Triodia Dragon
Dorsal		Murray Mallee Region
Southern Mallee Dragon
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Southern Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus tuniluki)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order: Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Family: Dragon (Agamidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Southern Mallee Dragon (Ctenophorus tuniluki)
This Photo:     🔍S4, dorsal, Very Dark🔎
Thank you Ralph Foster & Sam Gordon (SamGordon) for identifying and Matt Campbell (MattCampbellAUS) & Stephen Mahony for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
5 fingers & 5 toes.
Ctenophorus fordii was broken up into a number of different species. Here it is now represented by Ctenophorus spinodomus & Ctenophorus tuniluki.
Note here that S4 is VERY dark, possibly about to moult.
Copyright © 2020-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 28-Aug-2020
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)