WILDLIFE TRAVEL TASMANIA
Tasmania 2013 - Wildlife Travel
Tasmania 2013 - Wildlife Travel
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Tasmania 2013: trip report and species lists<br />
ENGLISH NAME<br />
LATIN NAME<br />
HERPTILES<br />
SKINKS<br />
White’s Skink Egernia whitii X<br />
E Spotted Skink Niveoscincus ocellatus X<br />
E Northern Snow Skink Niveoscincus greeni X<br />
E Tasmanian Tree Skink Niveoscincus pretiosus X<br />
Metallic Skink Niveoscincus metallicus X X X X X X X X X<br />
Blotched Blue-tongued Tiliqua nigrolutea D X<br />
Skink<br />
SNAKES<br />
Lowland Copperhead Austrelaps superbus X<br />
Tasmanian Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus X X<br />
FROGS<br />
Banjo Frog Limnodynastes dumerili Heard in the lagoon at Narawntapu NP<br />
Brown Tree Frog Litoria ewingi Several in the reeds at the pond, Inala<br />
Tasmanian Froglet Crinia tasmaniensis Heard calling, like a lost lamb, Cradle Mountain<br />
Smooth Froglet Geocrinia laevis Heard calling, creaking, Cradle Mountain<br />
MAMMALS: MONOTREMES<br />
Family Ornithorhynchidae (Platypus)<br />
Platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus X<br />
Family Tachyglossidae (Echidnas)<br />
Short-beaked Echidna Tachyglossus aculeatus X X X X X<br />
MAMMALS: MARSUPIALS<br />
Dasyuridae (Marsupial Carnivores)<br />
E Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus X D X<br />
Family Peramelidae (Bandicoots)<br />
Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus<br />
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Family Vombatidae (Wombats)<br />
Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus D X X X<br />
Family Phalangeridae (Brushtail Possums)<br />
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula X D D X D D D D D X D<br />
Family Potoroidae (Potoroos & Bettongs)<br />
E Southern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi X X<br />
Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus ?<br />
Family Macropodidae (Kangaroos & Wallabies)<br />
Bennett’s Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus X X X X X D D X X X D<br />
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus X<br />
E Tasmanian Pademelon Thylogale billardierii X X D X X X X X D X X D<br />
MAMMALS: PLACENTALS<br />
Family Leporidae (Rabbits)<br />
I Brown Hare Lepus europaeus X X<br />
I European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus X X X X X X X<br />
Family Cervidae (Deer)<br />
I Fallow Deer Dama dama X X X<br />
Family Delphidae (Dolphins)<br />
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus A medium sized pod feeding offshore at Brunie<br />
Family Otaridae (Eared Seals & Sealions)<br />
Australian Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus Several hauled out on the rocks at The Nuggets,<br />
off Cape Tourville, Freycinet NP
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