Ilparpa Claypans Fauna

Ilparpa Claypans FaunaClam Shrimp Desert Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus sudellae) Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides) Shield Shrimp (Triops australiensis) Toadhopper (Buforania crassa)

Listed as a ‘Site of National Botanical Significance’, the claypans is also home to a variety of wildlife from ephemeral tiny aquatic creatures, that appear as if from nowhere during periods of significant rain, to amphibian frog species, bird life, reptiles, euro and red kangaroos.

Check out some of the creatures that have been sighted at Ilparpa Claypans by Ausemade and our contributors, just a small sample of some of the wildlife that call this area home.

The Desert Trilling Frog (Neobatrachus centralis) and Shield Shrimp (Triops australiensis) have been seen at the Ilparpa Claypans (after the claypans filled with water from rainfall).

Following are thought to be the egg spawn and the Desert Trilling Frog emerging from aestivation at the Ilparpa Claypans in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Shield Shrimp (Triops australiensis) at the Ilparpa Claypans (after the claypans filled with water from rainfall).

Clam Shrimp (class Branchiopoda, order/suborder Spinicaudata) after the claypans filled with water from rainfall in Alice Springs, Central Australia.