Amphibolurus muricatus

Jacky Lizard at Illilanga & Baroona

Amphibolurus muricatus at Illilanga & Baroona - 8 Feb 2015
Amphibolurus muricatus at Illilanga & Baroona - 8 Feb 2015
Amphibolurus muricatus at Illilanga & Baroona - 8 Feb 2015
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Identification history

Amphibolurus muricatus 1 Nov 2017 WillO
Amphibolurus muricatus 30 Oct 2017 WillO
Pogona barbata 25 Oct 2017 GeoffRobertson
Pogona barbata 24 Oct 2017 Illilanga

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Illilanga wrote:
   30 Oct 2017
Enlarged photo added.
WillO wrote:
   31 Oct 2017
Notice the spinous (enlarged scale spikes) dorsal scales are in parallel straight rows - Pogona (bearded dragons) do not have that. Based on that I can confirm that this is just a fat Jacky Lizard. You have a great population of them as well!
Illilanga wrote:
   2 Nov 2017
Thanks WillO. So happy we have so many Jacky Lizards. They provide much entertainment. :)

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  • Amphibolurus muricatus Scientific name
  • Jacky Lizard Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1264.8m Recorded at altitude
  • 400 images trained Machine learning

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