Species Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray, 1825

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• Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy 2 10: 193-217 [197].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Australia.

  Type locality references:

  Gray, J.E. 1826. Reptilia. Appendix. pp. 424-434 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [1827 on title page].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Kimberley region, WA, through northern NT to Cape York Peninsula and eastern QLD; Extra-limital in southern New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, low open woodland, low woodland, open forest, open scrub, oviparous, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Beddard, F.E. 1905. A contribution to the anatomy of the frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi and some other agamids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1905: 9-22

Saville-Kent, W. 1895. Observations on the frilled lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895: 712-719 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Frilled Lizard)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	AGAMIDAE	24-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	27-Apr-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)