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Australian Zoologist (2018) 39 (3): 440–442.
Published: 01 September 2018
...James A. Fitzsimons; Janelle L. Thomas ABSTRACT Despite its widespread range overlapping with urban centres and agricultural areas of Australia, there are few published studies on many aspects of the ecology of the Jacky Lizard Amphibolurus muricatus in the wild, including its diet. We describe...
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Australian Zoologist (2016) 38 (2): 212–213.
Published: 01 January 2016
...Richard Shine; Bobby Tamayo * Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] © 2016 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2016 When predators become prey: the lizard- eating spiders of suburbia Richard Shine* and Bobby Tamayo School of Life and Environmental Sciences...
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Australian Zoologist (2015) 37 (4): 508–509.
Published: 01 September 2015
...Leigh J. Martin Selective foraging behaviour in the Scincid lizard Lampropholis guichenoti Leigh J. Martin School of the Environment, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia Email: [email protected] Key words: alates, foraging, Lampropholis guichenoti, prey...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 25 (3): 83–85.
Published: 17 March 2014
...Brian Weavers Diet of the Lace Monitor Lizard (Varanus vadus) in south-eastern Australia Brian W. Weavers' 'Department of Zoology, Australian National University, Canberm, AC.T. 2601 Present address: National Parks and Wildlife Division, Department Consenmtian. Forests and Lands, 123 Brown Street...
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Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 927–940.
Published: 29 January 2012
...David Wong; Sandie Jones; William Osborne; Geoff Brown; Peter Robertson; Damian Michael; Geoffrey Kay This review synthesises research on the Pink-tailed Worm-lizard Aprasia parapulchella - a threatened species with life-history traits and habitat and dietary preferences that make it particularly...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.019
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
... The oviposition of nine female frillneck lizards Chlamydosaurus kingii was induced in the laboratory, and the mean clutch size of 15.1 (range 12–23) was larger than previously reported for this species. There was significant variation in egg mass among clutches. Three females were relocated 3...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.025
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
... The Striped Legless Lizard Delma impar is a vulnerable endemic reptile restricted to the native grasslands of southeastern Australia. This study examined the effectiveness of fluorescent powders to track D . impar in its natural grassland habitat. A total of 15 lizards was tracked...
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Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 377–380.
Published: 17 March 2014
...C. Masters; R. Shine King's Skinks Egernia kingii are large viviparous scincid lizards from southwestern Australia. Although some other species within the genus Egernia are known to exhibit complex sociality, with long-term associations between adults and their offspring, there are no published...
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Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 1993
10.7882/RZSNSW.1993.020
EISBN: 0-9599951-8-8
... Macro- and microhabitat relationships were analysed within a lizard community from the Simpson Desert, Queensland, Australia. Three macrohabitat categories (dune crest, side and swale) and six microhabitat variables (soil hardness and five ground cover estimates) were investigated. Most captures...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (2): 265–275.
Published: 14 October 2011
... variation in host-parasite aggregations. Prevalence of ticks was uniformly high (> 98%) but median tick abundance varied 3.52 fold among 9 host lizard populations. There was no evidence to suggest that average tick abundances were correlated with genetic similarities (R m = 0.133, P = 0.446...
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Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 681–684.
Published: 20 October 2011
...Tani Cooper; Karl Vernes The larger bodied skink of the genera Tikiqua (blue -tounged and shingle-back lizards) and Egernia may be contributing to the maintainance of ecosystem health by dispersing fungle spores that form symbiotic relationships with most terrestrial plant species. We observed...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2010
10.7882/FS.2010.015
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-3-6
... the fauna, with progressively fewer agamid and gekkonid lizards, pygopod and varanid lizards, colubrid snakes, pythons and typhlopid snakes. Most of these species have declined and some have disappeared over the past 140 years, both in suburban environments and adjacent small bushland fragments. Some...
Book Chapter
Series: Other RZS NSW Publications
Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Published: 01 January 2008
10.7882/FS.2008.016
EISBN: 978-0-9803272-2-9
... the effects of a typical road in an arid ecosystem on kangaroo populations and communities, threatened small mammal species ( Sminthopsis macroura and Leggadina forresti ), and small mammal and lizard communities over two years. We determined which vertebrate populations and communities were negatively...
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Australian Zoologist (2024) 44 (1): 103–120.
Published: 02 August 2024
..., providing information about their geographical distribution, habits, and treatment of snake bite. Significantly, Waite includes a small section titled Uses of snakes in which he outlines the contribution snakes make to the economy of nature by keeping animals like mice, frogs and lizard numbers in check...