The brush-tailed rock wallaby. It has non-slip pads on the soles of its feet to jump around on the rocks.
The masked plover.
More lounging red kangaroos. They wondered why I was getting down to their level.
Here you can see the reason a blue-tongued skink has that name.
A monitor lizard sometimes referred to as a goanna in Australia. This is the lace monitor. They are common scavengers in picnic areas.
This is not an Australian Native, but it is the largest monitor in the world. It is the Komodo dragon.
This is a broad-shelled river turtle. It doesn't retract its head into its shell. Instead, it flexes its neck to the side and tucks its under the front part of the shell.
A sailfin lizard. They have the ability to run across the surface of the water.
The taipan. One of the many highly venomous snakes found in Australia.
An amethystine python - Australia's largest snake reaching an average size of 4 meters, and a record recorded at over 8 meters.
The short-tailed monitor at 8 inches it is the smallest monitor in the world compared to the Komodo dragon which can reach more than 8 feet long.
The frilled lizard. The flaps of skin behind the skin expand when the lizard is threatened to make it look larger. It also has the ability to run only on its hind legs.
A centralian carpet python, this species is found near the center of the continent where it is very hot and dry. These snakes are most active at night.
An uncooperative fierce snake (it was not showing its head). It is the most venomous snake in the world, so I could not leave it out.
Two color variants of the eastern blue-tongued skink with a land mullet in the middle. It looks like the skink on the left might be a pregnant female.
A Tasmanian devil . I left the red eyes for effect. It makes it look devilish.
It is hard to see in the dark. It is in the lower left corner under the brush. I can't remember if this is a bettong or a potoroo (my bet is potoroo). Both are tiny nocturnal macropods (there is that word) - kangaroo relatives.
This is a possum. It is a little cuter than the one we see in North America.
