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Gert
Australia has been called "The Land of the Lizards"
Aborigines can judge the health of the country by observing the amount of lizards it contains.
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Ring-tailed Bicycle Dragon
Monitor
Bob Tail
When threatened, these slow and gentle
Stumpy-tailed BLUE TONGUE skinks
frighten off predators such as Eagles, Kookaburras and Snakes by hissing and opening its mouth widely.
A bite may hurt but it's not poisonous.
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Bluey
Some blue tongues are more aggresive than others.
Found in many WA backyards.
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Monitor Lizard
Perentie
Skink
Keep still or move slowly then wait for the
Skink Egernia napoleanis
to come out and soak up the sun's blood-warming energy.
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Crowned Snake
Spot the Dragon
Beardie
WESTERN BEARDED DRAGON Pogona minor
A lovable personality and calm nature have made this native of
Western Australia an extremely popular pet throughout the world.
Beardies subsist on vegetable matter and insects and can live up tp 10 years in captivity.
Monitor
Gecko
Bungarra
Highly valued by the Aborigines as a delicious source of protein.
PERENTIE
When frightened these powerful. burrowing, egg laying, fork-tongued Monitor Lizards
will run and climb the nearest tree (or human).
"Australia's largest lizard"
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Long-Nosed Dragon
Gwardar
Western Brown Snake or Gwardar - Pseudonaja nuchalis
A dangerously venomous snake whch can be very fast and aggrressive when threatened or disturbed.
It is capable of injecting a large dose of highly toxic venom.
In the last 30 years, the Gwardar is responsible for six of the last ten snakebite deaths in Western Australia.
But, in comparison, the common honeybee causes an average of ten deaths per year in Australia.