Animals
Fauna studies have been undertaken in Willoughby’s bushland reserves since 2001. Reserves have been surveyed for mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs as well as some invertebrates. Historical data of fauna sightings from Council staff , Willoughby Wildlife Watchers and residents are also taken into account.
Fauna photo gallery
- Cane Toad *
- Peron’s Tree Frog
- Leaf Green Tree Frog
- Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog
- Common Eastern Froglet
- Striped Marsh Frog
- Eastern Banjo Frog
- Bibron’s Toadlet
- Red-crowned Toadlet
Turtles
- Green Turtle V
- Murray River Turtle
- Eastern Snake-necked Turtle
- Red-eared Slider Turtle *
Lizards
- Broad-tailed Gecko
- Burton’s Legless Lizard
- Red-throated Skink
- Eastern Water-skink
- Three-toed Skink
- Wall or Fence Skink
- Weasel Skink
- Bar-sided Skink
- Copper-tail Skink
- Gully Skink
- Cunningham’s Skink
- Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
- Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink
- Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard
- Eastern Water Dragon
- Lace Monitor
Snakes
- Blind Snake
- Diamond Python
- Corn Snake *
- Common Tree Snake
- Brown Tree Snake
- Red Bellied Black Snake
- Golden-crowned Snake
- Eastern Small Eyed Snake
- Yellow-faced Whip Snake
- Marsh Snake
- Short-beaked Echidna
- Brown Antechinus
- Long-Nosed Bandicoot
- Sugar Glider
- Common Ringtailed Possum
- Common Brushtail Possum
- Swamp Wallaby
- Grey-headed Flying Fox
- Eastern Free-tailed Bat
- Large Bentwing Bat
- Gould’s Wattled Bat
- White-striped Freetail Bat
- Lesser Long-eared Bat
- Little Forest Bat
- Southern Myotis
- Gould’s Long-eared Bat
- Water-rat (Rakali)
- Bush Rat
- Black Rat *
- Brown Rat *
- House mouse *
- Australian Fur Seal
- New Zealand Fur Seal
- Red Fox *
- Cat *
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin
- Southern Right Whale
V = Listed as vulnerable; * = Introduced species
You can download some of the species surveys below:
Other surveys are archived in Chatswood Library. Please ask our friendly Library staff if you would like to view them.
Download our Fauna species list(PDF, 1MB) 
for a detailed listing of animals recorded in the Willoughby area.
For more information on animal mapping and identification, visit Atlas of Living Australia.