... and native wildlife in peri-urban northern Sydney. We trapped rats and native wildlife at eight 1-ha bushland sites and sampled for a range of internal pathogens from necropsied individuals (n=85 rats) and animal/trap swabs (n=54 native individuals). We detected a high prevalence of rat lungworm...

...Peter R Mawson; Rick Dawson; Denis A Saunders ABSTRACT Barn Owls Tyto alba were recorded breeding in natural nest hollows in a Wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo woodland in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia infrequently and at low densities during the period 1969-2022. During a record cropping...

...Sam Wilson; Gary Stephenson; Richard Shine Corresponding author: email: [email protected] Annelida Colubridae Dendrelaphis calligastra Serpentes trophic ecology Fossorial prey in an arboreal snake: an observation of earthworm consumption by a Northern Tree-Snake (Dendrelaphis...

... and monitoring of bat windows in a grated roost cave in the Pilliga Forest, northern inland New South Wales, Australia Michael J. Murphy NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 952 Moama NSW 2731 ABSTRACT Bat departure activity was monitored at a grated cave site where bat windows had been added...

..., western and northern faunal assemblages. Species of particular conservation concern found in the Pilliga Forest include the threatened Hoplocephalus bitorquatus , near-threatened Pseudophryne bibronii and declining woodland reptiles such as Ctenotus allotropis , Diporiphora nobbi , Morelia spilota...

...David Milledge; Norman Graham; Jill Smith ABSTRACT A population of the Northern Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus tridactylus in Tyagarah Nature Reserve on the far north coast of New South Wales was first recorded in 1985. In 1992, a cage-trapping study captured 15 individuals in the central...

... the most commonly observed feed trees utilised by the study animals during the tracking period. This study provides baseline data for P. v. minor within high elevation habitat (950 to 1000 m) at its most northern extent. Given the widespread decline of P. volans across much of its range, these data may...

...Alana de Laive; Chris J. Jolly ABSTRACT Chameleon Dragons Chelosania brunnea Gray, 1845 are well known amongst naturalists of northern Australia as being one of the most cryptic and least frequently observed of Australia’s large, iconic lizards. Despite their broad distribution across the savanna...

... Ranges bioregion of the Northern Territory. Our observation of C. cryptotis is significant as it is the first record of the species in the Davenport Murchison Ranges bioregion. Range extensions for the hidden-ear frog (Cyclorana cryptotis) and Main s frog (Cyclorana maini) in the Davenport Murchison...

...Denis A Saunders; Alison Doley ABSTRACT Koobabbie is a 7,173-ha cereal and sheep growing property in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia. Unlike most wheatbelt properties that have been extensively cleared of native vegetation, Koobabbie retains 41% of its area under native vegetation...

...Mick Andren; David Milledge; David Scotts; Jill Smith ABSTRACT The Northern Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus tridactylus is progressively disappearing from habitat remnants on the far north coast of New South Wales and is in danger of becoming extinct on the northern coastal plain...

...Michael J. Murphy A survey of the herpetofauna of Yarrigan National Park (NP), in the southern Pilliga forest in northern inland New South Wales, was done over the period 2011 to 2013. The total identified herpetofauna community comprised 11 frog species (three families) and 35 reptiles (10...

... Caves NP. Again, cave features were recorded and cave floor samples taken. Cane Toads were not present in any of the caves at Camooweal Caves NP despite being present in the local area. In 2013/2014, Ghost Bat surveys were extended to Kakadu NP in the Northern Territory. Many historically occupied roost...

...Michael J. Murphy; Jessica K. Murphy A survey of the herpetofauna of Merriwindi State Conservation Area, a small conservation reserve in the western Pilliga forest in northern inland New South Wales, was done over the period 2009 to 2011. In total, 14 frog species (three families) and 25 reptile...

... on food choice in the generalist herbivore Arianta arbustorum (Gastropod, Helicidae). Oikos 62: 306-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3545495 Stanisic, J. 1998. Survey for land snail Thersites mitchellae in northern New South Wales. Unpublished report for the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service...

... by the Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea at East Point Reserve, Darwin. Northern Territory Naturalist, 18: 61-67. Use of tree hollows by the Green Tree Frog Litoria caerulea at East Point Reserve, Darwin Northern Territory Naturalist 18 61 67 Rowston, C. 1998. Nest- and refuge-tree usage by squirrel...

...Michael Murphy Seven sandstone caves in the Pilliga forest, in northern inland New South Wales, were identified as diurnal roosting sites used by the Eastern Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus . The population of R. megaphyllus in the Pilliga forest is considered to be of regional conservation...

...D. A. Rohweder; P. R. Baverstock The current and historical distribution of the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus was studied in the Richmond River catchment northern New South Wales in order to determine whether changes in distribution have occurred over the past 60-70 years, sightings were...

...P. G. Parker A survey of fish species occurring in the marine waters of northern New South Wales was conducted at five sites between October 1988 and February 1996. The principal study site was at Julian Rocks, located approximately five km north of Cape Byron, Australia's most easterly mainland...

...Robert Taylor; John Woinarski; Ray Chatto Information on forest use and dependence on tree hollows was collated for vertebrates in the Top End of the Northern Territory. The proportion of the total fauna that used hollows was 40% for mammals, 18% for birds, 20% for reptiles and 13% for frogs...