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Basking water dragon in Brisbane's City Botanic Gardens. As its common name suggests, the Australian water dragon is associated with water and is semi-aquatic. It can be found near creeks, rivers, lakes, and other water bodies that have basking sites such as overhanging branches or rocks in open or filtered sun.
It is monotypic with a single recognised species, Gowidon longirostris, commonly known as the long-snouted lashtail [1] or long-nosed water dragon. It is found in Northern Territory , Queensland , South Australia , Western Australia , Australia, and in New Guinea .
The genus is monotypic, with only one species listed: Tropicagama temporalis, commonly known as the swamplands lashtail or northern water dragon. [3] This semi-arboreal species inhabits the tropical savannah woodlands of northern Australia , as well as parts of New Guinea [ 2 ] and southeastern Indonesia .
The perentie is the largest lizard Australia, and also one of the biggest lizards in the world. The perentie (Varanus giganteus) is by average length and weight the largest extant lizard native to Australia and fifth or fourth-biggest lizard in the world after Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, crocodile monitor and competes with Nile monitor. [1]
The scientific name for the aforementioned northern lights is Aurora borealis and it happens when electrically charged particles from the sun collide with Earth’s atmosphere at speeds up to 45 ...
Crested bicycle dragon (C. cristatus) Diporiphora (two-lined dragons) 28 Tommy roundhead (D. australis) Gowidon (long-snouted lashtail, long-nosed water dragon) 1 Long-snouted lashtail (G. longirostris) Hypsilurus (rainforest dragons) 18 H. auritus. Intellagama (Australian water dragon) 1 Australian water dragon (I. lesueurii) Lophognathus: 2
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Pogona is a genus of reptiles containing eight lizard species, which are often known by the common name bearded dragons or informally (especially in Australia) beardies. The name "bearded dragon" refers to the underside of the throat (or "beard") of the lizard, which can turn black and become inflated for a number of reasons, most often as a result of stress, if they feel threatened, [2] or ...