Species profile—Intellagama lesueurii (eastern water dragon)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Agamidae (dragon lizards) → Intellagama lesueurii (eastern water dragon)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Agamidae (dragon lizards)
- Scientific name
- Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831)
- Common name
- eastern water dragon
- Type reference
- Gray, J.E., 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E., Pidgeon, E. (Eds.), The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organisation by the Baron Cuvier with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hither Named, and of Many before Noticed. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 554
- Synonym(s)
- Physignathus lesueurii
Istiurus lesueurii
Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii
Physignathus lesuerii - Alternate name(s)
- water dragon
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=554.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
