Genus Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830

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• Amphibolurus Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München : Cotta'schen vi 354 pp. [145] [replacement for Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827 which Wagler rejected as an invalid hybrid name ('vox hybrida')].
• Gemmatophora Kaup, J.J. 1827. Zoologische monographien. Isis von Oken, Jena 20: 610-625 [621] [nom. oblit.; described as subgenus of Calotes Cuvier, 1817].

  Type species:

   Lacerta muricata White, 1790 by original designation.
• Grammatophora Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Paris : Roret Vol. 4 ii 571 pp. [468] [non Grammatophora Stephens, 1829 (nom. nud.); emendation of Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827].
• Petroplanis Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [83, 84] [nom. nud.; introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830].

  Type species:

   Petroplanis jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843 (=?Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet, 1816) by monotypy.
• Polylophus Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [83, 84] [nom. nud.; introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830].

  Type species:

   Polylophus jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843 (=?Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet, 1816) by monotypy.
• Wittenagama Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [20].

  Type species:

   Amphiboluris nobbi coggeri Witten, 1972 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wermuth, H. 1967. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Agamidae. Das Tierreich 86: 1-127
• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [108]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN) ; SA, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM)

General References

Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp. (also include burnsi, gilberti, longirostris and temporalis in Amphibolurus)

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