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+6Daniel Claesson Fabian Dirks Piero Moroni Neil Cass Scott Eipper Jannico Kelk 10 posters |
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Jannico Kelk
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Number of posts : 8
Age : 32
Location : Australia
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Registration date : 2011-12-25
| Subject: Windorah Australia  Fri 13 Apr - 23:19 | |
| I recently did a trip to Windorah with a few mates over Easter. Had a great time, nut much snake life around due to the full moon (we called it the second sun by the end of the trip, that's how bright it was) but I was completely new to Windorah so it was awesome and I got a few new repticks! The grass on the Morney Plains was another problem. Really hindered our ability to spot animals. I hope to visit there later on this year when it starts to warm up and the grass and foilage is dead from the cold winter. Also these are my first shots with a DLSR in the field. So be nice. Mulga Snake  Pale Headed Snake (tick)  Dywer's Snake (tick)  DOR Stimsons Python  Inland Bearded Dragon (tick). These were so ridculously common....we counteded 30 of them on the road within an hour.  Mulga Snake. This variant had a green hue to it. Really co-operative as well.  A frog I can't I.D.  Varanus tristis Orientalis    Our View   Northern Spiny Tail Gecko (tick). These were numerous along the roads at night.  Cangrass Dragon (tick). Really numerous in the right habitat.  Eastern Scaley Foot. (tick)   My View in the Morning    Speckled Brown Snake (tick)  Central Netted Dragon (tick)  Tesselated Gecko (tick)  Beaked Gecko (tick)  Suta suta  Painted Dragon (tick)  In Paradise  Ctenotus ingami (tick)  Box Patterned Gecko  Brigalow Coastal  Going Home... dammit.  Unfortunately we didn't find any blonde swedish back packers, but we did find a blind man who owned the local gas station. | |
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Scott Eipper
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 67
Age : 44
Location : South East Queensland, Australia
Points : 5318
Registration date : 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Tue 17 Apr - 20:18 | |
| Jannico
Your frog is a juv cyclorana novahollandiae | |
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Neil Cass
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| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Tue 17 Apr - 22:41 | |
| Great photo's jannico !
Brings back memories of Herping and Australia in general!
Looks like you had a very eventful trip.
Special kudos for capturing photo's of the monitors, I know they can be buggers to photograph, normally ascending up the nearest tree or down a hole ! LOL! | |
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Jannico Kelk
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Number of posts : 8
Age : 32
Location : Australia
Points : 4731
Registration date : 2011-12-25
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Tue 17 Apr - 23:20 | |
| Hey Scott Eipper
I thought so as well initially, although a few people told me I was wrong.
So I'm not sure what to think, thanks for reassuring me though.
Neil Cass, thanks! It was eventful! But I'm certainly going back there again to have another look around.
That tristis has a home in a very obvious place once you heard it. It was still there the other three times I checked.
Cheers
Jannico | |
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Piero Moroni
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 261
Location : Groningen (NL)
Points : 4744
Registration date : 2012-04-12
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Wed 18 Apr - 2:15 | |
| A wonderful virtual trip we offer you, thank you  | |
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Fabian Dirks
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 766
Age : 42
Location : Germany
Points : 6734
Registration date : 2009-01-07
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Wed 18 Apr - 3:47 | |
| Nice to see some "underdogs" of the australian elapids!
Keep us updated | |
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Scott Eipper
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 67
Age : 44
Location : South East Queensland, Australia
Points : 5318
Registration date : 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Wed 18 Apr - 11:30 | |
| Jannico,
You were correct the others are wrong it is a nova plain and simple. | |
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Jannico Kelk
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Number of posts : 8
Age : 32
Location : Australia
Points : 4731
Registration date : 2011-12-25
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Wed 18 Apr - 12:40 | |
| Thought so. Sweet thanks for that.
Cheers
Jannico | |
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Daniel Claesson
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 454
Age : 42
Location : Sweden
Points : 6239
Registration date : 2009-05-16
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Wed 18 Apr - 19:04 | |
| Nice pics. Oz herpetofauna is amazing.
Regards
Daniel | |
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Kriss Kolderup
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Number of posts : 36
Age : 35
Location : Everywhere man
Points : 5797
Registration date : 2009-02-23
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Thu 19 Apr - 0:20 | |
| Nice animals, love the kingbrown and the palehead. Found a palehead two years ago, in the northwest of Queensland. There is a tiny population living there. Did you see any fiercies? The stretch between Bedourie-Windorah and Bedourie-Birdsville is a hotspot for them. I was down that area three weeks ago, but unfortunately i only came across two dor specimen  One freshly killed 6 foot female and a 4 foot male. Would love to see them alive and kicking.
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Jannico Kelk
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Number of posts : 8
Age : 32
Location : Australia
Points : 4731
Registration date : 2011-12-25
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Thu 19 Apr - 9:15 | |
| Hey Kris.
Nope no taipans at all. They and demansia species were some of my target snakes. Unfortunately the vegetation on the Morney Plains was much to long to use binoculars to search for that tell tale and wonderful shine that could only be produced by one thing.
To be honest though I don't know what I would do if we did find a huge cranky taipan or a small whippy one for that matter. They are on a level on their own in terms of intelligence.
Scream and jump with delight probably.
Holocephalus are my favorite genus along with Demansia so finding two pale heads in an hour was pretty fantastic.
I only need to find bungaroides now.
Beautiful snakes.
We also found a DOR Brigalow Woma. From my understanding they are/were quite rare. Or maybe there are just more public herpers now combined with the onset of social media?
Also found a DOR Demansia sp, assuming quaesitor due to the habitat. It was a beautiful animal even in it's squashy decay.
Blue mid-body and tail.
Cheers
Jay | |
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Stefan Anthonijsz
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Location : the Netherlands
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Registration date : 2009-09-29
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Fri 20 Apr - 23:18 | |
| Beautiful! Thanks for sharing! | |
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Kelly Chabak
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Age : 56
Location : Phoenix, Az
Points : 5557
Registration date : 2010-09-29
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Fri 20 Apr - 23:37 | |
| Excellent photographs. The pale headed snake is awesome. Thanks:) | |
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David Nixon
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Location : Staffordshire, UK
Points : 6110
Registration date : 2008-09-19
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Mon 23 Apr - 7:24 | |
| Brilliant photos - a familiar bunch of herps, we did the same route in November. | |
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Kriss Kolderup
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Number of posts : 36
Age : 35
Location : Everywhere man
Points : 5797
Registration date : 2009-02-23
| | Subject: Re: Windorah Australia Tue 24 Apr - 2:03 | |
| Jannico: I see, to bad though because they are out there. But it´s all about timing, and their rep as the most lethal terrestrial snake in the world, dont make them to popular around the locals either unfortunately The DOR female we found, was hit not more than an hour before we got to it. And you could clearly see, by the tracks around the scene, that the driver had turned his car to get around and hit it again That was so depressing.. But on our way to Boulia, we encountered a huge perentie which made the long journey all worth it anyway  Great post anyway, to bad you didn´t get your goals, but this is how this game goes.. Better luck next time All my best Kriss Kaspersen | |
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