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Eastern Water Dragon | Physignathus lesueurii |
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Gippsland Water Dragon
Image: 560×400 95KB
Date & Time: 30 January 2008 16:15
Place: Errinundra forest
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There are two recognized subspecies:
The Eastern Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii,
(found from about Sydney and north through Queensland)
and the Gippsland Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii howittii
(found south through the ACT into eastern Victoria), as shown on the distribution map).
They are reasonably large lizards (males grow to almost one metre long, females about two-thirds of that)
with long, powerful limbs (for swimming and climbing)
and a long tail (taking about two-thirds of the entire length of the reptile).
I've observed them near creeks in forests of east Gippsland.
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Gippsland Water Dragon