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30 Apr 12 - Hi Folks, Welcome to the Blue Mountains herpetology group, for all your lizards, tortoises, frogs and snakes of the Greater Blue Mountains area.
Your Admins will attempt to add name and species tags where possible, members please feel free to do likewise.
Please ensure your images are properly exposed and in-focus clearly showing the animal.
Multiple images of a similar subject will be deleted, as will images without a specific location within the Greater Blue Mountains....

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About Blue Mountains Reptiles

Welcome to the Blue Mountains herpetology group. Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and gymnophiona) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, terrapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpetology

Reptiles and amphibians of the Greater Blue Mountains area comprise two species of tortoise, 37 species of lizard, 19 species of snake and 29 species of frog (at last count).

A handy local guide for reptile identification is: "Reptiles of the Sydney Region" by Ken Griffiths also, "Fauna of the Blue Mountains" by Judy and Peter Smith 1990.

For positive identification, Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia by Harold Cogger is the standard work, if you don't have it - check your local public library.

A new up-to-date reference is: A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia 2nd ed. by Steve Wilson and Gerry Swan, New Holland Press 2008.

For frogs, I use: "Frogs of Australia, Green Guide" by Gerry Swan.

Some useful links :

FIRST AID
www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&am...

www.anaes.med.usyd.edu.au/venom/snakebite.html

www.snake-away-services.websyte.com.au/site.cfm?/snake-aw...

IDENTIFICATION
www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/replinks/index.html

australianmuseum.net.au/Reptiles

australianmuseum.net.au/Frogs


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