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WASAH WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY of AMATEUR HERPETOLOGISTS (Inc) (Member of the Australasian Affiliation of Herpetological Societies) WASAH WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY of AMATEUR HERPETOLOGISTS (Inc) (Member of the Australasian Affiliation of Herpetological Societies) NEWSLETTER 1 December 2000 (24) ******************************************************** Subcommittee is less than mooted for as early as 9 What is impressed with this December 2000. unnecessary delay. Jamie With the right press release, the and Simon have both been coinciding with the in contact with the publication of the public Minister minister’s office in the hope discussion process in the of receiving some newspaper, the minister can doing? explanation, although raise her profile at an unsuccessfully. opportune time relative to Cheryl Edwardes has been the state election in 2001. sitting on the redrafted There are those members Maybe this is the strategy legislation since September who will believe this is all being employed by her – if she commenced the part of an orchestrated plan advisors – let us hope so! I public discussion process by parties unknown to am getting worn out fielding straight away, then the six undermine the introduction calls from people asking, weeks required for this of the new system. It would “What’s going on?” would be completed now. appear that they have been The legislation could have proved correct in what they Okay so now been implemented prior the predicted. However, if there election in early 2001. Her is intent to undermine the I've heard procrastination may now new regulations then it must cause the whole thing to fall be coming from an upper everything... over and force WASAH to management person or start lobbying all over again. group that is senior enough According to Channel 7 News to manipulate the minister. the Galapagos tortoise that If this eventuates then it is Steve Irwin has at Australia damn disappointing, and not Zoo is not only the oldest in the just for WASAH, but also I just hope the delay is WORLD ... but was brought to for Gordon Wyre – he must related to the minister’s Australia by no less than have invested so much time uncertainty as to when an CHARLES DARWIN himself! and energy into drafting the election will be called. Keep new regulations. The in mind that one was All of this would be half believable except for one small 2000 WASAH Newsletter No. 24 1 fact ... they said the tortoise Well there you go folks ... Mobile: 0417 783 963 was 100 years old right.... well according to Channel 7 ... Charles Robert Darwin has Steve says that poor old Harriet E-mail: been dead since 1882 as far as was captured by Charles [email protected] I remember ... so unless he Darwin himself in 1835, and is dragged his sorry backside out now 175 years old! of the ground and jumped a *** ship to Australia in 1900 (and David Williams just happened to bring along a Geochelone elephantopus *** The Herp Shop nigra in his baggage). REPTILES OF is now on the Interestingly enough, according to captive longevity records for THE SOLOMON Internet this species, the oldest living ISLANDS @ specimen is in the private collection of Richard Cary www.herpshop.com.au Paull in the United States, and Is now available on CD. This is has only been in captivity a a revised edition of my 1980 mere 72 years and 5 months, book of the same title. The having been acquired on the contents of the CD are in html 6th June, 1928 ... followed format and can be read by any BARDICK - a closely by another specimen web browser on either Mac or small snake with a (GALAP Studbook #850246) PC platforms. Navigation in the Honolulu Zoo that was through the CD is easy with an big attitude acquired from the wild on the interactive Contents page and 29th September 1929 ... interactive Photo Index as well For a small snake the bardick is making a total of 71 years and as numerous links within the one of my favourites. Growing 2 months (and according to the keys and species accounts. to 70 cm with a stocky build database this animal was There are detailed accounts of and distinct head it sure does collected as a juvenile, so this all the reptiles currently known leave a lasting impression. age is probably very close to from the Solomons - over 80 Many people remark on how being the animals natural age) species. Almost all of these similar it looks to a small death species are illustrated - many adder, which is not surprising. I don't know who is sillier ... with colour variants - in Indeed some evidence suggests Steve for spinning the yarn, or 156 high quality photographs. that they are closely related. At Channel 7 for believing it and A sample page from the CD the moment the Bardick putting it to air! can be viewed at: belongs to a monotypic genus Echiopsis with the species Something else occurs to me ... http://www.members.dingoblue name curta . This suits me as Charles Darwin's only visit to .net.au/~mikemccoy/geckos/Ge they have had a rather unstable Australia was at the end of the ckos1.html taxonomic history (like most voyage of HMS Beagle (1831- small Aussie elapids) , 6) ... arriving in Sydney Cove I am selling this CD for including being lumped with on the 12th January 1836 and AUD$44 (inc. GST& postage). the tiger snake genus Notechis . departing for Hobart Town on Payment can be made by bank You may have heard of the 30th January, 1836 - arrived draft, personal check (in Lake Cronin Snake? It was Hobart Town on 5th February, Australian dollars only) or by thought to be related to the 1836 and reaching the Cocos credit card (Visa or Bardick. Even though they Islands on 1st April, 1836 MasterCard only, 3% surcharge behave and look similar this enroute to England applies). rare Goldfields elapid has recently been placed in its own Are we to believe that Harriet For further details, contact me: genus –Paraplocephatus the Galapagos tortoise is atriceps . actually over 164 years of Mike McCoy age??? PO Box 501 The Bardick is generally found KURANDA QLD 4872 across southern coastal Does anyone know where Australia where it can be either Harriet really came from? Tel/Fax: (07) 4093 8138 rare or extremely common in 2 2000 WASAH Newsletter No. 24 places. For instance the Bardicks do well in captivity population east of Adelaide is and include mammals in their listed as vulnerable while here diet. This is rare in small THE in the west they are common elapids with most feeding on north of Perth and on the south lizards and frogs. Keeping SUNSET FROG coast. I remember spotlighting lizard feeders is a real pain, but with Busho on Lort River not so with the larger Imagine finding a frog in the Station where we collected individuals of this species southwest that looked so about 25 Bardicks in one night taking mice. Like most Aussie different you knew on unsealed roads in what was elapids they will eventually immediately it was a new mainly cleared- paddock settle down in captivity species. Back in 1994 a bloke country. I took a photograph of abandoning the ‘Gun Turret’ called Pierre Horwitz did these snakes in a garbage bin look, though I must say, it is exactly that, but it was not only after we weighed and measured appealing in these snakes. a new species but also an the lot. By contrast near Perth entirely new genus. The it is infrequently seen now due I have always wondered about common name was suitably to development but some the common name “bardick”. applied to describe its brilliant recent records include the All I know is that it is orange and blue belly. This Trigg Dunes, Swanbourne, aboriginal, but what does it prompted further surveys and Burns Beach and Joondalup. mean? detailed research, which lead to As human density drops off BM its formal description in 1997 - towards Lancelin it becomes Spicospina flammocaerulea reasonably common and is Fresh & Frozen was known: a unique name for often found on the road at such a unique frog. Reptile Food night, which is the best way to find it, as it is mainly nocturnal. Undoubtedly the highlight of Live Mice the year for me was the You can turn it up during the Adults $ 1.00 day beneath dead vegetation or opportunity to see the Sunset Juv $ 0.80 Frog in its habitat and other cover. By the way, any Pinkies $ 0.50 Bardick records from the photograph it. Even though it is Frozen Mice now known from a dozen or so general Perth area are worth Adult Pk of 12 $ 10.00 recording. populations it is extremelyn Juv Pk of 12 $ 8.00 localised and appropriately Inoc each $ 1.50 The main thing I like about the declared threatened. You may Live Rats wonder, “Well it remained Bardick is its defence attitude, Adults $ 2.50 for a small snake it sure acts undiscovered all this time.” So Juv $ 1.50 what difference does it make tough. Most individuals, but Pinkies $ 1.00 especially the females, after now that Homo sapiens know Frozen Rats of its existence. Well, probably capture and while being Adults Pk of 12 $ 25.00 photographed, will defend not much, but at least we can Juv Pk of 12 $ 15.00 keep an eye on the beast and themselves vigorously in a Inoc each $ 3.00 fashion similar to a much larger learn something about this truly remarkable frog. The scientists elapid. Holding the head aloft BULK ORDERS WELCOME with the forebody in the 10% DISCOUNT FOR have estimated the Sunset Frog characteristic S-shape and ORDERS OVER $60 striking repeatedly with much to he a very ancient species being between 33-36 million determination.
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