A first for me...water dragons!!!

[reptilerob]

A mate and I went for a drive today, up into a section of the NSW snowy mountains. We got to a really rocky north facing outcrop near a small creek, and i said to my mate, slow down here and we might see a jacky dragon, or even a blotched blue tongue lizard.
Instead my mate spotted this awesome looking eastern water dragon. Ive never seen one in my life, so this might be a bit boring for many people, especially people that use scientific names and confuse the **** out of me, but for me this was quite exciting!!!
I found 2 water dragons, a few skinks, a heap of wild rainbow trout, and we photographed this fantastic waterfall near Tumbarumba, called paddys falls.

 

[Andie]

Nice photos! The lizards are really great and all but your waterfall shot is really really nice! Do you have a SLR camera?

 

[naledge]

The waterfall pic was done with a slow shutter speed wasn't it? looks like mist.

 

[Klaery]

That waterfall shot is magic! nice camera work

 

[moloch05]

They are always nice to see. It looks like a good place for a walk.

Regards,
David

 

[cris]

Im not much of a splitter, but they look like 'Gippsland' Water Dragons to me. The water fall looks awesome

I have no idea what species the skink is. Possibly L.?

 

[LullabyLizard]

Wow! I love the waterfall!

 

[152Boy]

I was thinking gippsland (Physignathus lesuerii howittii) as well, they do seam to have the colour of a eastern water (Physignathus Lesueurii Lesueurii) Love the photos as everyone else has said the waterfall photo is awesome!

 

[reptilerob]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Ive never seen an eastern or gippsland water dragon, i was just guessing eastern givin its location was a long way from gippsland. It was upstream of blowering dam in the NSW snowy mountains.
Andie, yeah i use a digital SLR. Its a bit outdated now, it a canon EOS 300D, but it still does the job.
Naledge, it was a slow shutter. It wasnt overly slow though, it was 1/3 of a second. There was a breeze blowing, so any longer and i would have got motion blur in the trees!!! Because of the large volume of water flowing over the falls, i didnt need a very slow shutter.

 

[geckos_are_great]

yeah im going to have to say gippsland water dragons to. btw great photos

 

[Macmilliam]

nice lizards the waterfall pic is awsome