REPTILES AND FROGS OF BUNTINE AND NUGADONG RESERVES

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Introduction: Reptile and frogs were collected on Buntine Nature and Buntine Water Reserves (BUR) between 27 August and 6 September 1972, 17-25 May 1973 and 12-16 July 1977. In addition we record material collected by Chris Davidge (Murdoch University) in 1977. Collecting on Nugadong (NR), East Nugadong (ENR) and Nugadong Forest (NFR) Nature Reserves took place between 9-19 June 1975, 27 April-4 May 1976 and 15-21 November 1976. 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 registration numbers R43597-43664 and R44900-44929 for BUR and R50137-50159, R57867-57904, R58110-58240 for the Nugadong series of Reserves.

All specimens were dissected,' sexed, their reproductive organs examined and gonads and snout-vent length (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. Appendices 1 & 2 indicate species present, number collected with vegetation location numbers (where known) which are directly referable to Muir (this report). The annotated list is compiled from data from all 4 Reserves.