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Ring tail possum

 


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           Animals 

This fauna list was compiled from observations by Brian Mc Innes (Parramatta, Council) and Tony Price (Friends of Duck River) for the central Duck River catchment. Brian Mc Innes recorded birds between Clyde Railway Station and Ray Marshall Reserve, Wellington Road South Granville during 3-4 June 1996. Tony Price recorded mammals, birds and hepetofauna species between the Sydney Water easement and Wellington Road. Conservation significance is as follows: R denotes regional significance (Straw 1996b; H. Jones, NPWS, pers comm.); J/C denotes listing under international treaties; *denotes introduced species).

Additions to the original fauna list compiled from observations by Kathy Mealing (Friends of Duck River) and Jeffrey Carter along Duck River between the Water Pipelines in Regents Park to the Wellington Rd Granville intersection from October 1996 to January 2001. These observations are denoted by +

Mammals

 

Common Names

Scientific Names

Grey-headed Flying-fox

Pteropus poliocephalus

Common Ringtail Possum

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Cat*

Felis cattus

Rat*

Rattus rattus

Fox*

Vulpes vulpes

 

 

Reptiles

 

Eastern Water Skink

Eulamprus quoyii

Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard

Tiliqua nigrolutea

Bearded Dragon

Pogona barbata

Red-bellied Black Snake

Pseudechis prophyriacus

Striped Skink

Ctenotus robustus

Fence Skink

Cryptoblepharus virgatus

Eastern Long-Necked Tortoise

Chelodina lonaicollis

Wood Gecko+

Diplodactylus vittatus

Garden Skink+

Lampropholis guichenoti

 

 

Amphibians

 

Peron's Tree Frog

Litoria peronii

Brown Striped Marsh Frog+

Limnodynastes peronii

Eastern Froglet+

Crinea signifera

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