Jacky Lashtail
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Jacky Lashtail

Amphibolurus muricatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Booderee National Park
68 Verified records at Booderee National Park
February Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus) is a type of lizard native to south-eastern Australia. Other common names include blood-sucker, stonewalker, and tree dragon. It was one of the first Australian reptiles to be named by Europeans, originally described by English zoologist George Shaw in Surgeon-General John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, published in London in 1790. The lizard is well-known for its bright yellow mouth and well-developed vertebral crest, as well as the temperature-dependent sex determination of its offspring. The Wergaia people of the Wimmera region of north-western Victoria call it nganurganity. In 2017, the star Sigma Canis Majoris was officially named "Unurgunite" (a 19th-century transcription of nganurganity), due to its identification with the jacky dragon in Wergaia traditions. Wikipedia →

50–60% of wildlife watchers report a Jacky Lashtail sighting in Booderee National Park, based on 68 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Booderee National Park

Australian Water Dragon
LC Endemic

Australian Water Dragon

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Intellagama lesueurii

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

50–60
Jan
70–80
Feb
70–80
Mar
50–60
Apr
30–40
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
40–50
Sep
60–70
Oct
60–70
Nov
70–80
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
60–70%
2 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
50–60%
3 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%
4 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
30–40%
5 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
6 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
7 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Jacky Lashtail in Booderee National Park?

About 58% of wildlife watchers report a Jacky Lashtail sighting in Booderee National Park, based on 68 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Jacky Lashtail in Booderee National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Jacky Lashtail in Booderee National Park in our monthly data.

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