Frilled neck lizard

Reptilian Rhapsody

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January 19th 2012
We've seen loads of different lizards here: water monitors, many different kinds of geckos, goannas, frilled necks, and others I don't know the names of. Yesterday I saw a snake! I was pretty freaked out, it was quite big but unfortunately my photo didn't turn out (and I only took one due to being scared). According to a woman who knows about snakes, it wasn't a poisonous one, alth ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Darwin

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more