The Randalls Bay area is rich in diverse fauna, including the critically endangered swift parrot and other nationally threatened species.
On this page you will find a list of sighted fauna. If you spot something not on this list, please let us know. You can also log it on iNaturalist.
You can visit our birds page to see the full list of birdlife.
Beetles
Catoryctis subnexella
Butterflies
Common Brown
(Heteronympha merope)
Klug’s Xenica
(Geitoneura klugii)
Flies
(Diptera)
Soldier beetles
(Chauliognathus tricolor)
Rivellia cf. viridis
Frogs
Brown tree frog
(Litoria ewingii)
Common froglet
(Crinia signifera)
Eastern banjo frog
(Limnodynastes dumerili)
Tasmanian froglet
(Crinia tasmaniensis)
Grasshoppers
Brown
(Austroicetes spp.
Tachinid fly
Mammals
Australian fur-seal
(Arctocephalus pusillus)
Bennetts (Red-necked) wallaby
(Macropus rufogriseus)
Chocolate wattled bat
(Chalinolobus morio)
Common brushtail possum
(Trichosurus vulpecula)
Common dolphin
(Delphinus delphis)
Common ringtail possum
(Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
Eastern barred bandicoot
(Perameles gunnii)
eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
leopard seal
(Hydrurga leptonyx)
long-nosed potoroo
(Potorous tridactylus)
New Zealand fur seal
(Arctocephalus fosteri)
short-beaked echidna
(Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Southern brown bandicoot
(Isoodon obesulus)
southern elephant seal
(Mirounga leonina)
Sugar glider
(Petaurus breviceps)
Swamp rat
(Rattus lutreolus)
Tasmanian bettong
(Bettongia gaimardi)
Tasmanian devil
(Sarcophilus harrisii)
Tasmanian long-eared bat
(Nyctophilus sherrini)
Tasmanian pademelon
(Thylogale billardierii)
Water rat
(Hydromys chrysogaster)
Mantis
Praying mantis
(Acrididae)
Mites
Millipede
Molluscs
Banded kelp-shells
(Bankivia fasciata)
slug
(Arion intermedius*)
slug
(Derocerus panormitanum*)
slug
(Limax maximus*)
snail
(Cernuella vestita*)
snail
(Oxychilus cellarius*)
Tasmanian giant forest snail
(Caryodes dufresnii)
“Planilaoma” sitiens — isolated record of a species mostly found around Greater Hobart area
Allocharopa sp. “Wellington”
Archiropa architectonica
Bonhamaropa sp. “Wellington”
Candidula intersecta*
Gadoropa sp. “Snug”
Gratilaoma sp. “Knocklofty”
Helicarion cuvieri
Paralaoma caputspinulae
Paralaoma halli
Paralaoma hobarti
Paralaoma mucoides
Pernageraarchitectonica
Planilaoma luckmanii
Prolesophanta nelsonensis
Protractiropa sp. “Echo Sugarloaf” — discovered 29 Feb 2004, known only from Echo Sugarloaf
Roblinella gadensis
Tasmanoropa sp. “Herons Creek” — species known only from 5 localities so far
Tasmaphena sinclairi
Thryasona diemenensis
Trochlaoma parvissima
