Animals In Australian Rainforests

A dark black colour with a large straw-coloured patch of fur.

Animals in australian rainforests. Here is some information on what animals are found in Australian rainforests. Herbivores omnivores and carnivores. The diversity of species in particular in the tropical rainforests is unequalled.

Above is a slide show showing lots of different animals that live in the rainforest. In Australian tropical rainforests we have Green Tree Frogs Litoria caerulea New Guinea Tree Frogs Litoria genimaculata many species of common tree snakes Colubridae sp Amethystine Pythons Morelia amethistina Eastern Water Dragons Physignathus lesueurii Boyds Forest Dragons Hypsilurus boydii freshwater turtles and the large and deadly salt water crocodiles. The Daintree Rainforest sits between Cairns and Cooktown in the north of Queensland.

Facts about Australian Rainforests 9. If you are trekking through the rainforest at night it isnt birds flapping their wings from above but bats. 18 of all Australian bird species.

And birds such as toucans macaws and the harpy eagle. There are many spectacular insects to see in the rainforest and surrounds. Animals of the cool temperate rainforests of Australia include ringtail possums pademelons spotted tailed quolls and the dusky antechinus tree frogs rosellas and black currawongs.

Tasmanian rainforest contains some of the most ancient invertebrates such the large land snail Macleays swallowtail butterfly freshwater crayfish and the peripatus or velvet worm. In the table below is the what the animals above eat and what kind of consumer they are. Here we will show you some of the.

They are home to at least 50 of all living animal and plant species on the planet. They include unique green possums ringtail possums quolls rare bats tree-kangaroos a rat-kangaroo a melomys and an antechinus. Some of the best known animals in Australia are the kangaroo dingo wallaby platypus wombat and koala.