I spotted this smallish dragon across the road from our car as we returned from an afternoon hike. I first thought that it wasa youngster of one of the common species that we had been seeing frequently. But when I looked at my photos later I realized that it was a species we hadn’t seen before. It ended up being the only D. bilineata that we saw on this trip.

I’ve written up an account of this three-week trip to Australia here.

My wife Monica spotted this well-camouflaged small dragon in the leaf litter. I recognized it as a Diporiphora species that seemed different than any I had previously seen, but wasn’t familiar enough with the different species in this genus to identify it further. After some research, I concluded that it was probably D. magna, though I haven’t yet seen another photo that is this mostly uniform dark brown color. Later, Australian lizard expert Stephen Mahony told me on iNaturalist that it is most likely D. bilineata instead. I'll obviously have to revisit this area to get more photos.

I’ve written up an account of this three-week trip to Australia here.

Not far down the road from where we had seen a cool lizard, we pulled over to poke around near a very attractive rock pile, because it looked like the kind of place in which the cool lizards would hang out. And indeed this little guy was doing that very thing.

I identified this originally as Diporiphora magna, but Australian reptile expert Stephen Mahony said that it is most likely Diporiphora bilineata.