New Guinea Forest Dragon Hypsilurus magnus

The New Guinea Forest Dragon, also called Gariau Forest Dragon and NG Tree Dragon, is an arboreal agamid lizard native to Papua New Guinea.

Males have a prominent crest or crown and use head bobbing to attract females. They climb, run and swim well.

As their taxonomic name indicates, they are large for their genus, with a snout-to-vent length for males of some 23 cm and a very long tail.

Some other Hysilurus species are sometimes also referred to as NG Forest Dragon. The Crowned or Indonesian Forest Dragon, Lophosaurus dilophus, is also present in New Guinea.