One of the popular activities and highlights at the Alice Springs Desert Park is the Nocturnal House. Here visitors can see endangered animals that are often hard to see in the wild and those that are only active at night. Take your time as you walk around the Nocturnal House spotting some of Central Australian reptiles, invertebrates, rare and endangered creatures of the desert night.
Nocturnal House – Alice Springs Desert ParkMala (Lagorchestes hirsutus)Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroyi)Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis)Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)Plains Rat (Pseudomys australis)Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus amyae)Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger)Desert Scorpion (Urodacus yaschenkoi)Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus)Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis), Nocturnal House, Alice Springs Desert ParkGreater Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus conditor), Alice Springs Desert ParkGidgee Skink (Egernia stokesii)Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas), Alice Springs Desert ParkDesert Death Adder (Acanthophis pyrrhus), Alice Springs Desert ParkNorthern Spiny-tailed Gecko’s (Strophurus ciliaris), Alice Springs Desert Park NTSpinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis), Alice Springs Desert ParkStimson’s Python (Antaresia stimsoni), Alice Springs Desert Park NTWoma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert Park
We werre lucky to see the Woma Python finishing off a meal in the Nocturnal House.
Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert ParkWoma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert ParkWoma Python (Aspidites ramsayi), Alice Springs Desert Park
Following are some of the wildlife on display as you walk through the entrance passageway into the Nocturnal House.
Central Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis).
Central Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis), Alice Springs Desert Park NTCentral Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis), Alice Springs Desert Park NTCentral Netted Dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Cane Grass Dragon (Diporiphora winneckei).
As well as a place to escape the heat of summer for a couple of hours, the Nocturnal House also has toilet facilities and limited service vending machines.
Please note that the above wildlife photographs were documented by us over the many years that we have been visiting the Alice Springs Desert Park. Some of the wildlife displays changed over time and different species were presented.
