Australian water dragon: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Australian water dragon lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Intellagama lesueurii
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Agamidae

Where does the Australian water dragon live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian water dragon in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Australian water dragon endangered?

The Australian water dragon’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian water dragon?

The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Agamidae, genus Intellagama. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian water dragon

The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) subspecies, is a semi aquatic agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland. There may be a small introduced population on the south-east coast of South Australia.

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian water dragon (revision 1374825353), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q24557484 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).