User talk:137.142.181.179

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I only put the picture in that article because someone else on wikipedia said that it was this kind of breed. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. (talk) 03:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, interesting. Well, it's an Agamid, that much is clear. The person probably looked at the general shape of it and said "bearded dragon" just because it is the most common type of Agamid, though there are hundreds of subspecies-especially in Australia. Can you give any more information on the animal in question besides the picture? Where in australia it was, etc? I may go the the campus library tomorrow and look around...hopefully my environmental school will have something on agamas. 137.142.181.179 (talk) 05:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
I actually found this lizard on the shores of Sydney Harbour, near an old for on Georges Heights, New South Wales. Maybe it is an introduced species or something but I am not quite sure. It was a shy but curious lizard, watching me but every time I got closer it would run a little further stop and then look at me again, over and over. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. (talk) 04:28, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Found him! Australian Water Dragon, Physignathus lesueurii. Beautiful animal. The description of where you found him clued me into what it might be. Bearded dragons and other agamids are usually inland in dry climes-finding one on the shores is interesting. Add your image to the gallery, it's a good one :) It shows the strong red coloration that males have that females do not across the chest. While I'm at it I'll take a stab at IDing the other 2 lizards you'd posted on a few talk pages to see if they fit the species descriptions, but that will have to wait until tomorrow. 137.142.181.179 (talk) 05:21, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks I will add it to the article. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. (talk) 05:31, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

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