Intellagama lesueurii howittii
Gippsland Water Dragon at Paddys River, ACT
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| Intellagama lesueurii howittii | GeoffRobertson | 19 Sep 2018 | |
| Intellagama lesueurii howittii | Christine | 19 Sep 2018 |
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Four individuals seen along the Cotter. Knowing how bad I am at id-ing reptiles, perhaps I should have made this four separate sightings??
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21 Sep 2018
These specimens are the subspecies Gippsland Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii), rather than the nominate subspecies Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama l. leseuerii) which is not found in the Canberra region. I suggest either changing the common name for the species Intellagama lesueurii to Australian Water Dragon in the field guide or preferably replacing it with just the local subspecies Intellagama l. howittii.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.941090-35.324569
- Maps Cotter Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2018 01:23 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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- My flagged sightings Michael Bedingfield's Flagged sightings Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intellagama lesueurii howittii Dragons Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Intellagama lesueurii howittii Scientific name
- Gippsland Water Dragon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1177.8m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Physignathus lesueurii
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