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Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii

Description

<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_water_dragon">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii),<a href="#cite_note-Amey-2">[2]</a> which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a>, is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi_aquatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi aquatic">semi aquatic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamid" class="mw-redirect" title="Agamid">agamid</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> native to eastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a> northwards to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>. There may be a small introduced population on the south-east coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a>. The Gippsland water dragon is generally the more southern of the two subspecies and the more cold adapted and heat sensitive. Visually distinguishing the Gippsland water dragon from the Eastern water dragon is relatively easy, as long as their skin is reasonably clean and not stained from the water, as identification of the two subspecies depends largely on observable differences in colours and patterns. The Gippsland water dragon may be distinguished by its green-blue colour, especially during the breeding season, when this overall colouration is quite distinct. Another key difference is the absence of a prominent dark stripe behind the eye in the Gippsland water dragon, which is characteristic of the Eastern water dragon. The gular region of the two subspecies is also quite different, with Intellagama l. howittii having orange-yellow streaked with darker striping, which is sometimes quite striking, particularly in mature males, whereas Intellagama l. lesueurii typically has a pale, unmarked throat that is sometimes immaculate white in mature males. The belly and chest of Intellagama l. howittii are also quite different to Intellagama l. lesueurii, usually being blackish green, especially in mature males, and the limbs are often quite dark, sometimes even black. Whereas in Intellagama l. lesueurii the chest and belly are usually bright to deep red, particularly in mature males. Intellagama l. lesueurii also have relatively strong dark transverse bars across the back, whereas these dark bars are often much reduced in the Gippsland water dragon. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, lesueurii, is in honor of French <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalist">naturalist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur" title="Charles Alexandre Lesueur">Charles Alexandre Lesueur</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy_and_systematics">Taxonomy and systematics</h2></div> The species was first described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">John Edward Gray</a> in 1831 as Lophura lesueurii, from a specimen collected by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Alexandre_Lesueur" title="Charles Alexandre Lesueur">Lesueur</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_P%C3%A9ron" title="François Péron">Péron</a> at "Parramatta" or "Port Jackson".<a href="#cite_note-Gray1831-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-MNHN-6">[6]</a> Gray listed three species of Lophura: Cuvier's (Lophura Cuvierii Gray), Lesueur's (Lophura Lesueurii Gray), and beautiful (Lophura Concinna Gray, Physignathus Concinnus<a href="#cite_note-7">[a]</a> Cuvier).<a href="#cite_note-Gray1831-5">[5]</a> In 1845,<a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a> Gray separated Physignathus (P. concinnus & P. Lesueurii) from Lophura (L. amboinensis<a href="#cite_note-9">[b]</a> & L. Shawii<a href="#cite_note-10">[c]</a>). The Australian water dragon remained in Physignathus along with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian water dragon">Asian water dragon</a> P. cocincinus until <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_and_Wellington_affair" title="Wells and Wellington affair">Wells and Wellington</a> published the genus Intellagama in 1985. The subspecies howitii was described by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_McCoy" title="Frederick McCoy">Frederick McCoy</a> in 1884 as "the Gippsland water lizard". According to his description, it differs from the Queensland subspecies in the proportions of the head and the supra-ocular scales. Its sub-specific epithet commemorates geologist and magistrate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_William_Howitt" title="Alfred William Howitt">Alfred William Howitt</a>, who collected three specimens from the upper reaches of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchan_River" title="Buchan River">Buchan River</a> and sent them to McCoy.<a href="#cite_note-McCoy1884-11">[8]</a> Two of the specimens cannot be located,<a href="#cite_note-Coventry1970-12">[9]</a> the third is D1822<a href="#cite_note-MVC2023-13">[10]</a> in the collection of the National Museum of Victoria, which was designated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectotype" class="mw-redirect" title="Lectotype">lectotype</a> by Coventry in 1970.<a href="#cite_note-Coventry1970-12">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> Australian water dragons have long powerful limbs and claws for climbing, a long muscular laterally-compressed tail for swimming, and prominent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuchal">nuchal</a> and vertebral crests.<a href="#cite_note-JCUP-14">[11]</a> (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.)<a href="#cite_note-anbgD-15">[12]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-Willa-16">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a> Colour is less distinct in juveniles.<a href="#cite_note-Whispa-18">[15]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Species_variation">Species variation</h3></div> The Australian water <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a> is the only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of the genus Intellagama.<a href="#cite_note-Amey-2">[2]</a> There are two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a>; Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) and Intellagama lesueurii howittii (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gippsland" title="Gippsland">Gippsland</a> water dragon). The nominate subspecies Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii has a dark band behind its eye and an essentially un-patterned throat that tends towards white and is often immaculate in adult males. Whereas the subspecies Intellagama lesueurii howittii lacks the dark stripe behind the eye and has a patterned throat, which is lightly patterned in females but boldly patterned and coloured in adult males. This patterning usually consists of a dark stripe on either side of its throat, and blotched with orange, yellow or blue towards the centre of the throat. Both subspecies are light greenish grey in overall colour (greener in I. l. howittii), with darker bands running across their back, tail and legs. The water dragon can slowly change skin colour to aid its camouflage. The skin will shed during periods of growth and seasonally to reveal brighter colours in Spring that may aid breeding success. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behaviour">Behaviour</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/250px--Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="250" height="141" data-durationhint="42" data-mwtitle="Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="854" data-height="480"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.720p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-transcodekey="720p.vp9.webm" data-width="1280" data-height="720"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.1080p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-transcodekey="1080p.vp9.webm" data-width="1920" data-height="1080"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-width="3840" data-height="2160"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="256" data-height="144"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="426" data-height="240"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp9="" opus="" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6f/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm/Australian_Water_Dragon_-_Head_Bobbing_-_edited.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs=" vp8="" vorbis="" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="640" data-height="360"></video><figcaption>Head-bobbing behaviour</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Dragon2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Water_Dragon2.jpg/250px-Water_Dragon2.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Water_Dragon2.jpg/500px-Water_Dragon2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="824"></a><figcaption>Eastern water dragon</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Physignathus_lesueurii_howittii.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Physignathus_lesueurii_howittii.jpg/250px-Physignathus_lesueurii_howittii.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Physignathus_lesueurii_howittii.jpg/500px-Physignathus_lesueurii_howittii.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2346" data-file-height="1566"></a><figcaption>Intellagama lesueurii howitti, Gippsland water dragon basking in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a></figcaption></figure> Australian water dragons are extremely shy in the wild, but readily adapt to continual human presence in suburban parks and gardens. They are fast runners and strong climbers. When faced with a potential predator, they seek cover in thick vegetation, or drop from an overhanging branch into water. They are able to swim totally submerged, and rest on the bottom of shallow creeks or lakes for up to 90 minutes,<a href="#cite_note-anbgD-15">[12]</a> to avoid detection. Both males and females display typical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agamid" class="mw-redirect" title="Agamid">agamid</a> behaviour such as <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bask" class="extiw" title="wikt:bask">basking</a>, arm-waving and head-bobbing. Fast arm-waving signals dominance, while slow arm-waving signals submission. Males are territorial,<a href="#cite_note-JCUP-14">[11]</a> and in areas of higher population density, males exhibit displays of aggression toward other males including posturing, chasing and fighting. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breeding">Breeding</h3></div> Australian water dragons living in cooler Australian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climates" class="mw-redirect" title="Climates">climates</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hibernate">hibernate</a> over winter. During spring, usually in early October, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female" title="Female">female</a> excavates a burrow about 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) deep and lays between 6 and 18 eggs.<a href="#cite_note-JCUP-14">[11]</a> The nest is usually in sandy or soft <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">soil</a>, in an area open to sun. When the mother has laid the eggs, she backfills the chamber with soil and scatters loose debris over it. Australian water dragons exhibit temperature dependent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sex</a> determination; the sex of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatchlings" class="mw-redirect" title="Hatchlings">hatchlings</a> is determined by the temperature of the nest site.<a href="#cite_note-anbgD-15">[12]</a> When the young are hatched, they stay near the entrance of the burrow for some time before leaving home. When they finally leave the nest, they tend to group together away from the adult population.<a href="#cite_note-Willa-16">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Basking_Australian_water_dragon_in_City_Botanic_Gardens_Brisbane_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Basking_Australian_water_dragon_in_City_Botanic_Gardens_Brisbane_Australia.jpg/250px-Basking_Australian_water_dragon_in_City_Botanic_Gardens_Brisbane_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Basking_Australian_water_dragon_in_City_Botanic_Gardens_Brisbane_Australia.jpg/500px-Basking_Australian_water_dragon_in_City_Botanic_Gardens_Brisbane_Australia.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2368"></a><figcaption><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunning_(behaviour)" title="Sunning (behaviour)">Basking</a> water dragon in Brisbane's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Botanic_Gardens" title="City Botanic Gardens">City Botanic Gardens</a>.</figcaption></figure> As its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">common name</a> suggests, the Australian water dragon is associated with water and is semi-aquatic. It can be found near creeks, rivers, lakes, and other water bodies that have basking sites such as overhanging branches or rocks in open or filtered sun. The species is very common in the rainforest section of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens,_Mount_Coot-tha" title="Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha">Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha</a> in Queensland, and a monument has been built to them there. There is also a significant population in Brisbane's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Street_Parklands" class="mw-redirect" title="Roma Street Parklands">Roma Street Parklands</a>. There are anecdotal reports of a small colony living on the Sixth Creek in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Range,_South_Australia" title="Forest Range, South Australia">Forest Range</a> area of South Australia, hundreds of kilometers outside their natural range, which were probably introduced there during the 1980s by a local reptile enthusiast.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Predators,_threats_and_diet"> Predators, threats and diet</h2></div> Australian water dragons are prey to carnivorous birds, snakes, cats, dogs, and foxes. Nestlings and smaller juvenile water dragons are vulnerable to predation by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra" title="Kookaburra">kookaburras</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currawong" title="Currawong">currawongs</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcherbird" title="Butcherbird">butcherbirds</a> and other carnivorous birds.<a href="#cite_note-Pred-19">[16]</a> They are also prone to becoming road kill due to the attraction of warm bitumen and concrete for basking.<a href="#cite_note-Pred-19">[16]</a> 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, other reptiles, frogs, fish, crabs, yabbies, molluscs, worms and eggs, although insects are still the most commonly consumed.<a href="#cite_note-AusMus-20">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-BB-21">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-22">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-AF-23">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-25">[22]</a> Types of vegetation reportedly consumed include figs, lilly-pilly fruits, berries, and other fruits and flowers.<a href="#cite_note-AusMus-20">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-BB-21">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-AF-23">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_water_dragon_at_Lane_Cove_National_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) at Lane Cove National Park"><img alt="Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) at Lane Cove National Park" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Eastern_water_dragon_at_Lane_Cove_National_Park.jpg/120px-Eastern_water_dragon_at_Lane_Cove_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Eastern_water_dragon_at_Lane_Cove_National_Park.jpg/250px-Eastern_water_dragon_at_Lane_Cove_National_Park.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2507" data-file-height="1832"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Cove_National_Park" title="Lane Cove National Park">Lane Cove National Park</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Physignathus_lesueurii_paulbrian.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Australian water dragon, Brisbane"><img alt="Australian water dragon, Brisbane" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Physignathus_lesueurii_paulbrian.jpg/120px-Physignathus_lesueurii_paulbrian.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7f/Physignathus_lesueurii_paulbrian.jpg/250px-Physignathus_lesueurii_paulbrian.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Australian water dragon, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Dragon_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) at Kirra, Queensland"><img alt="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) at Kirra, Queensland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Water_Dragon_001.jpg/120px-Water_Dragon_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Water_Dragon_001.jpg/250px-Water_Dragon_001.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2719" data-file-height="1853"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) at Kirra, Queensland</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1A_B-DRAGON.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon)"><img alt="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/1A_B-DRAGON.JPG/120px-1A_B-DRAGON.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/1A_B-DRAGON.JPG/250px-1A_B-DRAGON.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="2324" data-file-height="1577"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gippsland-Water-Dragon---Physignathus-lesueurii-howittii.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Swimming across river in Melbourne"><img alt="Swimming across river in Melbourne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gippsland-Water-Dragon---Physignathus-lesueurii-howittii.jpg/120px-Gippsland-Water-Dragon---Physignathus-lesueurii-howittii.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gippsland-Water-Dragon---Physignathus-lesueurii-howittii.jpg/250px-Gippsland-Water-Dragon---Physignathus-lesueurii-howittii.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1458" data-file-height="900"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Swimming across river in Melbourne</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Head detail of the eastern subspecies"><img alt="Head detail of the eastern subspecies" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg/120px-Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg/250px-Eastern_Water_Dragon_Clontarf.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1760"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Head detail of the eastern subspecies</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Physignathus_lesueurii_lesueurii_(Sydney,_2010-03-24).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) basking on a log in suburban Sydney"><img alt="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) basking on a log in suburban Sydney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Physignathus_lesueurii_lesueurii_%28Sydney%2C_2010-03-24%29.jpg/120px-Physignathus_lesueurii_lesueurii_%28Sydney%2C_2010-03-24%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Physignathus_lesueurii_lesueurii_%28Sydney%2C_2010-03-24%29.jpg/250px-Physignathus_lesueurii_lesueurii_%28Sydney%2C_2010-03-24%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1269"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (eastern water dragon) basking on a log in suburban <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_water_dragon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii swimming, Shoalhaven River, New South Wales"><img alt="Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii swimming, Shoalhaven River, New South Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Eastern_water_dragon.jpg/120px-Eastern_water_dragon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Eastern_water_dragon.jpg/250px-Eastern_water_dragon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"> Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii swimming, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoalhaven_River" title="Shoalhaven River">Shoalhaven River</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Dragon_Sydney_Harbour.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Australian water dragon surveying Sydney Harbour"><img alt="Australian water dragon surveying Sydney Harbour" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Water_Dragon_Sydney_Harbour.JPG/120px-Water_Dragon_Sydney_Harbour.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Water_Dragon_Sydney_Harbour.JPG/250px-Water_Dragon_Sydney_Harbour.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Australian water dragon surveying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Harbour">Sydney Harbour</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens"><img alt="Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_02.jpg/120px-Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_02.jpg/250px-Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_02.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1371"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens"><img alt="Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_01.jpg/120px-Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_01.jpg/250px-Eastern_water_dragon_-_Brisbane_Botanic_Gardens_2014-01-21_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1371" data-file-height="2048"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eastern water dragon at Brisbane Botanic Gardens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Water_Dragon_20140125.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Juvenile eastern water dragon in Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia"><img alt="Juvenile eastern water dragon in Roma Street Parkland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Eastern_Water_Dragon_20140125.jpg/120px-Eastern_Water_Dragon_20140125.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Eastern_Water_Dragon_20140125.jpg/250px-Eastern_Water_Dragon_20140125.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Juvenile eastern water dragon in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Street_Parkland" title="Roma Street Parkland">Roma Street Parkland</a>, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AndrewMercerIMG_5618_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern water dragon in Brisbane Botanical Gardens"><img alt="Eastern water dragon in Brisbane Botanical Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AndrewMercerIMG_5618_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg/120px-AndrewMercerIMG_5618_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/AndrewMercerIMG_5618_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg/250px-AndrewMercerIMG_5618_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eastern water dragon in Brisbane Botanical Gardens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Head of an eastern water dragon poking out of a pond in Brisbane Botanical Gardens"><img alt="Head of an eastern water dragon poking out of a pond in Brisbane Botanical Gardens" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg/120px-AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg/250px-AndrewMercerIMG_5585_Australian_Water_Dragon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Head of an eastern water dragon poking out of a pond in Brisbane Botanical Gardens</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Male_Eastern_Water_Dragons_Fighting_(IMG8022).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Two male Australian eastern water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) fighting."><img alt="Two male Australian eastern water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) fighting." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Male_Eastern_Water_Dragons_Fighting_%28IMG8022%29.jpg/120px-Male_Eastern_Water_Dragons_Fighting_%28IMG8022%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Male_Eastern_Water_Dragons_Fighting_%28IMG8022%29.jpg/250px-Male_Eastern_Water_Dragons_Fighting_%28IMG8022%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Two male Australian eastern water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii ) fighting.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_basking_in_the_sun_at_Blue_Mountains_NSW_Australia.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Australian eastern water dragon basking in the sun at Blue Mountains (New South Wales)"><img alt="Australian eastern water dragon basking in the sun at Blue Mountains (New South Wales)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_basking_in_the_sun_at_Blue_Mountains_NSW_Australia.jpg/120px-Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_basking_in_the_sun_at_Blue_Mountains_NSW_Australia.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_basking_in_the_sun_at_Blue_Mountains_NSW_Australia.jpg/250px-Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_basking_in_the_sun_at_Blue_Mountains_NSW_Australia.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4107" data-file-height="2099"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Australian eastern water dragon basking in the sun at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Mountains_(New_South_Wales)" title="Blue Mountains (New South Wales)">Blue Mountains (New South Wales)</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Intellagama_Lesueurii_with_Red_Spots_-_AndrewMercer_-_DSC10821.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A water dragon that has been marked for research purposes."><img alt="A water dragon that has been marked for research purposes." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Intellagama_Lesueurii_with_Red_Spots_-_AndrewMercer_-_DSC10821.jpg/120px-Intellagama_Lesueurii_with_Red_Spots_-_AndrewMercer_-_DSC10821.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Intellagama_Lesueurii_with_Red_Spots_-_AndrewMercer_-_DSC10821.jpg/250px-Intellagama_Lesueurii_with_Red_Spots_-_AndrewMercer_-_DSC10821.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="9504" data-file-height="6336"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">A water dragon that has been marked for research purposes.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Adult_male_Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_in_a_tree.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Adult male Australian Eastern water dragon in a tree overhanging a creek in suburban Brisbane"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Adult_male_Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_in_a_tree.jpg/120px-Adult_male_Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_in_a_tree.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Adult_male_Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_in_a_tree.jpg/250px-Adult_male_Australian_Eastern_Water_Dragon_in_a_tree.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Adult male Australian Eastern water dragon in a tree overhanging a creek in suburban Brisbane</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australian_Water_Dragon_Physignathus_lesueurii_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Northern form, showing yellow spots on flank (photographed near Cooktown)."><img alt="Northern form, showing yellow spots on flank (photographed near Cooktown)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Australian_Water_Dragon_Physignathus_lesueurii_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg/120px-Australian_Water_Dragon_Physignathus_lesueurii_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Australian_Water_Dragon_Physignathus_lesueurii_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg/250px-Australian_Water_Dragon_Physignathus_lesueurii_-_Flickr_-_GregTheBusker.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456"></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Northern form, showing yellow spots on flank (photographed near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooktown" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooktown">Cooktown</a>).</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Cuvier's original spelling was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physignathus_cocincinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Physignathus cocincinus">Physignathus cocincinus</a>, after the type locality "cocincine" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin-China" class="mw-redirect" title="Cochin-China">Cochin-China</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-9"> <a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a> The name <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lophura" class="mw-redirect" title="Lophura">Lophura</a> was already used for a genus of pheasants, the current name is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrosaurus_amboinensis" title="Hydrosaurus amboinensis">Hydrosaurus amboinensis</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-10"> <a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> Shawii now considered to be conspecific with amboinensis. </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"> <div class="reflist"> 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Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Physignathus lesueurii, pp. 398–399).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Cogger" title="Harold Cogger">Cogger HG</a> (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0643100350" title="Special:BookSources/978-0643100350">978-0643100350</a>.</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson" title="Steve K. Wilson">Wilson S</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Swan" title="Gerry Swan">Swan G</a> (2023). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Sixth Edition. Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. 688 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-92554-671-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-92554-671-2">978-1-92554-671-2</a>. (Intellagama lesueurii, pp. 478–479).</li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHnQ8VY2av8">Video of male Gippsland water dragons fighting on Youtube</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091015130630/http://anbg.gov.au/anbg/reptiles/dragon-research-results.html">Australian National Botanic Gardens Research</a></li> <li> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <cite id="CITEREFMaruyama,_K.Langkilde,_T.1999" class="citation web cs1">Maruyama, K.; Langkilde, T. (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080727073914/http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/herp/Physignathuslesueuri.pdf">"Physignathus lesueurii "</a> (PDF). 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24557484" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q24557484">Q24557484</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Intellagama_lesueurii" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Intellagama lesueurii">Intellagama lesueurii</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Faunal_Directory" title="Australian Faunal Directory">AFD</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Intellagama_lesueurii">Intellagama_lesueurii</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3PSS9">3PSS9</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global 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lesueurii</th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738712" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q738712">Q738712</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Physignathus_lesueurii" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Physignathus lesueurii">Physignathus lesueurii</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/791059">791059</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2465410">2465410</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10780820">10780820</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;">Lophura lesueurii</th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24557493" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q24557493">Q24557493</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/5225771">5225771</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10676563">10676563</a></li> </ul> </div></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div>    </div>This article uses material from the Wikipedia article <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_water_dragon">"Australian water dragon"</a>, which is released under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0</a>. 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Common Names

Unknown Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Family: Agamidae

Genus: Intellagama

Species: Australian Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii

Conservation Status

least concern (LC)