Lophosaurus boydii
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Boyd's forest dragon (Lophosaurus boydii) is a species of arboreal lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to rainforests and their margins in the Wet Tropics region of northern Queensland, Australia. It is the larger of the two species of Lophosaurus found in Australia. Another species, the southern angle-headed dragon, L. spinipes, is found in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.
The generic name Lophosaurus stands for "crested lizard", from the Greek lophos for "crest", and saurus for "lizard". The specific name, boydii, is a reference to English-born John Archibald Boyd (1846–1926), who lived in Fiji from 1865 to 1882 and then on a sugar plantation at Ingham, Queensland, and collected specimens for the Australian Museum. The binomial authority is William John Macleay, who provided the original description of the species in 1884. Additionally, the Kuku Yalanji people of North Queensland named this lizard "Jalbil" which refers not only to this species, but also to the mythological creature who split Snapper Island away from the mainland.
The species Lophosaurus boydii is restricted to rainforests and their... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 3 | Los Angeles Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Kyabram Fauna Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Healesville Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 8 | Melbourne Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Parndana Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Sydney Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 12 | Symbio Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 13 | Featherdale Sydney Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 14 | Sea Life Sydney Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 15 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 16 | Cairns Aquarium | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 17 | Wild Life Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 18 | Birdworld Kuranda | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 19 | Kuranda Koala Gardens | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 20 | Cairns Zoom and Wildlife Dome | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 21 | Caversham Wildlife Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 22 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 23 | Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 24 | Wildlife HQ Zoo | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Boyd's Forest Dragon sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 213 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 31 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Boyd's Forest Dragon in Daintree National Park on a given day, against about 40% in June and August–September, the lowest months. That is one of Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain against 50 mm in September.
Between 4 and 7 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Boyd's Forest Dragon sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Boyd's Forest Dragon sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Boyd's Forest Dragon is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Daintree National Park (213 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
