Southern Angle-headed Dragon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=95 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>SOFAR</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SOFAR"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id138.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thicktail gecko"><U>Thick-tail gecko</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Northern LeafTail Gecko"><U>Northern Leaf-Tail Gecko</U></A>   |   <B>Southern Angle-headed Dragon</B>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Water Skink"><U>Eastern Water Skink</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Northern Blue Tongue Skink"><U>Northern Blue Tongue Skink</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Bluetongue skink"><U>Eastern Blue-tongue skink</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Water Dragons"><U>Eastern Water Dragons</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id139.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Bearded Dragon"><U>Eastern Bearded Dragon</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shingleback lizard"><U>Shingleback lizard</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central Bearded Dragon"><U>Central Bearded Dragon</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Southern Angle-headed Dragon</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="753" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#003300" BORDERCOLORDARK="#006633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 ><NOBR><div> <I><B>Common Name:</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT>Southern Angle-headed Dragon</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=6><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1b835ce0.jpg" border=0 width="309" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>Scientific Name: </B></I>Hypsilurus spinipes</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=4 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="379"><div> <I><B>General characteristics: </B></I>The females lay 2-8 soft-shelled eggs from October to mid January.  They get themselves warmed up in the afternoon sun and hatch in late summer after about 74 days of incubation.   They grow to 24 cm in length.</div> <div> <I><B>Diet:</B></I> Mostly stick insects, beetles, insect larvae and spiders and occasionally worms and small mice.</div> <div> <I><B>Habitat: </B></I>Rainforests and adjacent wet sclerophyll forest on the coastal ranges of mid-eastern Australia from Gosford (NSW) to Gympie (Qld).</div> <div> <I><B>Status:</B></I> Vulnerable, threatened by loss of habitat and illegal collecting.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Page updated 1 February 2006</div> </td> </tr></table></body>