Big lizard climbing tree near Sydney

The things birds in Australia have to put up with! This is a Water Dragon up a tree, probably looking for a nice breakfast of eggs:

Water Dragon climbing a tree

What a lovely long tail it has! Perfect for keeping a grip on a tree branch. Australian Water Dragons reach 90 cm in length. They have large heads which they can lift up quite high above the level of their bodies. Their scientific name isItellagama lesueurii lesueurii.

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