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Fauna of Oykangand and Olkola country, genetic list
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Mammals
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- Tachyglossidae, echidnas
- Dasyuridae, dasyurids
- Peramelidae, bandicoots and bilbies
- Isoodon macrourus (northern brown bandicoot)
- Petauridae, striped possum, Leadbeater's possum and
wrist-winged gliders
- Pseudocheiridae, ringtail possums and the greater glider
- Pseudocheirus peregrinus (common ringtail possum)
- Acrobatidae, feathertail glider
- Acrobatidae pygmaeus (feathertail glider)
- Phalangeridae, brushtail possums, cuscuses and the
scaly-tailed possum
- Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum)
- Macropodidae, wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos
- Pteropodidae, flying-foxes, fruit-bats, blossom-bats
- Megadermatidae, false vampires
- Macroderma gigas (ghost bat)
- Hipposideridae, leaf-nosed-bats
- Hipposideros ater (dusky leafnosed-bat)
- Emballonuridae, sheathtail-bats
- Saccolaimus flaviventris (yellow-bellied sheathtail-bat)
- Molossidae, freetail-bats
- Chaerephon jobensis (northern freetail-bat)
- Mormopterus beccarii (Beccari's freetail-bat)
- Mormopterus loriae (little northern freetail-bat)
- Muridae, murids
- Mesembriomys gouldii (black-footed tree-rat, "mouse")
- Pseudomys delicatulus (delicate mouse, "mouse")
- Hydromys chrysogaster (water-rat)
- Mus musculus (house mouse, "mouse")
- rattus sordidus (cornfield rat, "mouse")
- Canidae, dingo, fox
- Felidae, cat
- Equidae, horse, donkey
- Suidae, pig
- Bovidae, horned ruminants
Birds
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- Dromaiidae, emus
- Podicipedidae, grebes
- Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian grebe)
- Phalacrocoracidae, cormorants and shags
- Phalacrocorax varius (pied cormorant, "shag")
- Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (little black cormorant)
- Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (little pied cormorant,
"shag")
- Anhingidae, darters
- Pelecanidae, pelicans
- Ardeidae, herons and bitterns
- Ciconiidae, storks
- Plataleidae, ibises and spoonbills
- Accipitridae, kites, hawks and eagles
- Falconidae, falcons
- Falco berigora (brown falcon)
- Falco cenchroides (Australian Kestrel)
- Falco longipennis (Australian Hobby)
- Falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon)
- Falco subniger (black falcon)
- Anseranatidae, magpie geese
- Anatidae, geese, swans and ducks
- Megapodiidae, mound-builders
- Phasianidae, quails and allies
- Coturnix ypsilophora (brown quail, "ground quail")
- Turnicidae, button-quails
- Turnix pyrrhothorax (red-chested button-quail, "ground
quail")
- Rallidae, rails and allies
- Otidae, bustards
- Gruidae, cranes
- Jacanidae, jacanas
- Rostratulidae, painted snipe
- Rostratula benghalensis (painted snipe)
- Recurvirostridae, stilts and avocets
- Himantopus himantopus (black-winged stilt)
- Burhinidae, stone-curlews
- Glareolidae, pratincoles
- Stiltia isabella (Australian pratincole)
- Charadriidae, plovers and dotterels
- Scolopacidae, sandpipers and allies
- Tringa nebularia (greenshank)
- Actitis hypoleucos (common sandpiper)
- Calidris acuminata (sharp-tailed sandpiper)
- Laridae, gulls, terns and skuas
- Columbidae, pigeons and doves
- Psittacidae, parrots and cockatoos
- Cuculidae, cuckoos, koels and coucals
- Cuculus pallidus (pallid cuckoo)
- Cacomantis variolosus (brush cuckoo)
- Cacomantis flabelliformis (fan-tailed cuckoo)
- Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo)
- Chrysococcyx lucidus (shining bronze-cuckoo)
- Chrysococcyx minutillus (little bronze-cuckoo)
- Eudynamys scolopacea (common koel)
- Scythrops novaehollandiae (channel-billed cuckoo, "stormbird")
- Centropus phasianinus (pheasant coucal, "stormbird")
- Strigidae, hawk- and masked-owls
- Ninox boobook (southern boobook)
- Ninox connivens (barking owl)
- Tyto alba (barn owl)
- Podargidae, frogmouths
- Aegothelidae, owlet-nightjars
- Caprimulgidae, nightjars
- Apodidae, swifts
- Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail)
- Aerodramus spodiopygius (white-rumped swiftlet)
- Apus pacificus (fork-tailed swift)
- Alcedinidae, kingfishers
- Meropidae, bee-eaters
- Coraciidae, rollers
- Alaudidae, larks
- Mirafra javanica (singing bushlark)
- Hirundinidae, swallows and martins
- Hirundo neoxena (welcome swallow)
- Hirundo nigricans (tree martin)
- Hirundo ariel (fairy martin)
- Motacillidae, pipits and wagtails
- Anthus novaeseelandiae (Richard's pipit)
- Campephagidae, cuckoo-shrikes, trillers and minivets
- Pachycephalidae, Australian robins, whistlers and flycatchers
- Poecilodryas superciliosa (white-browed robin)
- Microeca flavigaster (lemon-bellied flycatcher)
- Microeca leucophaea (jacky winter)
- Pachycephala rufiventris (rufous whistler)
- Colluricincla harmonica (grey shrike-thrush)
- Myiagra rubecula (leaden flycatcher)
- Myiagra cyanoleuca (satin flycatcher)
- Myiagra alecto (shining flycatcher)
- Myiagra inquieta (restless flycatcher)
- Rhipidura rufifrons (rufous fantail)
- Rhipidura fuliginosa (grey fantail)
- Rhipidura rufiventris (northern fantail)
- Rhipidura leucophrys (willie-wagtail)
- Pomatostomatidae, Australian babblers
- Pomatostomus temporalis (grey-crowned babbler)
- Sylviidae, old world warblers
- Acrocephalus stentoreus (clamorous reed-warbler)
- Cisticola exilis (golden-headed cisticola)
- Cinclorhamphus mathewsi (rufous songlark)
- Maluridae, fairy-wrens and allies
- Neosittidae, sittellas
- Daphoenositta chrysoptera (varied sittella)
- Climacteridae, Australian treecreepers
- Climacteris picumnus (brown treecreeper)
- Meliphagidae, honeyeaters
- Nectariniidae, sunbirds and allies
- Nectarinia jugularis (yellow-bellied sunbird)
- Dicaeidae, flowerpeckers
- Dicaeum hirundinaceum (mistletoebird)
- Pardalotidae, pardalotes
- Pardalotus rubricatus (red-browed pardalote)
- Pardalotus striatus (striated pardalote)
- Ploceidae, weavers and allies
- Taeniopygia bichenovii (double-barred finch)
- Poephila personata (masked finch)
- Poephila cincta (black-throated finch)
- Lonchura castaneothorax (chestnut-breasted mannikin)
- Oriolidae, orioles and figbirds
- Dicruridae, drongos
- Dicrurus bracteatus (spangled drongo)
- Ptilonorhynchidae, bowerbirds
- Corcoracidae, Australian mud-nesters
- Grallinidae, magpie-larks
- Artamidae, woodswallows
- Artamus cinereus (black-faced woodswallow)
- Artamus minor (little woodswallow)
- Artamus leucorhynchus (white-breasted woodswallow)
- Artamus personatus (masked woodswallow)
- Cracticidae, butcherbirds and currawongs
- Corvidae, crows, jays and allies
Reptiles: Crocodiles
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Reptiles: Snakes
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- Elapidae, elapid snakes
- Acanthophis praelongus (northern death adder)
- Demansia atra (black whip snake)
- Demansia papuensis (Papuan black whip snake)
- Demansia psammophis (yellow-faced whip snake)
- Demansia torquata (collared whip snake)
- Furina barnardi (yellow-naped snake)
- Furina ornata (orange-naped snake)
- Oxyuranus scutellatus (taipan)
- Pseudechis australis (king brown or mulga)
- Pseudonaja nuchalis (western brown snake)
- Pseudonaja textilis (eastern brown snake)
- Rhinoplocephalus boschmai (Carpentaria whip snake)
- Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens (eastern small-eyed snake)
- Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus (black-striped snake)
- Simoselaps semifasciatus (half-girdled snake)
- Suta suta (curl snake or myall)
- Vermicella annulata (bandy-bandy)
- Colubridae, colubrid snakes
- Acrochordidae, file snakes
- Boidae, Pythons
- Aspidites melanocephalus (black-headed python)
- Liasis childreni (children's python)
- Liasis fuscus (water python)
- Liasis maculosus
- Liasis olivaceus (olive python)
- Morelia amethistina (amethystine python)
- Morelia spilota (carpet python)
- Typhlopidae, blind snakes
- Ramphotyphlops affinis (small-headed blind snake)
- Ramphotyphlops broomi (faint-striped blind snake)
- Ramphotyphlops diversus (northern-striped blind snake)
- Ramphotyphlops polygrammicus (north-eastern blind snake)
- Ramphotyphlops unguirostris (claw-snouted blind snake)
- Ramphotyphlops wiedii
Reptiles: lizards
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- Scincidae, skinks
- Carlia jarnoldae (lined rainbow-skink)
- Carlia longipes (closed-litter rainbow-skink)
- Carlia munda (shaded-litter rainbow-skink)
- Carlia rostralis
- Carlia schmeltzii (robust rainbow-skink)
- Carlia storri (brown bicarinate rainbow-skink)
- Carlia vivax (tussock rainbow-skink)
- Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus (callous-palmed shining-skink)
- Cryptoblepharus virgatus (cream-striped shining-skink)
- Ctenotus essingtoni (lowlands plain-backed ctenotus)
- Ctenotus robustus (robust skink)
- Ctenotus spaldingi (Spalding's skink)
- Ctenotus taeniolatus (copper-tailed skink)
- Egernia frerei (major skink)
- Egernia hosmeri (Hosmer's skink)
- Eulamprus tenuis
- Glaphyromorphus crassicaudis (Cape York mulch-skink)
- Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (black-tailed bar-lipped skink)
- Glaphyromorphus pardalis (lowlands bar-lipped skink)
- Glaphyromorphus punctulatus (fine-spotted mulch-skink)
- Lygisaurus aeratus (large-disced litter-skink)
- Tiliqua scincoides (eastern blue-tongued lizard, "bluetongue")
- Varanidae, goanna and monitor lizards
- Agamidae, dragon lizards
- Pygopodidae, snake-lizards
- Gekkonidae, geckos
- Diplodactylus steindachneri (box-patterned gekko)
- Diplodactylus williamsi
- Gehyra dubia (dubious dtella)
- Gehyra nana
- Heteronotia binoei (Bynoe's gecko)
- Nactus pelagicus (Pelagic gecko)
- Nephrurus asper (prickly knob-tailed gecko)
- Oedura castelnaui (northern velvet gecko)
- Oedura coggeri (northern spotted velvet gecko)
- Oedura marmorata (marbled velvet gecko)
- Oedura monilis (ocellated velvet gecko)
- Oedura rhombifer (zigzag velvet gecko)
Reptiles: Turtles
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Frogs
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- Myobatrachidae, southern frogs
- Hylidae, tree frogs
- Cyclorana brevipes (superb collared-frog)
- Cyclorana novaehollandiae (eastern snapping-frog)
- Litoria alboguttata (striped burrowing frog)
- Litoria bicolor (northern dwarf tree frog)
- Litoria caerulea (common green tree frog)
- Litoria dahlii (northern water-frog)
- Litoria dorsalis (dwarf rocket-frog)
- Litoria inermis (bumpy rocket-frog)
- Litoria infrafrenata (giant tree frog)
- Litoria lesueuri (Leseur's frog)
- Litoria nasuta (striped rocket-frog)
- Litoria nigrofrenata (tawny rocket-frog)
- Litoria pallida (peach-sided rocket-frog)
- Litoria rothii (Roth's tree frog)
- Litoria rubella (desert tree frog or red tree frog)
- Microhylidae, narrow-mouthed frogs
- Sphenophryne gracilipes (shrill chirper)
- Ranidae, "true" frogs
Fish
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- Carcharhinidae, blue sharks, white sharks
- Pristidae, sawfish
- Pristis pristis (river sawfish)
- Rajidae, skates
- Dasyatidae, stingrays
- Osteoglossidae, Australian bony tongues
- Megalopidae, ox-eye herrings and tarpons
- Megalops cyprinoides (ox-eye herring)
- Anguillidae, freshwater eels
- Anguilla reinhardtii (long-finned eel)
- Anguilla obscura (south pacific eel)
- Clupeidae, sardines, herrings, pilchards and sprats
- Engraulididae, anchovies
- Thryssa scratchleyi (freshwater anchovy)
- Ariidae, forktailed catfish, sea catfish
- Arius midgleyi (shovel-nosed catfish)
- Arius leptaspis (triangular shield catfish)
- Arius graeffei (lesser salmon catfish)
- Arius berneyi (berney's catfish)
- Cinetodus froggatti (small-mouthed catfish)
- Plotosidae, eeltail catfish
- Anodontiglanis dahli (toothless catfish)
- Tandanus tandanus (tandan, "jewfish")
- Neosilurus ater (black catfish, "jewfish")
- Neosilurus argenteus (silver tandan, "eeltail")
- Neosilurus brevidorsalis (short-finned catfish)
- Neosilurus hyrtlii (Hyrtl's tandan, "eeltail")
- Porochilus obbesi (Obbes' catfish, "eeltail")
- Porochilus rendahli (Rendahl's tandan, "eeltail")
- Hemiramphidae, garfish, or halfbeaks
- Belonidae, longtoms, or needlefish
- Melanotaeniidae, rainbowfish and blue-eyes
- Melanotaenia maccullochi (McCulloch's rainbow)
- Melanotaenia nigrans (black-banded rainbow)
- Melanotaenia splendida splendida (eastern rainbow)
- Melanotaenia splendida inornata (chequered rainbow)
- Melanotaenia eachamensis (Lake Eacham rainbow)
- Melanotaenia trifasciata (banded rainbow)
- Iriatherina werneri (threadfin rainbow)
- Ambassidae, glassfish
- Ambassis agrammus (sailfin perchlet)
- Ambassis macleayi (Macleay's perchlet)
- Denariusa bandata (pennyfish)
- Centropomidae, barramundi and snooks
- Scorpaenidae, scorpionfish
- Notesthes robusta (freshwater stonefish)
- Lutjanidae, rovers
- Lutjanus argentimaculatus (mangrove jack)
- Gerreidae, mojarras (silver biddies)
- Gerres filamentosus (threadfinned silver biddy)
- Sparidae, breams or porgies
- Hephaestus fuliginosus (black bream)
- Hephaestus sp. (khaki bream)
- Varichthys lacustris (lake grunter)
- Scortum barcoo (Barcoo grunter)
- Hephaestus carbo (coal grunter)
- Leiopotherapon unicolor (spangled perch)
- Pingalla gilberti (Gilbert's grunter)
- Pingalla lorentzi (Lorentz's grunter)
- Amniataba percoides (banded grunter)
- Toxotidae, archerfish
- Toxotes chatareus (archerfish, "Man-o'-war fish")
- Scatophagidae, scats
- Scatophagus argus (spotted butterfish)
- Selenotoca multifasciatus (butterfish)
- Carangidae, jacks (trevallies)
- Caranx sexfasciatus (big-eye trevally)
- Gobiidae, Gobies, Sleepers (gudgeons)
- Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (eastern sleepy cod)
- Oxyeleotris lineolatus (sleepy cod)
- Oxyeleotris selheimi (striped sleepy cod)
- Ophieleotris aporos (snakehead gudgeon, "mud cod")
- Oxyeleotris aruensis (aru gudgeon)
- Oxyeleotris fimbriatus (fimbriate gudgeon)
- Oxyeletris nullipora (poreless gudgeongeon)
- Mogurnda adspersa (purple-spotted gudgeon)
- Mogurnda mogurnda (purple-spotted gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris compressa (empire gudgeon)
- Hypseleotris galli (tiretail gudgeon)
- Hyseleotris sp. (boofhead carp gudgeon)
- Awaous acritosus (Roman-nosed goby)
- Glossogobius aureus (golden goby)
- Glossogobius celebius (celebes goby)
- Glossogobius concavifrons (concave goby)
- Glossogobius giurus (flathead goby)
- Glossogobius sp. A sensu (dwarf goby)
- Glossogobius sp. B sensu (mulgrave goby)
- Glossogobius sp. C sensu (square-blotch goby)
- Schistamagobius sp. (goby)
- Stenogobius psilosinionus (goby)
- Redigobius bikolanus (speckled goby)
- Soleidae, soles
- Brachirus selheimi (freshwater sole)
Crustaceans
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e-mail: Philip Hamilton.