There
are many different Australian
rainforest animals.
Rainforests cover only 0.3% of the Australian continent, yet they
support about 1/3 of all Australian bird and animal species.
Here is
some information on what animals are found in Australian rainforests.
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Australian Rainforest Animals: Frogs and Reptiles
Some of the frogs
found in
Australian rainforests are Common Green Tree
Frog (Litoria caerulea), Dainty Green Tree Frog (Litoria
gracilenta), Giant Tree Frog (Litoria infrafrenata),
Green-eyed Frog (Litoria genimaculata), Lesueur's
Frog (Litoria
lesueuri), Northern Barred Frog (Mixophyes schevilli),
Northern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria bicolour),
Northern Red-eyed
Tree Frog (Litoria xanthomera), and Striped Marsh
Frog (Limnodynastes
peronii). Some of the reptiles found in Australian
rainforests are Amethystine
Python (Morelia amethistina), Boyd's
Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus boydii), Brown Tree
Snake (Boiga
irregularis), Carpet Python (Morelia spilota),
Eastern Brown
Snake (Pseudonaja texilis), Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus
lesueurii), Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata),
Green
Tree Python (Morelia
viridis),
Northern Leaf Tailed Gecko (Phyllurus cornutus), Red
Bellied
Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyricus) and Spotted
Tree Monitor (Varanus
timorensis).
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Australian Rainforest Animals: Birds
Some Australian rainforest birds are Australian bush turkey
(Alectura
lathami), Australian King-parrot (Alisterus
scapularis),
Atherton Scrubwren (Sericornis keri), Azure
Kingfisher (Alcedo
azurea)
Bower's Shrike-thrush (Collurincla boweri),
Blue-faced
Parrot-finch (erythrura trichroa), Brown Cuckoo-dove
(Macropygia
amboinensis), Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher (tanysiptera
sylvia), Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii),
Bridled
Honeyeater (Lichenostomus frenatus), Crimson Rosella
(Platycercus
elegans), Double-eyed Fig Parrot (Psittaculirostris
diophthalma)
Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus), Emerald Dove
(Chalcophaps
indica), Fernwren (Oreoscopus gutturalis),
Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura
newtoniana), Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis),
Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus), Grey
Goshawk (Accipiter
novaehollandiae), Grey Headed Robin (heteromyias
albispecularis),
Lewin's Honeyeater (meliphaga lewinii), Lovely Fairy
Wren (Malurus
amabilis), Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae),
Lesser
Sooty Owl (Tyto multipunctata), Mountain Thornbill (Acanthiza
katherina), McLeay's Honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayana),
Orange Footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt), Pale
Yellow
Robin (Tregellasia capito), Papuan frogmouth (Podargus
papuensis), Pied Monarch (Arses kaupi),
Red Necked Crake (Rallina
tricolor), Red Browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis),
Spotted
Catbird (Ailuroedus melanotis), Southern
Cassowary (Casuarius
casuarius), Sarus Crane (Grus antigone),
Superb Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus
superbus), Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae),
Scarlet
Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Tooth Billed
Bowerbird (Scenopoeetes
dentirostris), Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris
victoriae),
Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), White
Headed Pigeon (Columba
leucomela), White Rumped Swiftlet (Collocalia
spodiopygius),
Yellow Honeyeater (Lichenostomus flavicollis) and
Yellow
Breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer).
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Australian Rainforest Animals: Mammals
Some of Australian rainforest mammals are Coppery Brushtail Possum
(Trichosurus
vulpecula), echidna
(Tachyglossus
aculeatus), Giant
White-tailed (Uromys Uromys caudimaculatus), Green
Ringtail
Possum (Pseudocheirus archeri), Herbert River
Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus
herbertensis), Lemuroid Ringtail Possum (Hemibelideus
lumuroides),
Long Nosed Bandicoot (Perameles nasuta), Lumholtz Tree
Kangaroo
(Dendrolagus
lumholtzi), Musky Rat Kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon
moschatus),
Northern Brown Bandicoot
(Isoodon macrourus), Platypus
(Ormithorhynchus
anatinus), Red Legged Pademelon (Thylogale stigmatica),
Striped Possum (Dactylopsila trivirgata), Sugar
Glider (Petaurus
breviceps), and Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus
flavipes).
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