30-Jul-2020 Theme: 'Dragons'

(1) Tympanocryptis pinguicolla is a tiny, endangered dragon found in native grasslands in the Canberra region. What is its common name?

Answer: Grassland Earless Dragon.

(2) Believed to be the largest of its kind in the world, Petalura ingentissima is a giant flying dragon from which State?

Answer: Queensland (Giant petaltail dragonfly).

(3) What climbing, swimming dragon from Eastern Australia can grow up to one metre long, and has a crest of spikes running from its head down its spine to its tail.

Answer: Eastern Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii).

(4) Ctenophorus maculosus is found on the shores of Kati Thanda. What is its common name?

Answer: Lake Eyre Dragon.

(5) What extinct Australian relative of Indonesia’s Komodo dragon was the largest terrestrial lizard that ever lived?

Answer: Megalania (Megalania prisca).

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