The colour is some shade of brown marked with radially arranged irregular bands and splotches of black.

[1] Hedleyella falconeri is found in subtropical eastern Australia from Smiths Lake in New South Wales to just north of Brisbane.

It lives on the forest floor among leaf litter and mossy logs and has not been observed to climb up trees to heights of more than 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).

It spends the day stationary and may hide itself under a rotting log or similar location but often remains in the open although it is usually at least partially covered in leaf litter.

[2] Hedleyella falconeri is a fungivore and feeds on the fruiting bodies of such fungi as Polyporus varius[1] and the bioluminescent fungus Omphalotus nidiformis.