Mr two tails at Southbank

[Emilie]

Found this little one at Southbank today, what would be a feasable explanation for his double tail

 

[Emilie]

Sorry should have rotated the pix

 

[saintanger]

looks like it could have been a birth defect or he could have had his tail bitten off and it grew back in 2. cute little guy though.

 

[sd1981]

Probably got attacked, got bitten and injured his tail but didn't drop his tail, grew another one... Seen it before...

 

[herpmado]

Pretty sure dragons don't regenerate their tails.. so it must be a birth defect.

 

[saintanger]

i had one with an injured tail and it grew but was dark and did not look normal and did not grow to full length or have a proper tip.

 

[eipper]

Intellagama do regrow tails to an extent. A partial break allows the original tail to continue to grow and trigger the growth of a second

 

[Asharee133]

It's brisbane I've seen worse around southbank

 

[mad_at_arms]

Pretty sure dragons don't regenerate their tails.. so it must be a birth defect.

Completely sure you are wrong.

 

[herpmado]

Completely sure you are wrong.

Learn something new everyday. As a general rule they dont but looks like the EWD is an exception to the rule so there ya go.

 

[mad_at_arms]

Being semi aquatic EWD need their tails as they use them to swim the same way a fish does.

 

[Coppersimon]

This is one of the local ewds that has a regenerated tail.

 

[mad_at_arms]

Old thread already posted.

 

[James_Scott]

Thanks for posting the pic Emilie. I have never seen this with dragons before. Its fairly common with skinks.

 

[butters]

I have at least two wild ones at my place with tails like that. Partial break that regenerates a second tail.

 

[dragondragon]

Pretty sure dragons don't regenerate their tails.. so it must be a birth defect.

Im pretty sure they do

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Learn something new everyday. As a general rule they dont but looks like the EWD is an exception to the rule so there ya go.

Your a really special guy