This is my current (Jan 2020) list of reference material I use for ID research purposes – it’s ever growing!.
Mammals | |
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Field Companion to Mammals of Australia (2013) edited by |
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Mammals of Australia (2007) – 3rd Edition edited by Steve Van Dyck & Ronald Strahan ISBN 9781877069253 – I really want a copy but its currently out of print and no secondhand copies seem to be for sale 😦 |
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The Complete Guide to Finding the Mammals of Australia (2015) by David Andrew |
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A field guide to the Mammals of Australia (2011) 3rd Edition by Peter Menkhurst & Frank Knight |
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Field Guide to Australian Mammals (2016) by Steve Parish |
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Australian Geographic Naturalist’s Guide To The Mammals Of Australia (2017) by Peter Rowland & Chris Farrell – I have a Chuditch photo published in this guide! |
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Tracks, Scats and Other Traces (2014) Revised Edition by Barbara Triggs |
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Australian Bats (2008) – 2nd Edition by Sue Churchill |
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Neville W. Cayley’s What Mammal is that? (1995) by Ronald Strahan |
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A Natural History of Australian Bats: Working the night shift (2012) by Greg Richards, Les Hall & Steve Parish |
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The action plan for Australian Mammals 2012 (2014) by John Woinarski, Andrew Burbidge & Peter Harrison – lots of information about current range and habitat |
Herps | – Frogs & Reptiles |
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Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia (2007) Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper & David Robinson |
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Field Guide to Reptiles & Frogs of the Perth Region (2010) 2nd Edition by Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper & David Robinson |
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Field Guide to Frogs of Western Australia (2009) 2nd Edition by M.J. Tyler & P. Doughty |
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Frog Calls of Western Australia (CD) Western Australian Muesum |
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Field Guide to Australian Reptiles (2007) 2nd Edition by Stephen Swanson |
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Field Guide to the Frogs of Australia (2011) Revised Edition by Michael J Tyler & Frank Knight |
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Tadpoles and frogs of Australia (2018) Marion Anstis – a reference book that is invaluable especially when ID’ing tadpoles. |
Birds | |
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The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (2012) 9th Edition by Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight
Also Digital App for iOS & Android here |
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Field Guide to Australian Birds (2004) by Michael Morcombe
Also Digital App for iOS & Android |
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What Bird is That? Neville W. Cayley |
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Birds of Western Australia by Simon Neville |
Invertbrates | |
Dragonflies Interactive Australian Dragonfly Identification Key | |
Spiders Aranchne Website | |
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A field guide to the Spiders of Australia |
Locations | |
General Interest | |
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Australian Wildlife After Dark (2016) Martyn Robinson & Bruce Thomson |
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A FRAGILE BALANCE: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials (2016) |
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John Gould’s Extinct and Endangered Mammals of Australia (2014) by Fred Ford |