1 Nobbi Dragon at Gungahlin, ACT
Identification history
| Diporiphora nobbi | 25 Jan 2016 | GeoffRobertson | ||
| Diporiphora nobbi | 23 Jan 2016 | wombey | ||
| Amphibolurus muricatus | 23 Jan 2016 | ArcherCallaway | ||
| Unidentified | 23 Jan 2016 | AaronClausen |
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User's notes
This record needs to be treated with care. The reddish markings along tail would indicate it is a Nobbi. Nobbis are known along Murrumbidgee River in Canberra region. This animal is some distance from the Murrumbidgee. GeoffR
6 comments
AaronClausen
wrote:
24 Jan 2016
Also interestingly, this guy was really tame/friendly and let me get quite close, I'd say to within about 50cm from him, before he started to move off. He was really quite calm about the whole photo thing.
wombey
wrote:
24 Jan 2016
The other identifying feature is the pink colour inside the mouth. A muricatus is bright yellow. Good thing to check if the lizard can be held.
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
25 Jan 2016
This record should be treated with care. As JM says, Jacky Dragon never has reddish brown marking. Nobbi are known from Murrumbidgee River in Canberra region. This seems to be somewhat away from the Murrumbidgee. Geoff
StephenMahony
wrote:
15 Jun 2019
This is Amphibolurus muricatus, they have an entirely different shape to Diporiphora nobbi, and that colouration on the tail base is not tending towards the colour of a D. nobbi.
wombey
wrote:
15 Jun 2019
With a second look at the reddish tail colour, it is more like a background general colouring rather than the lateral reddish flush that you would expect on nobbi. I have been suspicious of this individual anyway and would be happy to call it muricatus if there is a consensus.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.093400-35.140580
- Altitude 787.6m
- Places Gungahlin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Jan 2016 02:35 PM Recorded on
- AaronClausen Recorded by
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Species information
- Diporiphora nobbi Scientific name
- Nobbi Dragon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 937m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Amphibolurus nobbi
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