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<title>AUSTRALIAN WATER DRAGON IN CAPTIVITY</title>
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<h1>The AUSTRALIAN WATER DRAGON, <em>Intellagama lesueurii</em>, in CAPTIVITY</h1>
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<p><strong><h5>Image 1. Male Eastern Water Dragon. Photo: Rebekah Hosking</h5></strong></P>
<ol>
<li><a href="01index&into.html">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="02taxonomy.html">Taxonomy</a></li>
<li><a href="03naturalhistory.html">Natural History</a></li>
<li><a href="04housing.html">Housing Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="05husbandry.html">General Husbandry</a></li>
<li><a href="06feeding.html">Feeding requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="07handlingandtransport.html">Handling and Transport</a></li>
<li><a href="08healthrequirements.html">Health Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="09behaviour.html">Behaviour</a></li>
<li><a href="10breeding.html">Breeding</a></li>
<li><a href="11artificialrearing.html">Artificial Rearing</a></li>
<li><a href="Referencesandbibliography.html">References and Bibliography</a></li>
<li><a href="glossary.html">Glossary</a></li>
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<h1>2 Taxonomy </h1>
<p>The Australian Water Dragon, <em>Intellagama lesueurii</em>, was first given the name <em>Lophura lesueurii</em> by John Edward Gray in 1831 and later placed into the genus <em>Physignathus</em> by George Albert Boulenger 1885(Griffin 1831). The first description was based on the type specimen collected by French naturalist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (whom the specific name honours) from Parramatta. The specimen was taken back to France on the Baudin expedition of 1800 (Ehmann 1992:134).This latin name translates literally as “Lesueur’s puffy jaw”. The genus <em>Physignathus</em> was described by George Cuvier (1769-1832) in 1829 based on the type specimen of the genus; <em>P. cocincinus</em> the Green Water Dragon of South-East Asia (Jenkins & Bartell 1980:90. De Vosjoli 1992:7), and refers to the inflated bulging of the jaw. <em>Physignathus</em> comprises two recognised species; <em>P. lesueurii</em> and <em>P. concincinus</em>. A later taxonomic review by Amey et. al. (2012) argued that <em>P. cocincinus</em> and <em>P. lesueurii</em> were distinct enough to justify separate genera. Since <em>P. cocincinus</em> was described first it retained the use of the genus <em>Physignathus</em> and the Australian species was placed in the new genus; <em>Intellagama</em>.</p>
<h3>2.1 Nomenclature</h3>
<p>Class: Reptilia </p>
<p>Order: Squamata </p>
<p>Family: Agamidae </p>
</p>Genus: <em>Intellagama</em> </p>
<p>Species <em>Intellagama lesueurii</em> </p>
<h3>2.2 Subspecies</h3>
<p>Eastern Water Dragon, <em>Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii.</em></p>
<p>Gippsland Water Dragon, <em>Intellagama lesueurii howittii.</em></p>
<h3>2.3 Recent Synonyms</h3>
<p><em>Lophura lesueurii</em>Gray 1831<p>
<p><em>Physignathus lesueurii</em>Boulenger 1885</p>
<h3>2.4 Other Common Names</h3>
<p>In some parts of Eastern Victoria Water Dragons are sometimes referred to locally as crocodiles, alligators and salamander, the latter is often abbreviated to <em>“sally”</em> (Greer 1990:18. Worrell 1966).</p>
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