This weekend 40 people joined us to learn about our local microbats, small mammals and frogs, thanks to zoologist Harry Hines and Bellbird Nature Refuge.
Over the evening we saw:
Microbats
* Vespedelus darlingtoni ((Large forest bat)
* Vespedelus pumulis (Eastern forest bat)
* Vespedelus vulturnus (Little forest bat)
* Rhinolophus megaphyllus (Eastern horseshoe bat)
* Nyctophilus gouldi (Gould’s long-eared bat)
* Miniopterus australis (Little bent wing bat)
* Cholinolobus morio (Chocolate wattled bat)
* Phoniscus papuensis (Golden-tipped bat)
Frogs
* Stony creek frog (Litoria wilcoxii)
* Tusked frog (Adalotus brevis)
* Great barred frog (Mixophyes fasciolatus)
* Broad palmed rocket frog (Litoria latopalmata)
* Emerald spotted tree frog (Litoria peronii)
* Bleating tree frog (Litoria dentata)
Reptiles
* Robust velvet gecko (Amalosia robusta)
Small mammals
* Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)
* Bush rat (Rattus fuscipes)
* Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus)
