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JACKY LIZARD FACTS |
Description
The Jacky Lizard is pale grey to dark brown above. It has a series of large black angular patches along the middle of the back bordered by a pale grey stripe from neck to tail. The pale stripe may be broken into rounded rectangle shapes or diamond shapes.
Size
10cm excluding tail
Habitat
dry eucalypt forest, rocky ridges, coastal heathland
Food
insects and other small invertebrates
Range
along costal areas from south east Western Australia to Victoria, and through most of Victoria up the east coast to south east Queensland.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Agamidae | | Genus: | Amphibolurus | | Species: | muricatus | | Common Name: | Jacky Lizard |
Relatives in same Genus
Nobbi Dragon (A. nobbi)
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