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Australian Water Dragon

Intellagama lesueurii

Photo by SophiaJoseph
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Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Water Dragon

Physignathus lesueurii
Shari_Wildlife
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Shari_Wildlife
That's the correct ID but they are more commonly called Eastern Water Dragon, the red belly would indicate that its a male, they use the colour to attract a female, many people see the red and think they are injured though =P
SophiaJoseph
yeah i think so :), its got a much redder belly than others.
dungeonmasterShu
??Physignathus lesueurii?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_water_dragon

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