Intellagama lesueurii howittii
1 Gippsland Water Dragon at Curtin, ACT
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| Intellagama lesueurii howittii | wombey | 1 Jul 2020 | |
| Intellagama lesueurii howittii | JonSteinbeck | 1 Jul 2020 |
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This Gippsland Water Dragon was lying on a stone wall when I first arrived. I think it is a him given the colouration on the throat. I was trying to get close to the reptile to capture detail and I was surprised how close I could get. I almost had the camera at the dragon's head. I could have easily touched its tail if I wanted to when I was standing over it. I began to wonder if it was dead as it did not seem to react to me and I could not see it breathing. It was only in looking at my photographs later did I notice its eyes had followed me as I moved about it. I wondered if it was so cold it was not really able to move. I am not sure why it was so placid but it was gone about two hours later when I walked back past this spot. Hopefully it had gone by its own power and was not a meal for another animal.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.077470-35.315150
- Altitude 560.8m
- Places Curtin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jun 2020 08:21 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Male Gender
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- BIrdsinCanberra 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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