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Eastern water dragon

Intellagama lesueurii

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Always a pleasure to see these around Sydney. This one was about one metre long overall.

Habitat:

Enjoying the sun on a warm log in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Two subspecies exist in this genus - the eastern 'Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii' and the Gippsland 'Intellagama lesueurii howittii' <br> https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/photo-ark/animal/intellagam…

Reference Links:

Australian water dragon - Wikipedia

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