />
13). Insects dominate the invertebrates present with 16 major taxa <strong>of</strong> insects being<br />
found. Most <strong>of</strong> the insects were leaf-eating or sap-sucking insects exploiting the<br />
young tree growth in the park. Spiders, snails, centipedes <strong>and</strong> slaters were also<br />
conspicuous throughout the reserves.<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Forsyth<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Pembroke<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Lucknow<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Somerset<br />
Park<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Somerset<br />
Park<br />
Ivanhoe<br />
Reserve<br />
*<br />
*<br />
Ivanhoe<br />
Reserve