Rob McLean Gallery

Boyds forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii)

Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) portrait of a living fossil, relic from the Jurassic that regulates its own temperature by equalling that of its surrounding vegetation. It is about 15 cm long plus a tail twice as long. Lake Eacham, Crater Lakes National Park, Queensland, Australia

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Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

Yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes) gazing at the photographer. At the end of the breeding season - two weeks for southern animals, four weeks for northern animals - all adult males die from stress-related illnesses after continuous and frenzied mating during those weeks. Thus younger animals have less competition for food and a greater chance of survival. Dryandra Woodland, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, Australia

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Western whistler (Pachycephala occidentalis)

Western whistler (Pachycephala occidentalis) male in a tree. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Golden whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) and was raised to species status in 2014. Dryandra Woodland, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, Australia

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