David De Angelis

• Bachelor of Biological Sciences (Honours)
• Consultant at Applied Botany, Zoology and Ecological Consulting

The Stuttering Frog, Mixophyes balbus, is a threatened species restricting to upland streams in coastal drainages of southeastern Australia. There have been no confirmed sightings of this species in Victoria since 1983 and it has suffered marked declines throughout its range. We undertook surveys targeting suitable habitat throughout the potential...

The consumption of plant sap or resins, termed gummivory, is well known among smaller arboreal primates such as marmosets, lemurs, and lorises, and has been documented in four species of wrist-winged glider and Leadbeater’s possum in Australia. This paper details the first reported observations of gum consumption by the Common Ringtail Possum Pseud...

A general fauna survey was carried out by the Fauna Survey Group of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria in spring 2014 in the Yarrara and Mallanbool Flora and Fauna Reserves in north-west Victoria. During this survey, four individuals of the Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus were trapped in Yarrara Flora and Fauna Reserve. No previous trappin...

Extreme climatic events, such as droughts, have the potential to increase recruitment failure in populations of pool-breeding amphibians. An isolated population of the Southern Toadlet Pseudophryne semimarmorata in Donvale, Victoria (20 km east of Melbourne), was monitored at the end of the Millennium Drought during October 2009, October 2010 and N...

The problem of global amphibian declines has prompted extensive research over the last three decades. Initially, the focus was on identifying and characterizing the extent of the problem, but more recently efforts have shifted to evidence-based research designed to identify best solutions and to improve conservation outcomes. Despite extensive accu...

The Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus was caught in Victoria for the first time during a survey of vertebrate fauna in the Yarrara and Mallanbool Flora and Fauna Reserves undertaken in spring 2014. An additional survey undertaken by the Fauna Survey Group of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, while harp trapping in Yarrara Flora and Fauna R...

Jumping spiders belonging to the endemic Australian genus Maratus are popularly referred to as peacock spiders, so called for the remarkable courtship displays of the often brightly coloured males. Several Maratus splendens were found in Buldah State Forest, East Gippsland in 2011 and 2013, representing the first records of this species from Victor...