Animals of the Rainforest

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The Atherton Tableland is situated in the centre of Australia's Wet Tropics World Heritage Rainforest.
This area offers excellent opportunities for rainforest wildlife experiences due to the fact that it includes:
18% of all Australian bird species
23% of all Australian reptile species
30% of all Australian frogspecies
39% of all Australian marsupialspecies
62% of all Australian butterfly species

Use the site listed http://www.wildlife-australia.com to investigate the types of animals found in a rainforest.

Here's some HOMEWORK for you to do: Complete a “What Am I?” on a poster and ask others to research the animals to see if they can locate the animal you have identified.

Here’s an example for you to copy:

What Am I?

I am a reptile

I have very distinctive large pointed scales on a crest behind my head, pinkish flat-topped conical scales on the cheeks and a deep mustard yellow pouch beneath the jaw line.

 

I spend most of my time in trees and due to my camouflage I am often very hard to see.

I grow to a length of about 15cm but my tail adds much to the overall length.

I can be seen on the trunks of rainforest trees

I spend much of my time perching on the side of tree trunks just one or two metres from the ground waiting to ambush prey.

I eat beetles, spiders, crickets and lots of ants. I also love earthworms. Although I may

I lay only one to six eggs at a time in a shallow hole.

Draw an illustration to help identify your animal

answer: I am Boyd’s Forest Dragon (Gonocephalus boydii) (Place your answer under a 'lift-the-flap'

Another site to visit is:

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Rainforest/animals.html