Books and magazine articles about reptiles and frogs
"Adhesive Feet and Disposable tails" (Geckos). GEO. 1983, Vol5 No 1, pp 118- 128
"Endemic Reptiles of Southern Western Australia" Wildlife Australia, 1984 Vol 21 No 1, pp 20-21.
"Intruder to the Garden of Eden" (Snakes). GEO, 1985, Vol 7 No 3, pp 84-105.
"Goanna!" GEO, 1987, Vol 9 No 3, pp 92-107.
"Australia's Reptiles: A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia" (Co-authored with D. G. Knowles).Collins Australia, 1988, 447 pp.
"Blind Snakes". Wildlife Australia, 1989, Vol 26 No 3, pp 22-25.
"Python Tales" Wildlife Australia, 1990, Vol27 No 4, pp 19-21.
"The Skink". GEO, 1991, Vol 13 No 2, pp 68-81
"All Fired up and Ready to Flee - Australia's Dragon Lizards". GEO, 1992, Vol 14 No 2, pp 96-107.
"Unknown Lizard Makes a Name for Itself". GEO, 1994, Vol 16 No 3, pp 68-76.
"Clash of the Titans". - Combating Monitors. GEO 1995, Vol 17 No 4, pp 110-116.
"A New Ctenotus (Reptilia:Scincidae) from the Mitchell Grass Plains of Central Queensland" (Co-authored with P. Couper). Memoirs of the QueenslandMuseum, 1995, 38(2): 687-690.
"New Information on Pseudechispapuanus(the Papuan Black Snake)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 1995, 42 (1): p 232.
"The Loveable Lizard". - An Anecdotal Account of Geckos. BBC Wildlife, 1996, Vol 14 No 11, pp 20- 26.
"Stripes Before my Eyes". - A General Account of Striped Skinks (Ctenotus). Wildlife Australia, 1996, Vol 33 No 4, pp 13 - 16.
"Two New Species of Ramphotyphlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from Queensland". Memoirs of the QueenslandMuseum (1998) 42(2): pp 459 - 464. (Co-authored with P. Couper and J. Covacevich).
"Geckos- the Eyes Have it" Australian Geographic, 2000, No 59, pp 72-89.
"New Caledonian Crested Gecko". Herpetological Review Vol 31 No 3, 2000.
“Leaf-tailed Gecko” Herpetological Review Vol 35, No 2, 2004.
“A Field Guide to Reptiles of Queensland.”Reed New Holland Publishers 2005.256 pp.
“What’s weird in nature” Communal egg laying in Sri Lankan Golden Geckos (Calodactylodesillingsworthorum). BBC Wildlife 23:11, Oct 2005, p 39
“Sri Lankan Lyre-headed Dragon (Lyriocephalusscutatus)” Herpetological Review Vol 36, No 4, 2005. Cover photo & p 353.
‘Snakes, Lizards, Crocs and Turtles of Australia’.Young Reed Publishers, 2006.48 pp.
Lizards (in "Wildlife of Greater Brisbane."- edited by M.Ryan). Queensland Museum Publication, 2007, pp 243 - 273.
Land Snakes (in "Wildlife of Greater Brisbane." - edited by M. Ryan). Queensland Museum Publication, 2007, pp 245 - 295.
“Cane Grass Dragon (Diporiphorawinneckei)” Herpetological Review Vol 38, No 4, 2007. Cover photo & p 129.
“Reptiles of the Southern Brigalow Belt.”Jointly published by the Threatened Species Network, World Wide Fund for Nature, and Natural Heritage Trust, 2008.41 pp.
‘What Lizard is That?’ New Holland Publishers, 2009, 184 pp. Co-authored with Gerry Swan.
‘What Snake is That?’New Holland Publishers, 2009, 152 pp. Co-authored with Gerry Swan.
Reptile Surveys of Charles Darwin, KadjiKadji, Karara and LochadaReserves,WA. Bush Blitz Discovery Program Survey Report, 2009. ABRS Canberra.
“Golden-tailed Gecko (Strophurustaenicauda)” Herpetological Review Vol 43, No 4, 2012. Cover photo & p 511.
‘Australian Lizards – A Natural History’ CSIRO Publishers, 2012, 196 pp.
“A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia” (Co-authored with G. Swan). Reed New Holland Publishers Fourth Edition, 2013.592 pp.
‘Paroplocephalus envenoming: A previously unrecognised highly venomous snake in Australia’ (co-authored with G. Allen and G. Isbister). Australian Medical Journal 99 (11), 16 December 2013, pp 792-793.
Invertebrates
"Under the Limelight - Jewel Beetles". The Living Australia, 1985, No 21, pp 1-5.
"Colourful Acrobats - Photographing the Jumping Spiders of Australia". GEO 1990, Vol 12 No 2, pp 60-69.
"The Spiny Leaf-insect - Throwing your Babies at the Enemy". GEO 1990, Vol 12 No 4, pp 106-113.
"Confessions of a Cicadaphile". GEO, 1991, Vol 13 No 4, pp 66-75.
"Love is Blind when they are on the Bottle: Beetles lured by cast-out stubbies".
GEO, 1993, Vol 15 No 2, p 6.
Shield Shrimps- Flash in the Pans". GEO, 1994, Vol 16 No 6, pp 66-72.
"Twig to Stick Insects" Australian Geographic, 1997, No 47, pp 19-20.
'Jewels of the Trees" Jewel Beetles. Australian Geographic 2002, No 65, pp 23-24.
"Putting out the Fire Ant". Australian Geographic, 2002, No 68, pp 68-75.
“Yabby Tales’. Australian Geographic, 2006, No 84, pp 60-69
Photographic
"Eye Spy" (Photo-essay of animal eye close-ups). Australian Natural History, 1991, Vol 23 No 7, pp 570-573.
"Das Photo ZumStaunen: Schau Mir InAugen" Das Tier, 7/93.
Evolutionecology
"Convergent Evolution".GEO, 1991, Vol 13 No 2, Supplementary Liftout.
"Legless Lizards and the Underground Movement - Evolution of Limb Loss". GEO, 1995, Vol 17 No 6, pp 56-64.
Wildlife that Crossed the Strait, from Cape York to New Guinea or Vice Versa". GEO 1996, Vol 18 No 3, pp 90 - 96.
“Peak Living on Islands in the Sky". - An Account of Montane Flora and Fauna. GEO, Vol19 No 4, pp 28 - 37.
"Costume Dramas". Camouflage Techniques. Living Planet 2001, Vol.6, pp 76-84.
'A Day in the Life of a Dune" Desert dune ecology. Australian Geographic, 2002, No 66, pp 92-99.
“Spore Wars” Fungi that Prey on Insects.Australian Geographic, 2004 No 74, p 24.
“Where be Dragons”? Convergent Pebble-mimicry of Australian Dragons and North American Horned Lizards. BBC Wildlife, June 2004. p31.
“Flooding Rains” Floods on the Central Queensland Black-soil Plains. Australian Geographic, 2004, No. 75, pp56-61.
Travel
"High Fliers in Borneo". GEO, 1993,Vol 15 No 1, pp 84-97.
"Top Dining with a Natural Setting"- A Review of Pajinka Lodge on Cape York Peninsula. GEO, 1996, Vol 18 No 2, pp 118-119.
Tails of Giant Skinks and Other Solomon Islands Stories". GEO, 1998, Vol 20 No 1, pp 48 - 52.
Pipeline fauna management
“Life in the Trenches – a Happy Mix of Pipeline Construction and Wildlife Conservation.” The Australian Pipeliner, No 120,pp 36-37. January 2005.
“Wildlife Patrol on Australia’s Longest Pit-trap.” Australian Geographic, 2005, No. 79, pp 26-27.
“Life along the trenches”. Water channels” Sunwater. November 2006 pp 8-9.’
‘The results of fauna recovery from a gas pipeline trench, and a comparison with previously published reports’. Aust. Zoologist, 2013 36(2):129-136 (co-authored with G. Swan).