Snake Range National Park

Snake Range National Park
Coordinates: 24 ° 2 ′ 28.1 ″  S , 147 ° 35 ′ 4.3 ″  E
Location:	Queensland , Australia
Next city:	82 kilometer (s) from Emerald
Surface:	26.877 km²
Founding:	1972

The Snake Range National Park (English Snake Range National Park ) is a 26.9 square kilometer national park in Queensland , Australia .

location

It is located in the Fitzroy region about 660 kilometers northwest of Brisbane and 310 kilometers west of Rockhampton . The closest city is Emerald . From here the park can be reached via the Gregory Highway to Springsure and further west on the Dawson Developmental Road . After about 26 kilometers you can reach the park via an unpaved track to the northwest. There are no visitor facilities there.

The national parks Minerva Hills , Albinia and Carnarvon are in the vicinity .

Flora and fauna

The park protects up to 580 meters high, dry eucalyptus forest on the hill chain of the Snake Range .

The endangered golden-tailed geckos ( Strophurus taenicauda ) from the family of the double -fingered geckos , as well as the also endangered Acacia pubicosta from the family of the mimosa, are native here.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 2010 ( MS Excel ; 170 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
2. ↑ Australian Government - CAPAD 1997 ( MS Excel ; 93 kB), DSEWPaC , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b} GoogleMaps , accessed on October 7, 2012 (English)
4. ↑ Species List , Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service , accessed October 7, 2012.