Saturday, April 27, 2013

Erskine Falls

Well.... not actually the falls. 
There wasn't much water coming over them, so these are a couple of hundred metres downstream.


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Anglesea Wetlands

Was back out at Anglesea weltands the last two days, dropping artificial substrates for macroinvertebrates. Its very dry, even though it looks wet due to a little rain. Will be back out there again in six weeks to see how the substraits are looking and see if we can't find some Southern Pygmy Perch.



Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Borneo Frogs

These a some of the frogs we found while at a jungle camp on the Kinabantangan River in eastern Sabah.

For anyone interested, there is a great reference site for the frogs and toads of Borneo here: Frogs of Borneo.org

Frilled Treefrog (Rhacophorus appendiculatus)

Brown Bullfrog (Kaloula baleata)

Northern Torrent Frog (Meristogenys orphnocnemis)

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Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)

As nice as they look mosquitofish (AKA plague minnow) are one of the worst introduced species we have in south-eastern Australia. Live-bearing and rapid breeder, predatory on native fish, tadpoles and macroinvertebrates, spread disease and generally just nasty.


Thursday, February 21, 2013

Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Spotted this little fella on a golf course I was doing fish survey work at.
Very cute.