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  Tommy Roundhead Dragon (Diporiphora australis)





Tommy Roundhead Dragon | Diporiphora australis photo
Diporiphora australis (Tommy Roundhead) lizard

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REPTILE FACTS

Description
The Tommy Roundhead is a small dragon from eastern Queensland. It is brown with mottling, and often with pattern of spots or blotches along the back. The tail is long, about twice as long as the head and body length. It is semi-arboreal, often found on low shrubs and tree branches

Habitat
woodland, forest, coastal dunes.

Food
insects

Range
found in eastern Queensland and also Papua New Guinea

distribution map showing range of Diporiphora australis in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.



Classification
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata (Sauria)
Family:Agamidae
Genus:Diporiphora
Species:australis
Common Name:Tommy Roundhead Dragon