Animal Infomation
Carpet Python
Carpet pythons are the main type of snake found at Dowse Lagoon. Most specimens of carpet python are olive with pale dark edged blotches, stripes or crosses. Carpet pythons can grow up to three metres long. This species of snake is not venomous. This species of snake feeds on frogs, lizards, birds, and mammals.
Tawny Frogmouth
The tawny frogmouth's feathers are a pale shade of grey. This bird can grow from to thirty-four to fifty-three centimetres in height. The diet of the tawny frogmouth is insects, worms, slugs, small mammals and reptiles. The tawny frogmouth can be found throughout Australia, including Tasmania.
Snapping Turtle
Like all turtles, snapping turtles have a shell that covers their back, also called a carapace. The snapping turtle can grow from twenty to forty-five centimetres in length. This species of turtle feeds on dead animals, insects, fish, birds, small mammals, and amphibians.
Sugar Glider
The Sugar Glider has a membrane extending from its fifth finger to its ankle enabling it to glide up to 50 metres between trees. The sugar glider can grow from sixteen to twenty-one centimetres in length. Sugar gliders consume honey, fresh fruit, and sap. These Sugar gliders can be found throughout eastern parts of mainland Australia.
Carpet pythons are the main type of snake found at Dowse Lagoon. Most specimens of carpet python are olive with pale dark edged blotches, stripes or crosses. Carpet pythons can grow up to three metres long. This species of snake is not venomous. This species of snake feeds on frogs, lizards, birds, and mammals.
Tawny Frogmouth
The tawny frogmouth's feathers are a pale shade of grey. This bird can grow from to thirty-four to fifty-three centimetres in height. The diet of the tawny frogmouth is insects, worms, slugs, small mammals and reptiles. The tawny frogmouth can be found throughout Australia, including Tasmania.
Snapping Turtle
Like all turtles, snapping turtles have a shell that covers their back, also called a carapace. The snapping turtle can grow from twenty to forty-five centimetres in length. This species of turtle feeds on dead animals, insects, fish, birds, small mammals, and amphibians.
Sugar Glider
The Sugar Glider has a membrane extending from its fifth finger to its ankle enabling it to glide up to 50 metres between trees. The sugar glider can grow from sixteen to twenty-one centimetres in length. Sugar gliders consume honey, fresh fruit, and sap. These Sugar gliders can be found throughout eastern parts of mainland Australia.