Jo would have been forgiven for thinking she was seeing double when she discovered a two-headed, four-armed lizard in her backyard, whose mother had just abandoned it moments after birth.
Jo would have been forgiven for thinking she was seeing double when she discovered a two-headed, four-armed lizard in her backyard, whose mother had just abandoned it moments after birth.
A woman would have been forgiven for thinking she was seeing double when she discovered a two-headed, four-armed lizard in her backyard, whose mother had just abandoned it moments after birth.

Western Australia woman, Jo, thought she had stumbled upon a snake in her backyard but was relieved to see a bobtail lizard crawl away, according to WA Today.

Upon further inspection, Jo found the mother bobtail had abandoned three of its newborn babies - including a two-headed, four-armed lizard at her Dunsborough home, south of Perth.

Not sure what to do with the lizard, Jo took it the Dunsborough Veterinary Hospital. Despite its rare condition, the lizard was born a healthy 13cm long
Not sure what to do with the lizard, Jo took it the Dunsborough Veterinary Hospital. Despite its rare condition, the lizard was born a healthy 13cm long

'The two healthy bobtails were already starting to move off but the third two-headed bobtail was struggling to walk,' she said.

'Both heads were moving, but because of the position of the extra head it was making it near impossible for the bobtail to go anyway.'

Not sure what to do with the lizard, Jo took it the Dunsborough Veterinary Hospital.

Vet Shamus Henry told the Daily Mail the bobtail was euthanised because it was only seven hours old and didn't have much chance of survival in the wild.

Despite its rare condition, the lizard was born a healthy 13cm long.

'The second head was not structurally attached, in that it didn't have a neck vertebrate attached - it wasn't a case of two well attached bobtails,' Dr Henry said.

'When the body of the bobtail moved it trapped the second head underneath it and was dragged.

'The bobtail was also in respiratory distress and was a poor candidate for saving.

'We are pretty proactive about saving wildlife, but it wouldn't have been fair to try.'

Dr Henry said it was the first two-headed bobtail he had seen, but he was aware that others had been discovered.

'We do a lot of work on injured and rehab wildlife but its something we hadn't seen before.'

The body of the two-headed lizard has been sent to the Western Australia Museum to further study the reptile.

A Reddit thread has since discussed the discovery of the rare reptile and offered condolences two it's unfortunate situation.

'If the bottom head could speak he would say, 'please kill me',' one user wrote.

'The top one looks pretty pissed off to be alive,' another person wrote.