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Central Australia Fauna & Flora

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The vast region known as ‘Central Australia’, and sometimes referred to as the
‘Red Centre’ and the ‘heart of Australia’ is an area is often consider arid and desert-like, yet it encompasses a wide diversity of life… with some amazing flora and fauna. Centred around Alice Springs and focussing on the area around it for approximately 600 km, we will bring for you here some of the fauna and flora to be seen in the region.

Check out some of the interesting and beautiful plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, arachnids and much more that have been found in areas such as Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Watarrka National Park & Kings Canyon, East MacDonnell Ranges and West MacDonnell Ranges, Finke Gorge National Park, Owen Springs Reserve, Standley Chasm / Angkerle Atwatye, Wurre / Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve, Simpson Desert Region, Tennant Creek and Barkly Region and Alice Springs.

Red Cabbage Palm (Livistona mariae), Palm Valley
Red Cabbage Palm (Livistona mariae), Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park / Central Australia NT
Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia)
Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia), south of Alice Springs NT
Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Central Australia, NT
Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla), Central Australia NT
Mulla Mulla (genus Ptilotus)
Mulla Mulla (genus Ptilotus), Point Howard Lookout, Central Australia NT
Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii), Kings Canyon
Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii), Watarrka National Park NT
White Paper Daisy with Yellow Billy Buttons, Owen Springs Reserve, NT
White Paper Daisy with Yellow Billy Buttons, Owen Springs Reserve, NT
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), Simpsons Gap, NT
Black-breasted Buzzard (Hamirostra melanosternon), Simpsons Gap NT
Black Swan with Australian Pelicans, 2 Mile, West MacDonnell Ranges
Black Swan with Australian Pelicans, 2 Mile (known locally as 2 Mile Beach), West MacDonnell Ranges NT
Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis)
Spinifex Hopping Mouse (Notomys alexis), 2007 Uluru NT © Greg Sully
Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger), Alice Springs Desert Park
Kultarr (Antechinomys laniger), Alice Springs Desert Park
Black-footed Rock Wallaby, Ormiston Gorge
Black-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis centralis), Ormiston Gorge NT
Dingo (Canis dingo), Kings Canyon
Dingo (Canis dingo), Kings Canyon NT
Perentie (Varanus giganteus) near Rodinga (Rodinga Siding), NT
Perentie (Varanus giganteus) – near Rodinga (Rodinga Siding) NT
Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis cuprieceps), Finke Gorge National Park
Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis cuprieceps), Finke Gorge National Park NT
Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua multifasciata), Alice Springs Reptile Centre
Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua multifasciata), Alice Springs Reptile Centre NT
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap
Centralian Tree Frog in the bull rushes (T. domingensis), Simpsons Gap NT
Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)
Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Termite mound, Kings Canyon
Termite mound, Kings Canyon NT
Opisthopsis sp (Strobe ant), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Opisthopsis sp (Strobe ant), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) with prey, Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park NT
Orange Spider Wasp (Cryptocheilus bicolor) with prey (Isopedella inola), Finke Gorge National Park NT
Spiny Bark Mantis (Gyromantis sp), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Spiny Bark Mantis (Gyromantis sp), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Rhytiphora dallasi (Longicorn Beetle), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Rhytiphora dallasi (Longicorn Beetle), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Sjöstedt's Graceful Stick Insect (Tropidoderus gracilifemur), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Sjöstedt’s Graceful Stick Insect (Tropidoderus gracilifemur), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Desert Huntsman Spider (Isopedella inola), member of the Australian Huntsman Spider group, Alice Springs NT
Desert Huntsman Spider (Isopedella inola), Central Australia NT

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