Thursday, March 8, 2018

BOYD'S FOREST DRAGON

Photographed at Lake Eacham, Queensland, March 2018
 84         BOYD'S FOREST DRAGON        Lophosaurus boydii, formerly Hypsilurus boydii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS             56

  Arboreal; found in rainforests and margins; located in Wet Tropics of northern Queensland, from north of Townsville to near Cooktown. Spend their time perched on trunks of trees, about head-height, but will move around to opposite side of tree to avoid detection. Active in the day, sitting and waiting to catch their prey, mainly invertebrates and earthworms.






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