2 Kingsdale, NSW
Identification history
| Euperipatoides sp. | 26 Aug 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Euperipatoides sp. | 26 Aug 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Ooperipatus sp. (genus) | 17 Aug 2024 | trevorpreston |
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5 comments
trevorpreston
wrote:
17 Aug 2024
@DaveRowell I'm hoping you can identify this for me. I tried to move it so I could get a photo of the front and head but he Curled up as soon as I tried. I waited, but he was so much more patient than I was.
DaveRowell
wrote:
17 Aug 2024
The way it curls up is typical of Euperipatoides sp. but I can't see any locality info.
trevorpreston
wrote:
18 Aug 2024
It is located in Narrangarril Nature Reserve between Goulburn and Crookwell.
DaveRowell
wrote:
18 Aug 2024
Out of range for Euperipatoides rowelli, so might represent an expansion of the known range, or could be a new species. Will confer with others and respond.
DaveRowell
wrote:
19 Aug 2024
Consensus is definitely Euperipatoides sp.. It is between the ranges of E. rowelli and E. kanagrensis but a long way from either. So it is either a surprisingly large range extension for one of them, or a new species in the genus. The species specific characters are too subtle to distinguish from a photograph. It would be great to have a specimen to confirm.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.681757-34.640874
- Altitude 784.0m
- Maps Narrangarril Nature Reserve Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Kingsdale, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Aug 2024 10:40 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
Species information
- Euperipatoides sp. Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 784m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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