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Daintree
Rainforest Wildlife
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust
Boyd's Forest Dragon
Hypsilurus boydii
A diurnal, arboreal lizard confined to areas
of tropical rainforest the Boyd's Forest Dragon does not generally thermo regulate.
However when females are producing eggs they will often lay in the sun to speed
up the process.
Primarily an insect eater they will on occasion eat ripe fruit.
Most commonly seen sitting vertically on the trunks of small trees waiting
motionless for prey to appear on which they then pounce with amazing speed.
Size
Snout - vent 150 mm. Tail about 200% of snout - vent length.
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