Jacky Lashtail

Amphibolurus muricatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassSquamata
FamilyAgamidae (Dragons)
GenusAmphibolurus (Tree Dragons)
SpeciesAmphibolurus muricatus (Jacky Lashtail)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Wilsons Promontory National Park

1 Verified records at Wilsons Promontory National Park

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) is a type of lizard native to south-eastern Australia. Other common names include blood-sucker, stonewalker, and tree dragon. It was one of the first Australian reptiles to be named by Europeans, originally described by English zoologist George Shaw in Surgeon-General John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, published in London in 1790. The lizard is well-known for its bright yellow mouth and well-developed vertebral crest, as well as the temperature-dependent sex determination of its offspring. The Wergaia people of the Wimmera region of north-western Victoria call it nganurganity. In 2017, the star Sigma Canis Majoris was officially named "Unurgunite" (a 19th-century transcription of nganurganity), due to its identification with the jacky dragon in Wergaia traditions. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Jacky Lashtail at Wilsons Promontory National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	60–70%
2	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	50–60%
3	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
4	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	30–40%
5	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	20–30%
6	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
7	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

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