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Happy #WorldLizardDay from Eric the Cunninghams Skink. These long-lived social lizards live in hollow logs and stumps and are one of the only reptiles to show parental care, attacking predators to defend their young.

It's #WorldLizardDay and what better way to celebrate than with a Tree Skink happy in her hollow home. Remember that #HollowsAreHomes and if you have a fire, avoid using hollows and know where your "firewood" comes from.

Check out this Superb Lyrebird showcasing its incredible repertoire of mimicry! 🐦✨ Many wild birds use mimicry in their song, but the complexity of the Superb Lyrebird's calls is truly remarkable. 📽️ Via @jeremyfilmsthings on Instagram

In exciting news from the Faunaverse HQ on the north-west slopes of NSW, Velvet Worms (Onychophora) have been found for the first time in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion!! Male with white spot on head.

OMG I found another Velvet Worm- this time right next to my house. They must have been here forever and I never turned on the search image because who looks for Velvet Worms in the Brigalow Belt South bioregion?

@Hadronyche9 You're a Velvet worm guy..

In exciting news from the Faunaverse HQ we found the first record of an Onychophoran in a whole bioregion. Velvet Worm from Coolatai NSW. This is like a 200km range extension for a PHYLA which can just outrun a snail.

The Border Thick-tailed Gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus) is a vulnerable species with its distribution mainly over the Nandewar Bioregion. This hatchling was found on a fauna survey. #Gecko #WildOz #OzReptiles #Lizard

How cute are Squirrel Gliders? These gliders need multiple tree hollows and rapidly disappear from environments without them. #Cute #WildOz #OzMammals

How often do you see wild leucistic birds? Little Friarbird, north-west slopes of NSW. #WildOz #OzBirds #OzNature #Birding

We love bin chickens because: 1. They're a majestic native animal whose natural habitat has been taken over by humans 2. They're super adaptable. As they've been displaced, they've learnt new skills to survive 3. They have learnt how to eat cane toads!

Logs on the ground aren't firewood. They're vital habitat for many of Australia's animals, providing shelter from predators and weather, basking platforms and perches. Here's a Liopholis modesta peeking from safety. #HollowsAreHomes #WildOz #Lizards

With Asian House Geckos (Hemidactylus frenatus) displacing native geckos over much of northern Australia we figured it's worth letting people know how to tell the difference. #Geckos #InvasiveSpecies #Feral #WildOz

Faunaverse is moving to the Pleistocene Pachyderm site under Faunaverse. You're more than welcome to follow us there and see new content.

The Faunaverse team spotted this resident of a large hollow while on our morning walk. The Boobook Owl (Nonox novaesellandiae) was a little annoyed by our banter. #HollowsAreHomes #WildOz #AusBirds

Every now and then I have a flash of panic as I remember this is all actually real. It’s insane that the worlds leaders haven’t explained to their peoples the magnitude of the threat

The limiting factor to the number of gliding marsupials (and so many other animals) is the availability of hollows. These Kreffts Gliders (Petaurus notatus) were using artificial hollows created in trees killed in the 2019-20 bushfires. #HollowsAreHomes

PhD opportunities to explore the interface of sexual selection and conservation in wild populations of ornate dragons. Funded projects, 26 years of data from >70 pops and a sequenced genome. Applications due October 31st. @CEB_UWA @minimbus @AustSocHerp

If you watch lizards (Like this Cunninghams Skink) for long enough, you will see them yawn. But why do they yawn? #WildOz #SocialSkinks #OzNature #Lizards @lizard_lab