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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Climate adaptation secrets hidden in reptilian genes

The CSIRO has launched a new facility to safeguard more than 13 million biodiversity specimens. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Water dragons, like thousands of other species around the world, are feeling the squeeze from encroaching human settlements and a changing climate.

These striking reptiles can be found around creeks and rivers flowing through major cities and are facing an onslaught of specific and generalised threats.

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