Size: Length -
130mm.
Identification: Distinctive
broad leaf-shaped tail. Shades of grey, brown to olive with prominent lichen-like
mottles and blotches. Along the spine, there is usually a dark-edged, pale
reddish brown to pale grey stripe, with large pale blotches running along
it. There is usually a blackish brown M- shaped mark at the base of the
head. The belly is whitish to pale olive.
Call/Song:
Found in northern Australia and in isolated pockets along the Eastern coast
and ranges to the central coast of New South Wales.
Habitat:
Rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests as well as boulder-strewn eucalypt
forests and heathlands.
Feeding: Feeds
mainly on large arthropods.
Breeding/Nesting: Lays
clutches of 2 parchment-shelled eggs.
Movement: Dwells in trees, shrubs
and rocks. Its distinctive colouring gives it obvious camouflaging abilities
and thus forages on exposed vertical surfaces.
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Photo:
Glenn Threlfo
Photo:
Queensland DEH
Photo:
Glenn Threlfo
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Other
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Status:
Distribution:
Abundance:
Queensland Museum
(1995) Wildlife of Greater Brisbane, Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
Wilson, S.K. & Knowles, D.G. (1988)
A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial
Reptiles of Australia, Collins Publishers, Australia. |
