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COMMON NAME: Peninsula Dragon
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ctenophorus fionni
FAMILY: Agamidae
GENUS: Ctenophorus
STATUS: Secure
SIZE (cm): 9 |
DESCRIPTION: Member of C. decresii group. Males are
subject to extensive geographic variation in colour, pattern, and to
a lesser extent, size. Females do not vary markedly. Females and juveniles:
Ground colour brown, brownish grey to grey (reddish brown in Gawler
Ranges), fading to paler shade of ground colour or cream on lower flanks.
Pattern prominent to obscure, including sparse grey to black speckling
or heavy mottling over head, body, limbs and tail. This may concentrate
on upper flanks, leaving irregular wavy transverse streaks of ground
colour. Ventral surfaces whitish; chin and throat streaked, striped
or mottled with grey. Neptune and Wedge Island males: Dorsal ground
colour brown, darkening to black on neck, shoulders and flanks. Prominent
dark-edged transversely aligned white spots extend between nape and
base of tail.
PREFERRED HABITAT: Subhumid to arid rocky ranges
and outcrops of Eyre Peninsula, adjacent interior of SA, and offshore
islands. Neptune and Wedge Island form is restricted to these islands,
situated south-east of Eyre Peninusla. Southern form occurs on lower
western Eyre Peninsula. Western form extends along north-western Eyre
Peninsula (including Isles of St Francis and the Investigator Group).
Port Lincoln form occurs on the southern tip of Eyre Peninsula. Central
form extends from north-east coast of Eyre Peninsula, north-west to
Kokatha Station area on western edge of Lake Gairdner. Northern form
occurs in Andamooka ranges, in an area bordered by south-western shoreline
of Lake Torrens in east, and Island Lagoon in west.
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