New ban on dangerous rodent poisons is lifeline for our native animals Rat and mouse baits are an everyday product. But these chemicals can persist in the tissues of rodents that eat them for months and poison native animals.

I really didn't think this would finally happen in Australia. Our country has the worst record for species extinction on the planet.
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Cats kill our <5kg mammals & birds, this is 150 y old brick I discovered 700 mm deep under steps, 1871 house Bendigo.
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Our trees are chipped for cardboard. Here's cardboard used to create some of the unique mammals Australia is losing.
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Tiny Young Gippsland Water Dragons sitting on a banksia bloom at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra.
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#ausreptiles can this be ID'd. NSW in October 2000

Picture of a brown and cream lizard curled up on someone’s hands. The lizard has a stocky appearance with a triangular head

The weather is definitely heating up in Perth ☀️

Which means wildlife starting to look for water. Had to rescue this lovely Bobtail lizard from the backyard pool today. He’s currently at a wildlife rescue centre for a checkup and will hopefully be back home soon🤞

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Evidence of ancient tree-climbing 'drop crocs' found in Australia Scientists say the crocodiles hunted like leopards by climbing trees and killing prey below.

Whilst the Australian drop bear might be mythical, it seems that Australia was once home to the "drop croc"... an extinct clade of crocodile that could have climbed trees to then drop on their unsuspecting prey below
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Picture of a stout skink with a triangular head and short stumpy tail. The mouth is open showing a blue tongue in a pink mouth. The lizard is brown and cream in colour

One of the Bobtails or Western Shinglebacks (Tiliqua rugosa rugosa) that lives in our Perth Hills garden showing off the blue tongue these skinks are known for

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Photo of a goanna - aka lace monitor - from the shoulders up, climbing the trunk of a tree. It is a large lizard, with thin wrinkly skin and a long face. It has bands of black and pale yellow on its lower jaw, as well as on its fingers. It is hugging the tree tightly, with its long claws gripping the bark.

Goanna slowly climbing a tree, Cattana Wetlands
Cairns region, QLD
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Beautiful green-grey lizard with black and yellow markings behind the eye, yellow throat, and red breast show sloughing brown skin as it moults.

A moulting Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), University of Queensland Lakes, St Lucia, #Brisbane #Australia #lizard #reptile #herps #reptiles #dragon #ausreptiles #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography

This is a picture of a Broad-tailed gecko on a pile of logs. It is mottled in colour with a leaf shaped tail. It is also adorable.

Found a gecko in the wood pile

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Bobtail Lizard. Has a heavily armoured body and can be found in various colours, ranging from dark brown to cream. Its snout–vent length varies from 260 to 310 mm (10 to 12 in), and it is very heavy-bodied for its length. Their eyes are small with a reddish-brown and grey colour. Has a triangular shaped head. In this image the Bobtail is facing away from the camera crawling slowly along the ground which is covered in dry leaves and twigs.

This is Kevin, a Bobtail Lizard.
Noongar Name: Yoondarn
When we rescued Kevin he was very unwell with the Flu.
This was taken on the day we released him back to his home turf. He's looking very healthy with a nice fat tail.
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Brisbane River Turtle pokes it brown head with two bright yellow eyes out of the water.

Well helloooo there...
Brisbane River Turtle (Emydura krefftii signata), University of Queensland, St Lucia
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Large brown and grey dragon with mouth open showing a pink tongue, and a red chest charges the camera over a ground of leaf and bark litter.

I'll do yew, mate!
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Toowong
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Fred has recovered from a big Christmas lunch and is feeling on top of the world after an early morning workout. Legs day. #auswildlife #ausreptiles

Bobtail lizard resting in brown grade

This little bobtail I found a few months ago 😍
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Eastern Water Dragon — regular visitors to my backyard for a few years during the hot weather.

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Lives near our house and I say "Hi!" each day on my walk - if the sun is shining! #auswildlife #ausreptiles

One for #ausreptiles definitely!🦎

A pale brown lizard partially hidden in a rock crevice

🦎 It's #WorldLizardDay

This South-Western Crevice Skink (Egernia napoleonis) was living up to its name and enjoying some sunshine from the safety of its favourite crevice #biodiversity #inaturalist #wildoz #ausreptiles #reptile 🦎

Photo of a carpet python eating a water dragon. The snake is knotted around a tree branch, holding the lizard upside down in a loop, and swallowing it by crawling upward. The snake's mouth is just about to wrap around the dragon's legs.

Found this incredible scene while on a bird walk this weekend. This tangle of scaliness is a large carpet python eating a full-grown Eastern water dragon.
Mookin-bah reserve, Brisbane QLD

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Large lizard in on a couple of rocks in a terrarium. The lizard is cream-coloured with black and yellow markings and tiny white spots.

🦎Common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides) in a pet shop in Copenhagen.

Eats snails, insects, reptiles and fruits/plant matter. A tongue covered in sticky mucus helps capture live foods.

Expected lifespan: 20+ years.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

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This Bobtail Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) wasn’t very impressed about having its picture taken, showing its blue tongue in a threat display #wildoz #auswildlife #ausreptiles

A small lizard on a concrete bridge with reeds in the background

A slightly bigger lizard on a concrete bridge with reeds in the background

It’s been a lizard kind of week, here’s a hatchling Eastern Water Dragon and another juvenile hanging out on our bridge. 🦎
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Head of crocodile just poking out of the water as it swims toward us. The eyes are reflected in the water. The left corner of the image shows some of the body of the crocodile.

One of my favourite Australian reptiles, Crocodylus porosus. Photographed in my early DSLR days on the Mary River in the NT. I really like the variations you get in skin colour on these animals. Also, they are very, very big! #auswildlife #ausreptiles.

A cute skink

Please enjoy this adorably chonky water skink
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