Queensland FaunaInsects Spiders

Queensland encompasses a diverse range of habitats from the east coast and top end marine environments along Australia’s lengthy coastline, inland water sources that include permanent and seasonal waterways and wetlands, beaches and mangrove forests, tropical rainforest, grasslands and savannas to arid regions.

All these habitats are home to a diverse range of wildlife from aquatic creatures, insects, spiders, reptiles, mammals, marsupials and birds. Whilst most of the larger wildlife are known, there are many thousands of unamed species of insects and spiders (see our current work in progress, Queensland Moths Index).

Check out some of the listed fauna here, with many more to be added over times.

Tryon's Gecko (Oedura tryoni), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Tryon’s Gecko (Oedura tryoni), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) bicingulatum, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) © Marc Newman
Male Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Blackburnium cavicolle, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Blackburnium cavicolle, Brisbane QLD © Hongming Kan
Mother and young Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Mother and young Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Aussie Bronze Jumper (Helpis minitabunda), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Aussie Bronze Jumper (Helpis minitabunda), Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Male Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) © Marc Newman
Male Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus) © Marc Newman
Green-faced Wattle Hopper (Hackerobrachys viridiventris), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Green-faced Wattle Hopper (Hackerobrachys viridiventris), Gold Coast QLD © Stefan Jones
Clam Shrimps (Paralimnadia urukhai), Granite Belt QLD © Marc Newman
Clam Shrimps (Paralimnadia urukhai), Granite Belt QLD © Marc Newman
Pink Flower Spider (Tharrhalea evanida), Brisbane QLD © Stefan Jones
Pink Flower Spider (Tharrhalea evanida), Brisbane QLD © Stefan Jones
Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Southern Downs QLD © Marc Newman
White-capped Noddy, also known as the Black Noddy (Anous minutus), Lady Elliot Island © Marc Newman
White-capped Noddy, also known as the Black Noddy (Anous minutus), Lady Elliot Island © Marc Newman

Check out our section Gold Coast Fauna and Southern Downs Fauna.

This section is a work in progress… more information coming…


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Marc Newman
  2. Photographs © Stefan Jones

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