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CITES III
Agamidae

Australian Water Dragon

Intellagama lesueuriiGippsland Water Dragon

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. aquariumworld.nz

Photograph: Auradyme · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/intellagama-lesueurii

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warm end35–40 °C
cool end24–27 °C
Humidity50–80 %
Enclosure122×61×91

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–27°Cool side
35–40°Warm side
24–27°Night

Day: a real gradient, 35–40°C warm against 24–27°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24–27°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 35-40 °C / cool 24-27 °C / night 24-27 °C

Humidity

50–80%Target RH

The sheet states50-80 %; Aquarium World muet

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesUVB Lighting: Needed; you can install UVA and UVB lights such as the Zoo Med Repti Sun

Diet
Feed them crickets, locusts, mealworms, dubia roaches, calciworms, and even wax worms

Identity

Family / Order
Agamidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

35–40 °C50–80 % RHUVB tube4 ft3 ft
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
4 × 2 × 3 ft · 122 × 61 × 91 cmWidth × depth × height
74dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesThe minimal length of the enclosure must be 46 inches, and the enclosure needs to be about 24 inches tall. A width of about 12 inches is acceptable. | Tank Size: 4 (L) x 2 (W) x 3(H) feet

Temperature
warm 35–40 °C / cool 24–27 °C / night 24–27 °C

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

How big does it get and what do I need?

80 to 90 centimetres with the tail, and a large enclosure with a proper water area for soaking.

Can I handle it?

Many become genuinely tolerant with regular gentle handling, more so than most water dragons.

How long does it live?

15 to 20 years, sometimes longer. This is a long commitment for a large lizard.

Does it bite?

Rarely once settled, but a cornered adult will bite and whip with the tail.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 122 × 61 × 91 cmbecause enclosure — The minimal length of the enclosure must be 46 inches, and the enclosure needs to be about 24 inches tall. A width of about 12 inches is acceptable. | Tank Size: 4 (L) x 2 (W) x 3(H) feet
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 35-40 °C / cool 24-27 °C / night 24-27 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 35-40 °C / cool 24-27 °C / night 24-27 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 35-40 °C / cool 24-27 °C / night 24-27 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 35-40 °C / cool 24-27 °C / night 24-27 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-80 %; Aquarium World muet
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — UVB Lighting: Needed; you can install UVA and UVB lights such as the Zoo Med Repti Sun

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

snaketracks.com — lu le 2026-08-04aquariumworld.nz — lu le 2026-08-04gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.