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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE ANIMALS

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE MAMMALS
AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BIRDS
MARINE MAMMALS
INTRODUCED & FERAL MAMMALS
REPTILES
AMPHIBIANS
FISH - Pet & Aquarium Fish, Recreational & Commercial fishing
AQUACULTURE - Farming of fish, oysters, yabbies, etc.
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Native Animal Rescue organisations - WIRES and NANA

Australian Animal Archive
Threatened Fauna in Australia
Steve's Photo Album
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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE MAMMALS


MONOTREMES - Platypus & Echidna
MARSUPIALS - Kangaroos, Koalas, and others
PLACENTAL MAMMALS - Bats, Rodents, Dingoes, etc.
Threatened Fauna in Australia
Keeping & Caring for Australian Native Mammals
Care of Injured or Orphaned Native Mammals
Native Animal Rescue organisations - WIRES and NANA
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WIRES


New South wales Wildlife Information and Rescue Information Service Inc.
WE CARE FOR WILDLIFE

Mid South Coast Branch, PO Box 355, MORUYA NSW 2537.
Secretary - Vanessa Place Phone (044) 743 162

This organisation is interested in gaining new members. Please contact Vanessa on the above phone number. They hold training courses from time to time about caring for native animals.

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NANA
The Native Animal Network Association


Cares for injured and orphaned native animals and birds in the Shoalhaven and Euroballa areas.

Contact Lou or Marie Gardner on (044) 554 827.

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MONOTREMES


The Platypus Page
The Echidna
Monotremes - Platypus & Echidna - Yahoo Web Search
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AUSTRALIAN MARSUPIALS


KANGAROOS & THEIR RELATIVES
KOALAS & WOMBATS
POSSUMS
BANDICOOTS & BILBIES
CARNIVOROUS MARSUPIALS
Marsupials - Yahoo Web Search.
Australian Koala Hospital
Removal of koalas to western NSW
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AUSTRALIAN PLACENTAL MAMMALS

Dingo
Bats
Lyssavirus infection in flying foxes
Bat Links
Tolga Bat Hospital Qld

Mice & Rats
Marine Mammals
Introduced wild mammals
Farm animals
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KEEPING AND CARING FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIVE MAMMALS


The aim in taking care of any native wild animal must always be to release the animal back into the wild, if possible. A special licence is required to keep native animals for any purpose.

Most veterinarians in practice will examine and give emergency treatment to native animals, and a number of organisations such as WIRES and NANA consist of dedicated animal and bird carers who are prepared to take on the after care of sick and injured animals.

Native animals such as marsupials will die very easily from stress and other related problems. If you find a sick, injured, or orphaned native mammal you should immediately contact a veterinarian or a specialist animal care organisation such as WIRES or NANA.

DO NOT attempt to care for baby animals such as kangaroos without seeking specialist advice. If there is any delay in getting assistance keep the animal warm and as quiet and rested as possible.

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MARINE MAMMALS


Whales and Dolphins
Seals and SeaLions
Dugongs
ORRCA - Marine Mammal Rescue in Australia
Orrca Rescue Hotline - Phone (02) 9415 3333
Dolphin Watch - Jervis Bay, NSW
NetVet Marine Mammal Page

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INTRODUCED & FERAL MAMMALS


Rabbits & Hares,
Foxes, Feral Pigs, Wild Dogs, Feral Cats,
Goats, Deer, Water Buffalo,
Camels, Brumbies

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REPTILES


Legislation on keeping Reptiles in Australia
AUSTRALIAN SNAKES
Introduction - Notes from MacQuarie Uni. Bio. Sciences Museum, and Death Adder picture
Presynaptic Snake Neutotoxins - UTS Faculty of Science
Snakes and the Australian Aborigine
Tiger Snake & King Brown Snake - pics from Aust Embassy, Washington DC.
LIZARDS
Australian Lizards - pics from Aust Embassy, Washington DC.
TURTLES & TORTOISES
CROCODILES
Crocodile - pics from Aust Embassy, Washington DC.
Threatened Fauna in Australia - Reptiles & Amphibians
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AMPHIBIANS


Tree Frogs
Burrowing Frogs
Other Australian Frogs

The Queensland Cane Toad
Axolotls

General Frog Links
Threatened Fauna in Australia - Reptiles & Amphibians
Declining Australian Amphibians
The Frog Page
The All-New Frog Page

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Australian Frogs

Tree Frogs - Family Hylidae

Tree frogs are common inhabitants of country toilets, water tanks, laundries, and outhouses. They have discs on the tips of ther fingers and toes. There are about 50 species in Australia, and they may be grey, brown, or green, depending on where they commonly hide.

They are found in most parts of Australia, except for some desert areas. In the absence of trees, they may spend their whole life on the ground.

Burrowing Frogs - Family Myobatrachidae

Burrowing frogs are very diverse and varied, with 20 genera and 46 species in Australia. They are poor hoppers but good diggers. The Corroboree Frog lives above the snowline of the Alps, while others live in the arid centre.

Other Australian Frogs

Ranid Frogs
Ranid frogs dominate the Northern Hemisphere frog fauna, especially species of the genus Rana. Only one species of Rana (R.daemeli) lives in Australia, being a highly aquatic species found in Cape York.

Microhylid Frogs
All of Australia's microhylids are small fossorial species, occuring in northern Australia. They require high temperatures and a lot of water.

Source - A. White, in "Care and Handling of Australian Native Animals", ed. S.J.Hand, pub. Surrey Beatty, NSW, 1990.

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The Queensland Cane Toad


Bufo marinus, usually called the Great Mexican Toad outside Australia, was imported to Australia in 1935 to control sugar cane beetles. The cane toad has no effective predators (snakes and other animals die after eating them), and has found that native frogs, lizards, and insects provide a good diet without having to eat sugar cane beetles. They have now spread throughout Queensland and into northern NSW, at the expense of the indigenous frog population.

The Cane Toad produces a poison or toxin which it secretes from glands on either side of its neck, and which it can squirt over a short distance. This secretion is poisonous if swallowed. Anyone handling toads should wear gloves and avoid contact of the secretion with mucous membranes such as eyes, mouth, or nose, through which the toxin can be readily absorbed. Any part of the body coming into contact with a toad should be washed immediately with warm water.

Source - A. White, in "Care and Handling of Australian Native Animals", ed. S.J.Hand, pub. Surrey Beatty, NSW, 1990.

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Axolotls


The Axolotl is not native to Australia, but is often sold in Australian pet shops and are usually called Mexican walking Fish. They are not fish, but juvenile forms of a Mexican salamander, Ambystoma mexicanum. Those sold in Australia are all derived from a captive bred colony in France, and have lost their ability to metamorphose into adults, even if stimulated by iodine or thyroxine treatment. They can be reproductively active while still in the juvenile form.
Source - A. White, in "Care and Handling of Australian Native Animals", ed. S.J.Hand, pub. Surrey Beatty, NSW, 1990.

All About Axolotls

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INVERTEBRATES


NetVet Invertebrates Page
NetVet Bee Page
Ixodes holocyclus - The Australian Paralysis Tick
The Redback Spider - Queensland Museum Arachnology Home Page
Redback Spiders - Rochedale State School
Australian Funnel web Spiders - UTS Faculty of Science
Funnel Web Spiders - Rochedale State School
Worm Page
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This page was last updated on 29/4/98.