Cherax punctatus (The Mary River Land Yabby)
Species Account
A medium-sized, semi-terrestrial species presently known from the Mary River catchment, southeast Queensland, Australia. Constructs deep burrows down to the water table, often at a considerable distance from the nearest watercourse. Collected from grassy paddocks, roadside drains and forested hill slopes. Similar to the Orange-Fingered Yabby, Cherax depressus, except the branchiocardiac grooves are narrowly separated and almost touching versus widely separated in the latter species. Body length to 121 mm. — John W. Short, 2026
High-resolution downloadable image
Colour photograph, 3600 x 2400 pixels (30 x 20 cm @ 300dpi), JPEG (2.58 MB). Photographed specimen from a shallow roadside drain, Mount Mothar area, Queensland, Australia, John W. Short, 9 June 1998.
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Attribution – John W. Short, BioAccess Australia.