REPTILES AND FROGS OF BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, SOUTH BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, YOTING TOWN RESERVE AND YOTING WATER RESERVE

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Introduction: Reptiles and frogs were collected on Badjaling Nature Reserve (BNR), South Badjaling Nature Reserve (SBR), Yoting Town Reserve (YR) and Yoting Water Reserve (YWR) between 11-18 November 1974 and 5-11 May 1975. Collecting methods included shooting active reptiles with 0.22 calibre dust shot, searching litter, logs, rubbish and roadside spoil, and digging out burrows. In addition, searching at night with head torches was carried out. All specimens are in the Western Australian Museum with registered numbers R49174-49187, R52390-52435, R52440-52486, R52489-52515 and R52206-52252.

All specimens were dissected, sexed, their reproductive organs examined, and gonads and snout-vent lengths (SVL) measured. Clutch sizes are referred to as, for example, 2, 1 eggs. This means two eggs were in the left and one in the right oviduct. Stomach contents were collected and identified where possible. Appendix 1 indicates species present, number collected with vegetation location numbers (where known) which are directly referable to Muir (this publication). Where we cannot allocate a specimen to a particular formation, we quote the collector's field label directly. The annotated list is compiled from data from all 4 reserves. Number in brackets refers to number of specimens collected each season.