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26-Apr-08, 09:48 AM
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Hi, I don't have any idea about lizards, could someone tell me what this is? It was found down a mine shaft in the Cessnock area. (NSW). Thanks.
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26-Apr-08, 09:51 AM
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jacky dragon
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26-Apr-08, 09:52 AM
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thankyou very much!
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26-Apr-08, 09:59 AM
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nice little lizard rebecca what ended up happening with it ?
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26-Apr-08, 10:02 AM
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its got the body shape and texture like a bearded dragon aswell as the toes but i could be wrong because the colour looks totally different to one
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26-Apr-08, 10:04 AM
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nice lizard but i have no idea i dont really have lizards
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26-Apr-08, 11:05 AM
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yep, looks like a jacky dragon
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26-Apr-08, 11:56 AM
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It was given to me yesterday by the miner who found it 1km underground! lol, poor little thing, he has been soaking up some warm rays under a heat lamp all morning. He is in the process of shedding so his feet are a little off colour. Its still sunbaking in a spare set up I have... not quite sure what to do with him actually. Any ideas? I'm about 2 hours away from where he was found, so it isn't really practical to take him to somewhere local to where he was found. (and I'm on the coast, I dont know if he is native to my area)
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26-Apr-08, 12:03 PM
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no idea what he is..but he sure is pretty 
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26-Apr-08, 01:12 PM
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Its looks like a Jacky lizard and the very dark colour could be due to it being so far underground with out light.,
They are found from the South Qld coast right through to Nth Vic and inland a few 100 km. So if you release it near you, your putting a new bloodline in your area, that cant be a bad thing.
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26-Apr-08, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by andyscott  So if you release it near you, your putting a new bloodline in your area, that cant be a bad thing. | I understand that releasing it could bring foreign diseases ect, but as long as the local bloodline isn't rare, distinct, or otherwise special, wouldn't a 'new lizard' strengthen the local bloodline?
I'm not condoning, just asking.
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26-Apr-08, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by andyscott Its looks like a Jacky lizard and the very dark colour could be due to it being so far underground with out light.,
They are found from the South Qld coast right through to Nth Vic and inland a few 100 km. So if you release it near you, your putting a new bloodline in your area, that cant be a bad thing. |
It is a bad thing, if you can't release it where it was found don't release it at all.
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26-Apr-08, 01:48 PM
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my guess is a jacky dragon. Cool find i like the colours.
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26-Apr-08, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by junglepython2 It is a bad thing, if you can't release it where it was found don't release it at all. | Thats it, get the miner to release it back on site..
Or hand it over to a wildlife group like WIRES.
A lot of the bigger (or less dodgey) mines have
someone on site who can deal with wildlife issues.
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26-Apr-08, 02:50 PM
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yes release it where it was found, they are alos found on the central coast but as other stated its not good for the population around your area
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