Up close with dragons

The family of Eastern Water Dragons (Intellagama leseurii) who live here are getting extremely comfortable with my place. Maybe too comfortable.

Uninvited, they are often on my verandah, its railings or its furniture.

I don’t usually mind, as I think these dragons are spectacular, as well as interesting.

Their markings are as amazing as those of goannas, their ridged tails are longer than their bodies, and they catch prey with their thick tongues, unlike other lizards, which use their jaws.

I especially marvel at their long delicate toes.

The younger ones haven’t got the trick of balancing correctly yet; this one was half hanging off the railing, looking very precarious.

Others use the cane chairs. Sometimes one will drape itself on the chair closest to the house and and peer in the window. 

So far none have actually knocked to come in, but I won’t be surprised when they do…

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