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Distribution

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Continent: Australia
Distribution: Australia (West Australia: NW coastal, W plateau)
Type locality: West Australia
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Mulga dragon

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The mulga dragon (Diporiphora amphiboluroides) is a species of agamid lizard found in Western Australia. The species is up to 250 mm long, the length from snout to vent is 95 mm, with a long, slender tail that ends abruptly. The patterning over the legs and body is grey and brownish streaks. This provides an excellent camouflage on mulga trees, its usual habitat, it is also found beneath mulga leaf litter. Diporiphora amphiboluroides generally remains motionless and unobserved, this allows it to operate as an ambush predator and elude animals that would prey on it.[3]

It resembles another Western Australian species, the western bearded dragon (Pogona minor).

References

  1. ^ Wilson, S.; Melville, J.; Doughty, P.; Ford, S. (2017). "Diporiphora amphiboluroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T83491681A83491741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T83491681A83491741.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1902. Descriptions of some new lizards from Western Australia. Proc. R. Soc. Vict. 15: 76-79
  3. ^ Browne-Cooper, Robert; Brian Bush; Brad Maryan; David Robinson (2007). Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia. University of Western Australia Press. pp. 145, 146. ISBN 978-1-920694-74-6.
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Mulga dragon: Brief Summary

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The mulga dragon (Diporiphora amphiboluroides) is a species of agamid lizard found in Western Australia. The species is up to 250 mm long, the length from snout to vent is 95 mm, with a long, slender tail that ends abruptly. The patterning over the legs and body is grey and brownish streaks. This provides an excellent camouflage on mulga trees, its usual habitat, it is also found beneath mulga leaf litter. Diporiphora amphiboluroides generally remains motionless and unobserved, this allows it to operate as an ambush predator and elude animals that would prey on it.

It resembles another Western Australian species, the western bearded dragon (Pogona minor).

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