Description

• Common in Western and South Australia.

• Brown in colour, but easy to identify from its blue .

• Larger than many other lizards.

• Feeds mainly on .
• Its principal predators include large birds and .

Research on navigation

• A study showed that the lizards can navigate by using the .

Field observations

• Individuals return to the same  over a number of years.

Why pairs may stay together

• Their young may have a better chance of surviving.

• However, researchers have observed very little  between parents and offspring.
• Female lizards may receive  from the male.

Tracking research

• Researchers fixed GPS devices to the lizards’ .
• The devices recorded location as well as the number of .

• The lizards seemed to avoid meeting one another.

• This behaviour may lower the risk of .