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title: "Australische wateragame"
description: "Intellagama lesueurii — Reptielen. The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) subspecies, is a semi aquatic agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/australian-water-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australische wateragame

> Intellagama lesueurii — Reptielen. The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) subspecies, is a semi aquatic agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland.

- Scientific name: *Intellagama lesueurii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 31472
- Wikidata: [Q24557484](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24557484)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146186](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146186)

## Names

- en: Australian Water Dragon
- de: Australische Wasseragame
- es: Dragón de Agua Australiano
- fr: Dragon d'eau australien
- nl: Australische wateragame
- pt: Dragão-d'água-australiano
- pl: Wodnogama australijska

## Countries with the most observations

AU (30806), NZ (9)

## Summary

The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), which includes the eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii) and the Gippsland water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii howittii) subspecies, is a semi aquatic agamid species native to eastern Australia from Victoria northwards to Queensland. There may be a small introduced population on the south-east coast of South Australia.
The Gippsland water dragon is generally the more southern of the two subspecies and the more cold adapted and heat sensitive.
Visually distinguishing the Gippsland water dragon from the Eastern water dragon is relatively easy, as…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_water_dragon

## Photo

![Australische wateragame](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-water-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cleo Falvey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179805601

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-water-dragon?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).