tjuninguṟu ankupai tjuṯa
lizards and snakes
woma python (Aspitites ramsayi)
id:9865 order:393
Kuniyangku ngampu tjuṯa liringka para-tjunkula waṉaṟa katipai.
The woma python can carry it’s eggs by putting them around it’s neck (body just behind it’s head).
carpet snake (Morelia bredli)
id:9862 order:390
Inturkulya tjuṯa Utjula tjanala kutju nyinapai.
The carpet snake just lives around Areyonga and places (near there).
king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) or any poisonous snake
id:9863 order:391
Liru tjuṯangku aṉangu patjaṟa iluntankupai kala nyakula pungkupai.
Poisonous snakes bite people and kill them so when we see them we kill them.
desert death adder (Acanthopis pyrrus)
id:9864 order:392
Liru paṉakuṟa taḻingka nyinapai munu aṉangu patjaṟa mapalku iluntankupai.
The desert death adder lives in sandhill country and when it bites people it kills them straight away.
sand goanna (Varanus gouldii)
id:9854 order:376
Tinkangku piṯi walytjangku tjawaṟa nyinapai munu ngampu tjunkupai.
The sand goanna digs its own burrow to live in and lays it eggs there.
perentie (Varanus giganteus)
id:9855 order:378
Ngiṉṯaka panya wariringkunyangka piṯi aṟatjangka tjarpara waniringkupai.
When it gets cold the perentie goes into an already existing hole and hibernates.
