Ornate Crevice Dragon, Ctenophorus ornatus.

Mount Cuthbert, Bibbulmun track, Monadnocks Nature reserve, Western Australia

Ornate Crevice Dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus)

Mount Cuthbert, Bibbulmun Track, Western Australia.

Exclusively inhabiting granite outcrops across southern Western Australia, the Ornate Crevice Dragon has had its habitat increasingly fragmented by forestry and agriculture. One possible threat for the species is inbreeding depression.

I would note that the practise of building cairns with much of the available free slabs of granite on the outcrops along the Bibbulmun track as a navigation aid for walkers is a needless degradation of the habitat of many of the outcrop inhabitants.

Ornate Crevice Dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus) strikes a dramatic pose

Ornate Crevice Dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus) poses for a profile shot

Another beloved inhabitant of Western Australia’s granite outcrops, the Ornate Crevice Dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus)