AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
Covering Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia
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TAWNY DRAGON
Ctenophorus decresii
From Burra area:- Note that Tawny Dragons in this area have stripes on the throat which do not usually occur on Tawny Dragons
This Tawny Dragon is from the Mt. Lofty Ranges near Adelaide
Note that this male Tawny dragon has raised its crest!
Tawny Dragons are a rock dwelling lizard. They either live in rock crevices or under rocks.
Mature males tend to be much more colorful than females or immature males.
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