{"id":1229,"date":"2026-09-14T14:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/?page_id=1229"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T04:07:42","slug":"australian-reptiles-lizards-and-snakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/australian-reptiles-lizards-and-snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIAN REPTILES"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-1228.fg-justified .fg-item { margin-right: 2px; margin-bottom: 2px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-1228.fg-justified .fg-image { height: 200px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-justified foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-justified fg-ready fg-dark fg-border-medium fg-round-small fg-shadow-large fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-always fg-transparent-overlays fg-no-js\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1228\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;panel&quot;:{&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;download&quot;:false}},&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:false,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:false},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;src&quot;,&quot;srcset&quot;:&quot;srcset&quot;,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;rowHeight&quot;:200,&quot;maxRowHeight&quot;:300,&quot;margins&quot;:2,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;lastRow&quot;:&quot;smart&quot;}}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false,&quot;download&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 1;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-loading\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.photographsofaustralia.com\/photos_and_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Eastern_water_dragon_MG_3979-scaled.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Young Eastern Water Dragon - 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