What do Australian water dragons look like?
All Australian water dragons feature greyish brown coloration. Typically, the base color is accompanied by white and black markings around the face. The Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii subspecies has hues of yellow and red on the throat. They’re also sporting a black band behind the eye.
How do you identify a water dragon?
The Water Dragon can be identified by a distinctively deep angular head and nuchal crest of spinose scales that joins the vertebral crest extending down the length of its body to the tail. Enlarged spinose scales are also present across the lateral surface, unevenly distributed amongst regular keeled scales.
Do water dragons live in Australia?
The two subspecies of Australian Water Dragons are found along the east coast of Australia: The Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) is found from Nowra, N.S.W. The Conservation Status of the Water Dragon under the EPBC Act is ‘Common’. They can be found through-out Eastern Australia along waterways.
Where do water dragons live in Australia?
They live near creeks, rivers, lakes and other water bodies that have basking sites such as overhanging branches or rocks in open or filtered sun. Australian water dragons are very common in the rainforest section of Brisbane Botanic Gardens, and Mount Coot-tha in Queensland.
How do you get rid of water dragons?
Try to:
- plant native shrubs so lizards can move safely around near your pool or pond.
- make gardens along fences to provide safe walkways.
- keep a watchful eye on your dog and cat if near where Eastern Water Dragons live.
- check your pool or yard for sunbaking or territorial male dragons.
What do water dragons eat?
A well-balanced water dragon diet consists of:
- A variety of insects, including crickets, roaches, mealworms, waxworms and earthworms; frozen/thawed pinkie mice and small common goldfish.
- 10 to 15% of diet should include dark, leafy greens and fruits.
How do you look after an Australian water dragon?
Australian water dragons, as with most pets, require a clean environment to thrive. We recommend a spot clean as often as possible (every day) and a full clean every 4 weeks or so. If you are keeping the dragon in a bio-active enclosure you can spot clean and monitor the enclosure instead.
How big do Australian water dragons get?
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 (39 inches) and weigh about 1 kg. Males show bolder colouration and have larger heads than females. Colour is less distinct in juveniles.
What is the difference between a Chinese water dragon and an Australian water dragon?
The Australian water dragon is a grayish-brown color and often has a black stripe on its eye. By comparison, the Chinese water dragon is a greenish color that does not have a stripe on its eye. Both species have a frilled crest just behind their rather large head.
What does an Australian water dragon eat?
The Australian water dragon’s diet depends on its size. Juveniles and yearlings tend to feed on spiders and small insects such as ants, crickets, and caterpillars. When they get bigger, so does their prey. An adult diet includes small rodents such as baby mice, although insects are still the most commonly consumed.
Where do water dragons go at night?
Water Dragons can sleep in the water, with just their nostrils protruding. In cold weather before they go into their winter dormancy (hibernation), sleeping in the water overnight, is actually warmer than sleeping in the open.
How many stock photos of Australian water dragons are there?
2,019 australian water dragon stock photos, vectors, and illustrations are available royalty-free.
Where to see an eastern Australian water dragon?
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What kind of lizard is an Australian water dragon?
The Australian water dragon is an arboreal lizard native to eastern Australia. They have long powerful limbs and claws for climbing, a long muscular laterally-compressed tail for swimming, and prominent nuchal and vertebral crests. Males show bolder coloration and have larger heads than females.
How do Australian water dragons communicate with each other?
Water dragons living in cooler Australian climates brumate (hibernate) over winter. They brumate in burrows between boulders and logs in or near riverbanks. In order to communicate with each other Australian water dragons use a variety of dominant and submissive signals including arm-waving and head-bobbing.