Diporiphora magna
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Yellow-sided Two-lined Dragon

My wife Monica spotted this well-camouflaged small dragon in the leaf litter. I recognized it as a Diporiphora species that I had not previously seen, but wasnt familiar enough with the different species in this genus to identify it further. After some research, I concluded that it is probably D. magna, though I havent yet seen another photo that is this mostly uniform dark brown color.
Ive written up an account of this three-week trip to Australia here.

Not far down the road, we pulled over to poke around near a very attractive rock pile, because it looked like the kind of place in which the cool lizards would hang out. And indeed this little guy was doing that very thing.
Printed references:
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition
- Wilson, S. K., Knowles, D. 1988. Australia's Reptiles: A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial Reptiles of Australia
- Wilson, S. and Swan, G. 2017. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fifth Edition