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Australian lizards image gallery

Australian lizards image gallery

Australia has a very diverse lizard fauna, ranging from the very large to the tiny. Explore the image gallery of Australian lizards.

R.185792 Cunningham's Skink (Egernia cunninghami)

Male Eastern Water Dragon, Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii

Marbled Velvet Gecko on branch (Oedura marmorata)

Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard, Tiliqua scincoides scincoides

Central Bearded Dragon <i> Pogona vitticeps</i>

Gidgee Skink, Egernia stokesii.

Male Eastern Water Dragon Intellagama lesueurii

R.185785 Copper-tailed Skink (Ctenotus taeniolatus)

Hidden Dragon (Cryptagama aurita)

Marbled Velvet Gecko (Oedura marmorata)

Moloch horridus

R.185866 Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii)

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