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REPTILE DIVERSITY IN \ CMJJTKiS FOREST IN handcollectingorsearchingforreptileshadbeenundertaken.
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND'S KKICALOW BELT. No significant range extensions for reptiles were made,
Memoirsofthe QueenslandMuseum39(2)394 1996: The However,thestudyconfirmsO.taenicauda, C.pectoralts, C,
clearingof much ofQueensland's Brigalow Biogeographic ttnni<jfiifiu andA/, taeniopteuranear the limitoftheir range
Regionforagriculturearulgrazinghasbeenwelldocumented in the Emerald area (Covacevich & Couper, 1991). Two
(Saltier& Webster, 1984; Gaxteen, 1985), but Iheeffects of specieson this site areofspecial conservationconcern cur-
Ifusonanimaldiversityandpopulations is unknown.Todate rently. D. taenicauda and r. annulataareclassified rateor
no comprehensive review of distribuiion and status of the insufficientlyknown* byCoggerel.at.(1993).
Kngnlow Biogeographic Region's reptile species has been The Auslralian NatureConservationAgencyfundedfield
completed, although such a study is current (Covacevich, workbyJeanetteCovacevich,PatrickCouperand Keith Mc
Couper & McDonald pers.comm.). To further thai work I Donald in the Brigalow Biogeographic Region. They en-
monitored,alongtermpittraptoassessreptilespeciesdiver- couragedmetomonitorthetrapandreportonthisstudy. My
sity in a small, relatively untouched forest near Emerald, colleaguesBruceDavisandJillianRyanfromCampFatrhftim
MEQ Outdoor Education Centre and the many staffand students;
The study site (23W& t4B°061B3 is lOOm frOrtl ihe Rill that visitedthecentreduringthestudy madethedailytaskof
supply level oflairbairnDam. It wasmaintained hy staff nf checking ihe traps a pleasurable, educational experience,
the Camp Fairbaifi Dntdooi Education Ccntrr of the JeuneiteCovacevichassistednie in preparingthisnote.
Queensland Education Department, with assistance from
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withscatteredpocketsol CatXmatottp. NatureConservationAgency: Canberra)254 pp
DecTehmebestrud1y99w5;asspceocnidmuecntsedweorveercolllfWectdeadyso,nf7i2odmayAsproivlerHf4l CovaceGv,iJch,<vJ.RAav&en.CtiRupJer,tedP.sJl.. 1A9n91.atlRaesptoiflesQ.ueIennsIlnagnrda'ms,
Koaaons no specimens of 24 species weie collected] 23 frogs, reptiles, birds and mammals. (Queensland
voucher specimens have been lodged in the Queensland Museum: Brisbane).
Museum reference collection (QMJ6I41G-6I4J2, 61423. Oastcen. WJ. 1985 The Kngakuv landsol eastern AusTi ilia
til476.61436-6144l,(iU44-61454,61459). Mostreptile.u:- - agricultural impact and land use potential versus
tivityoccurredduringOctober. NovemberandMay. Inihese biological representation and stability Pp. 45-49 In
months77.5'I ofihe specimens weretrapped(Fig 1). Gasteen.J..Mcnry.D.&Page.8.(eds) Agricultureand
The following species were collected during the study: conservationininlandQueensland.(WildlifePreserva-
Difthuim(vlu\ nmspuilltitus x7, l\ slcnjachneri x17, /). tionSocietyofQueensland:Brisbane). 114p.
taenicauda x7, D. vittiUus xll, Hetenmafia hi/uwi \\\ Mobbs. T.J. Morton. S K . Masters, P. & Jones, K R 1994
pNercpthonnitiriuy\uis7p,erCXry\%pkUtffbtki&Skhaurtftnu/tti.sca,\rIn,dfbyuirhun7t7u,uitCdtaeH\O\t,t(t'f. aInnfdlusepnicneifoefxgpirtastsrlaapnddse.siWginldolnifesaRmepsleianrgchof2r1e:p4t3i8le-s90i.n
rabitxHtx xc>, C, tfrauthii k!3, CZtaenialatus xl3, Lensta Saltier, P.S. I9SG Nature conservation inQueensland plan-
pfbfhoUuagUti'yintpxthttI'torJiB(S/x..\}p.j.x>.nMtx.\t,akUtnIe'hni-tmtnpamftneasui\r9aa,p>M.st)a,-tnVtfamtrimoapnih.u'is/>s"yi;r>7i!s\,f\t.sKXxhfltn.rntnn'pTtnlhwio<n Saltier,QniuIne'.geS.nts&hleaWmneadbtsr9ti7ex:.r.IPRr2.1oJ.c.ee19di8n4gTshoefctohneseRrovyaatlioSnocstiaettuysoolf
a<nfnpuhallautAa xhloxi Ihin/naidtdxilt,ioSnltmoosreepttaijlMesttmhseuafloilylo\w1i.ngVewnemrceeciolla- BrigSulpllOaWnd.(AcP&pr.ifl149h-ar16p0o.phIvnltBaa)ilceyo.mmAuni(tedie)sIhien
lected (and rclc&aed) from the pn nap: spiders; scorpions; Hnualow Belt ot Australia (The Ro>a! Society of
centipedes; millipedes; bush cockroaches; frogs (Ltni Queensland BriSQ&Ae)
ttotfyftUffeS <"intiu\): inautinaU {TftchygiivstotS aculfatus, A'u.s.w// Oner, Camp Pairbairn Outdoor Education Centre.
f'xeudomysdelicatufus). fin 4N, r'nu'tuld, Queensland 4720, Australia; 20 April
Construction ol thC KiiiUuiii 199&
Damcommencedin !%Sandwas
completed in Decemher l$"
flooded c.lhOOOha of native No. of Reptiles (rapped versus Month
forests, tuovi of which had been December -
gratedormodified. Native forests
bounding Ms w,iters Qre now vu- Novemeber
tually Ihe only non-agricultural
land m the Km'crald disiriei. Chat October
2J Ipecittt ol small reptiles were September -
found in thiv small patch ol Cat-
litri%\ foicsl in a ') month pCftOd August -
suggeststhatthediversityofsmall
reptiles has been maintained, July-
despiteconsiderable modification Juno -
of habitat. It also highlights the
value ofpit trapping in surveys. I May -
have been based:ii t-airbnirn Onto
for 5 years, and spend some lime April -
everyday in the field. Priorto thft
study, only 7 reptile species had 20 & 10 50 BQ
been recorded incidentally n
OutdoorBdUCatiOnCentre's lease,
an area of 19 ha. No methodical t-ig.C Numberofspecimenstrappedper rronfh
