REPTILES AND FROGS OF YORKRAKINE ROCK, EAST YORKRAKINE AND NORTH BUNGULLA NATURE RESERVES

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Introduction: Reptiles and frogs were collected on Yorkrakine Rock (YRR), East Yorkrakine (YER) and North Bungulla (NBR) Nature Reserves between 18-24 November 1974 and 11-16 May 1975. In addition J. Dell collected in NBR on 31 August 1977. Collecting methods included shooting active reptiles with 0.22 calibre dust shot, searching litter, logs, rubbish and roadside spoil, and digging out burrows. Searching at night with head torches was also carried out. All specimens are in the Western Australian Museum with registration numbers R 49188-49205, R 52175-52205, R 52253-52351, R 52353-52389 and R 52487-88.

All specimens were dissected and sexed; their reproductive organs were 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). The annotated list is compiled from data from all 3 reserves. The numbers in brackets refer to number of specimens collected each month.

Author(s) A. CHAPMAN & JOHN DELL : Part 11
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