Local wildlife
The region is alive with hundreds of species of wildlife, supporting over 350 varieties of birds, as well as many species of mammals, reptiles and fish.
Amphibians
- Barking Marsh Frog
- Common Froglet
- Growling Grass Frog
- Peron's Tree Frog
- Pobblebonk)
- Giant Pobblebonk Frog
- Spotted Marsh Frog
- Painted Burrowing Frog
- Plains Brown Tree Frog
- Southern Brown Tree Frog
- Plains Froglet
- Sloane's Froglet
- Smooth Toadlet
- Eastern Burrowing Toadlet
- Bibron’s Toadlet
Birds
- Little Black Cormorant
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill
- Great Egret
- Straw-necked Ibis
- White-faced Heron
- Black Swan
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
- Regent Honeyeater
- Australian Magpie
Fish
- Murray-Darling Rainbowfish (Crimson-spotted Rainbowfish)
- Golden Perch
- Murray Cod
- Redfin Perch
- European Carp
- Macquarie Perch
- Trout Cod (Bluenose Cod)
- Silver Perch
- Freshwater Catfish
- Southern Pygmy Perch
- Short-headed Lamprey
- Short-finned Eel
- Two-spined Blackfish
- River Blackfish
- Flat-headed Gudgeon
- Dwarf Flat-headed Gudgeon
- Carp Gudgeon Complex
- Bony Herring (Bony Bream)
- Australian Smelt
- Unspecked Hardyhead
- Riffle Galaxias
- Obscure Galaxias
- Flat-headed Galaxias
- Mountain Galaxias
- Barred Galaxias
- Climbing Galaxias (Broad-finned Galaxias)
Invertebrates
- Common Yabby
- Pond Snails
- Caddisfly
- Mayfly
- Water Boatman
- Midge
- Diving Beetle
- Dragonfly
- Central Highlands Burrowing Crayfish
- North-eastern Burrowing Crayfish
- Upland Burrowing Crayfish
- Barmah Swamp Yabby
- Alpine Spiny Crayfish
- Murray Spiny Crayfish
- Central Highlands Spiny Crayfish
Mammals
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo
- Southern Free-Tailed Bat
- Sugar Glider
- Common Ringtail Possum
- Swamp Wallaby
- Platypus
- Native Water Rat
- Squirrel Glider
- Short Beaked Echidna
- Lesser Long Eared Bat
- Chocolate Wattled Bat
- Goulds Wattled Bat
- Large Forest Bat
- Southern Forest Bat
- Inland Broad-nose Bat
- Yellow-footed Antechinus
- Common Brushtail Possum
- Grey-headed Flying-fox
Reptiles
- Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard
- Wood Gecko
- Common Garden Skink
- Broad Shell Turtle
- Red-bellied Black Snake
- Eastern Long-necked Turtle
- Southern Rainbow Skink
- Large Striped Skink
- Tree-crevice Skink
- Coventry’s Skink
- Grass Skink
- Bougainville’s Skink
- Marbled Gecko
- Trunk-climbing Cool Skink
- Brown Snake
- Lace Monitor
- Blue-tongue Lizard
- Murray River Turtle
- Pink-tailed worm-lizard