Herpetological observations in Sturt National park, northwestern New South Wales, with a commment on Ctenotus uber and C. astarte

Abstract

Four species of frogs and 18 species of reptiles were observed. The most interesting results include the observation of the frogs Notaden bennettii and Cyclorana platycephala, which are only active after heavy rains, and of the rarely encountered snake Demansia torquata, the first record of litoria rubella, Neobatrachus cf. sudelli, Diplodaachtylus byrnei, Rhynchoedura ornata, Lerista muelleri and L. punctatovittata the syntopy of the two similar-sized Larista labialis and L. xanthura, the early seasonal reproduction of Morethia boulengeri in 1991, and the survival of Diplodactylus byrnei, Morethia boulengeri, and perhaps other species on recently flooded plains.