Basking Ridge, New Jersey | ''I. l. howitti'', Gippsland water dragon basking in Canberra | Basking Ridge |
Like many other reptiles the Chinese water dragon possesses a small, iridescent, photosensitive spot between their eyes referred to as the pineal gland (or colloquially as the third eye) that is thought to help thermoregulate their bodies by sensing differences in light to assist with basking and seeking shelter after sunset.
Sara Snow, Green Living Expert and TV host, and Naomi Aldort, leading parent counsultant, will be featured as the keynote speakers at HMN's 6th annual Natural Living Conference in Basking Ridge, New Jersey on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Dolce Conference Center.
Brush-tailed possums and Grey kangaroos are common throughout the park, and lizards can be observed basking in the sun.
Later the anatomist Sir Everard Home in London dismissed the measurement, declaring it must have been around 36 feet, and deemed it to be a decayed basking shark (basking sharks can take on a 'pseudo plesiosaur' appearance during decomposition).