Painted Dragon
Juvenile Back
Painted Dragon
Orange Morph, Male, Profile
| Painted Dragon Juvenile Back | | Painted Dragon Orange Morph, Male, Profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | |||
| Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | ||||
| Family: | Dragon (Agamidae) | ||||
| Species: | Painted Dragon (Ctenophorus pictus) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female | ||||
Ref: "A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia", 2nd Ed. Wilson & Swan. Page 344. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee) Painted dragons are a beautifully coloured, small, dragon lizard native to Australia. Females are plain brown coloured. Males come in 4 colour morphs: Blue, Orange, Red & Yellow colours. All male morphs have blue belly & legs. The Blue morphs have a blue throat with white / brown cheeks like females. | |||||
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