The Mulga Dragon is a species of agamid lizard found in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

. It is the sole member of the genus Caimanops, whose name is derived from the crocodile

Crocodile

A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...

-like shape of the jaw. The species is up to 250 mm long, the length from snout to vent is 95 mm, with a long slender tail that ends abruptly. The patterning over the legs and body is grey and brownish streaks. This provides an excellent camouflage on Mulga

Mulga

Acacia aneura, commonly known as Mulga or True Mulga, is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback Australia of areas such as the Western Australian Mulga shrublands.-Description:...

 trees, its usual habitat, it is also found beneath the leaf litter of these. Caimanops amphiboluroides generally remain motionless and unobserved, this allows it to operate as an ambush predator

Ambush predator

Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture prey by stealth or cunning, not by speed or necessarily by strength. These organisms usually hide motionless and wait for prey to come within striking distance. They are often camouflaged, and may be solitary...

 and elude animals that would prey on it.

It resembles another Western Australian species, the Bearded Dragon (Pogona minor

Pogona minor

Pogona minor is a species of agamid lizard from a group commonly known as Bearded Dragons, and is found on the southwest coast and interior of Western Australia...

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