Water Dragon and Ham by Kaye Menner

Photograph of a hungry Australian Water Dragon or Eastern Water Dragon at night looking for food. It's almost as if he is saying - Will I try this?... more

by Kaye Menner

Title

Water Dragon and Ham by Kaye Menner

Artist

Kaye Menner

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Photograph of a hungry Australian Water Dragon or Eastern Water Dragon at night looking for food. It's almost as if he is saying - Will I try this?

The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon, is an arboreal agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland.

Australian water dragons have long powerful limbs and claws for climbing, a long muscular laterally-compressed tail for swimming, and prominent nuchal and vertebral crests. (A nuchal crest is a central row of spikes at the base of the head. These spikes continue down the spine, getting smaller as they reach the base of the tail.)
Including their tails, which comprise about two-thirds of their total length, adult females grow to about 60 cm (2 feet) long, and adult males can grow slightly longer than one metre (3 feet) and weigh about 1 kg. Males show bolder colouration and have larger heads than females. Colour is less distinct in juveniles.

Family: Agamidae
Genus: Intellagama

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December 11th, 2018