Pocket guides
Queensland Museum's pocket guides provide a comprehensive overview of a single subject over a defined geographical area. They may be small, but they are packed full of information and photos to help you identify animals and insects in Queensland. They are a perfect quick-reference guide for researchers in the field, but also a great way to begin engaging young readers with the natural world and helping them identify critters they find in the garden or local park. Pop one in a backpack before you head out on a bushwalk or keep a copy in the glovebox (we hear they make great Christmas stocking stuffers, too!)
All pocket guides are paperback and 15 x 10.5 cm (A6). Extra species photographs and additional species accounts for some titles can be found on Collections Online.
128 pages | 2024 | Michael Rix, Owen Seeman, Greg Anderson
Discover what makes these fascinating but widely misunderstood creatures one of nature’s great evolutionary success stories.
104 pages | 2024 (2nd edn) | Patrick Couper, Andrew Amey
Not sure what kind of skink was rustling in the leaf litter this morning? Use this guide to find out!
128 pages | 2024 | Chris Burwell
Learn how to tell a petaltail from a vicetail, a duskhawker from a flatwing, and a rockmaster from a riverdamsel.
100 pages | 2023 (2nd edn) | Chris Burwell
A handy guide to the insects most commonly found in your home, garden and swimming pool.
84 pages | 2023 (2nd edn) | Patrick Couper, Andrew Amey
A guide to the most common species found between the NSW border and Bundaberg, and west to the Darling Downs.
92 pages | 2020 | Patrick Couper, Andrew Amey
A useful introduction to snakes in the top end of the state, from Mackay to Cape York and Burketown.