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Subspecies Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (Gray, 1831)

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Subspecies Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (Gray, 1831)

Water Dragon

Lophura lesueurii Gray, J.E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of the class Reptilia. pp. 1-110 in Griffith, E. (ed.). The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier. London : Whittaker, Treacher & Co. Vol. 9 481+110 pp. [1831 on title page] [60] [as L. lesueurii].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP 392, Paramatta [sic], NSW.
Iguana paramatensis Fitzinger, L.J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus Primus. Amblyglossae. Vienna : Braümüller et Seidel i-vi, 106 pp. [49] [nom. nud., Péron ms name introduced in synonomy of Lophura lesueurii Gray, 1831].
Amphibolurus maculiferus Girard, C. 1857. Descriptions of some new reptiles, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Fourth Part. Including the species of saurians exotic to North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9(1857): 195-199 [1858 on title page] [199].
Type data:
Status unknown, NSW.
Amphibolurus heterurus Peters, W. 1866. Eine Mitteilung über neue Amphibien (Amphibolurus, Lygosoma, Cyclodus, Masticophis, Crotaphopeltis) und Fische (Diagramma, Hapalogenys) des Kgl. zoologischen Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 86-96 [1867 on title page] [86].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 5321–2, Clarence River, NSW.
Amphibolurus branchialis De Vis, C.W. 1884. On a new Australian lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 53-56 [55].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM (presumed lost), neighbourhood of Brisbane, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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. [123]

Generic Combinations

Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii (Gray, 1831). —
Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [248]
Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (Gray, 1831). —
Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Shea, G.M. 2012. Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae). Zootaxa 3390: 65–67

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, low open woodland, open forest, oviparous, riparian, tall forest, woodland.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	17-May-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)