For the record, it seems like the animal Nicole encountered might be an Australian Water Dragon. According to the Australian Museum, these animals are “Australia’s largest dragon lizard ...

The Australian water dragon is the new squirrel of Penn State. You can find this lizard lurking everywhere and anywhere — by the water, on the highway, on your patio furniture or even your bay ...

The hunt is on for a rare lizard ... of regional Australia, residents are being asked to scour paddocks and roadsides for the specific conditions the Bathurst grassland earless dragon needs ...