It was Mr Three who saw him first, in the darkest shadow in the cotton tree thicket. He was showing us his frilled neck and looking terribly fierce until I pulled out my camera. He had a few mates as well, but I was fortunate to catch him while he still had the red "fire" in his throat!
He(she?) is a bearded dragon, about two and a bit feet long, and quite common round the coast. This one was in the trees near that little camping spot that I featured in the past week or so. Oh, and have no fear, they are entirely harmless... mostly!
Are you the he/she is harmless. He looks a little miffed to be but then most things do when I shove a camera in front of them. Exotic to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beauty. We too are lucky at the moment we have a water dragon in our pond but who knows for how long.
ReplyDeleteWow - his colors are beautiful! Are they always so bright or is it like birds, extra color for the breeding season?
ReplyDeleteDoes the red bit come and go?
ReplyDeleteNow that's a handsome dragon. The detail in your photo is amazing.
ReplyDeleteHe certainly is a beautiful creature! I've had to chase 2 lizards out of my house this past week. They were a bit smaller than this though.
ReplyDeleteSorry about the delay responding!
ReplyDeleteYes the red colour does come and go to quite an extent, it gets more vibrant when he's threatened.
I suppose breeding my have something to do with it as well, it usually does!