Rankinia diemensis

Mountain Dragon at Paddys River, ACT

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Rankinia diemensis

7 Nov 2021

WillO

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Appeared brownish and smallish, is it a mountain dragon? Location may not be exact, somewhere along Lyrebird Trail.

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WillO wrote:

7 Nov 2021

You are correct Christine it is a Mountain dragon. A good record from Tidbinbilla. As John W has pointed out a few times on CNM it helps when you can see the row of enlarged spines (spikey scales) on side of tail just behind back legs. These can be seen in one of your photos.

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1 Abundance
1 Nov 2021 04:07 PM Recorded on
Christine Recorded by
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Reptiles and Frogs Dragons Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Alive / healthy Animal health

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Rankinia diemensis Scientific name
Mountain Dragon Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1716.5m Recorded at altitude
117 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Tympanocryptis diemensis

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Rankinia diemensis

Mountain Dragon at Paddys River, ACT

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