Photo by Oliver Castaneda (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt probably comes as no surprise that the Boyd’s Forest Dragon likes to hang out in the trees.\u00a0 This actually works to the benefit of people trying to observe them since they are usually clung to the trees at the same height as our head.\u00a0\u00a0 Although, they are pretty clever so if you try to approach this lizard they will typically move to the other side of the tree so that the trunk is always between them and the intruder.<\/p>\n
These little Dragon’s take their trees very seriously as they are highly territorial.\u00a0 The males will generally guard an area as large as a 1000 square meters.\u00a0 These large male territories will usually overlap the territories of several females.\u00a0 That is one smart male lizard.\u00a0 He greatly improves his chances for mating if he surrounds himself with females.\u00a0 Speaking of mating the lowland population of Boyd’s Forest Dragon will reach maturity between one and two years.\u00a0 The upland population on the other hand usually takes a year longer.\u00a0 I wonder if the lowland population bullies the upland lizards before they reach maturity.<\/p>\n
Boyd’s Forest Dragon Fast Fact – <\/strong>Unlike most reptiles the Forest Dragon doesn’t bask in the sun.\u00a0 Instead they let their body temperature just fluctuate with the temperatures.\u00a0 The exception to this is females that are carrying eggs.\u00a0 They can often be seen sunning themselves in the open.\u00a0 I guess it can’t hurt to get a good tan once in awhile.<\/p>\nThat does it for our trip to Australia.\u00a0 Have a great day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday we were hanging out in the rainforests of Central and South America.\u00a0 Today we are heading to the other side of the world to wander around the rainforests of Queensland, Australia.\u00a0 Granted we may be a little jet-lagged but it will be worth it.\u00a0 So what are we looking for while we are in Australia?\u00a0 Well, we are going to study an interesting lizard called the Boyd’s Forest Dragon.\u00a0 Don’t get too excited since it isn’t a real dragon. You really can’t miss this lizard as they have large cheek scales, a noticeable crest and of course a yellow <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024,52],"tags":[348,1519,1522,1520,171,1521,4025,243],"yoast_head":"\n
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