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07.05.2022 So glad she is recovering well and will be able to get back the wild

17.04.2022 Part of our SUPER project. Great time of year for Reptiles.

11.04.2022 Couple of pics from a Darwin backyard as part of the SUPER project Dragon blitz. A Swampland Lashtail, Gowidon temporalis, a male in breeding colours.

27.03.2022 Reptilewatch are partnering with AAEE and launching the Dragon blitz today to try to get people engaged with reptiles as a part of the Biodiversity crisis. It’s that season of year when the ecology of the Top End explodes and this year its early. You have probably seen the dragons scampering across the road, around the backyard or at your local park? The Australian Association for Environmental Education NT branch (AAEENT) and BiodiversityWatch want you to get involved and... have some fun to help generate some information about our reptiles. We are encouraging Territory kids to get outdoors, identify their local lizards and let us know what they find. We have identification booklets and resources to help, and the datasheets for people to fill out. Make these holidays a bit of extra fun while getting attention on the biodiversity in your suburb. It is at this time of year that our lizards dress up in their finest robes, their breeding colours, which can allow easier identification. The Supporting Urban and Peri-Urban Endangered Reptiles(SUPER) project booklet and datasheet is available at the reptilewatch.org.au on the Biodiversitywatch Portal http://biodiversitywatch.org.au/index.cfm. The AAEE NT website http://AAEEnt.org.au also has lots of information and suggested activities See more

21.03.2022 This is the third time we have been sent evidence of Frill-neck lizards eating birds in Darwin as a part of our SUPER, Supporting Urban and Peri-urban endangered reptiles, project. Has anyone got any observations of frillies and birds. See http://biodiversitywatch.org.au/index.cfm . We are interested in what areas of Darwin people saw Frill-necks this wet season.

10.03.2022 Varanus scalaris in a E tintinans. Perhaps this is the reason Gouldians check hollows incessantly before choosing a nest site

19.02.2022 An invite to all to join in with our SUPER (Supporting Urban and Peri-Urban Endangered Reptiles) Project. We are encouraging people, especially kids to get involved with identifying and surveying the reptiles in their backyard. For more details go to the SUPER page on the ReptileWatch page in the Biodiversitywatch portal. http://biodiversitywatch.org.au/index.cfm You can download the id booklet and the data sheet at this page.

17.02.2022 ANNOUNCEMENT: This week DWS was awarded an NT Parks and Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Grant. This is very exciting for the organisation as it will allow u...s to increase our capacity to provide the wider community of Darwin with a 24/7 wildlife rescue and advice hotline, wildlife rehabilitation and care, support for carers all over Darwin and improve outcomes for wildlife in the NT. We would like to thank NT Parks and Wildlife for providing the funding for this increase in our ability to provide an essential service. If you are a carer with a current permit or would like to volunteer with us or become a carer please email [email protected] or message us on this page. See more

13.02.2022 The Australian Association for Environmental Education and Biodiversitywatch are encouraging Territorians to get Active in response to the Biodiversity crisis and to get to know their local reptiles. Our SUPER project is a local response to the Biodiversity Crisis and Sir David Attenborough's call to make every space better for wildlife. Details under the SUPER menu on the Reptilewatch page http://reptilewatch.org.au... SUPER, Supporting Urban and Peri-urban Reptiles provides a great way to look more closely at our biodiversity and build an understanding of the issues with a local perspective. The project. Supported with a small Environment grant from City of Darwin is designed to start people thinking about supporting biodiversity across the area. We want people to survey their backyard and local park and to get their schools involved in checking what reptiles are around and then to consider what can be done to help reptiles flourish into the future. Download the identification booklet and look to see which reptiles are in your backyard and neighbourhood park, then fill out a survey sheet and send it in. If you are unsure take a picture and send it in for identification. Binoculars help you to study lizards in detail with-out having to get too close, and with a decent camera or even your phone you can get a picture to confirm your id. Send it to [email protected]. A perfect holiday activity to get the kids out in the yard or the local park/ bush area and see which reptiles are there. Download a data sheet and fill out the information and become a citizen scientist as you help collect information of reptile species in Darwin!

27.01.2022 The release of goanna #02 for Nightcliff this year, and the first of three that we've caught in a trap in Kerin Place - if only we all had so many yellow-spotte...d visitors in our yards in Darwin! #02 lives in a pipe in this yard and was happily undisturbed by her trapping and microchipping experience as she was back raiding the trap for breakfast only a week later! If you have any goannas in your yard we'd love to hear from you and have a chat about setting up a trap in your yard - so please send us a message if you're interested!

20.01.2022 One of the big salties that hangs out in a Dam near the Adelaide River.

14.01.2022 Our iconic King Brown Snake, Pseudechis Australis has disappeared from Top End ecosystems and I was wondering why they did not appear on any endangered species lists and was recently told that the government agencies I thought did this sort of thing were not likely to do anything unless someone did the analysis work. (I guess I should not have been surprised, nor naïve enough to think the taxes we pay for managing our natural systems meant someone actually was) I am hoping ...you are in a position to help by either providing some data, pictures or diary entries or by passing on the word to others who might have data or diary entries. The basic plan is to get as many herpetologists and reptile enthusiasts as possible to provide their notes from field trips to the Top End over the last 20 years and see if we can provide a statistical view of the decline. What we need is field data, diary entries and possibly photos. As an example Dorat road, south of Adelaide River township has been a mecca for herpetologists wanting to see some of our reptiles by driving the road at night. These are effectively transect surveys we hope to be able to build into a statistical sample. If you have any information can you please email Graeme at [email protected] The preliminary sites we are considering are Dorat Road Adelaide river causeway on Arnhem Highway We are prepared to consider any other sites as well if you have any suggestions.