Species Ctenophorus isolepis (Fischer, 1881)

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Generic Combinations

• Amphibolurus isolepis (Fischer, 1881).
• Ctenophorus isolepis (Fischer, 1881).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, Qld, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; Qld, SA, WA: Stony Plains (STP) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Sexually dimorphic, in clumps of spinifex.

 

General References

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. (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 112), in which Amphibolurus isolepis was recognised as the valid name and Cogger listed synonyms)

Pianka, E.R. 1971. Ecology of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus isolepis in Western Australia. Copeia 1971: 527-536

Storr, G.M. 1965. The Amphibolurus maculatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 48: 45-54 (taxonomy)

Warburg, M.R. 1966. Water economy of several Australian geckos, agamids, and water skinks. Copeia 1966: 230-235 (as A.m. maculatus)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [37] (Central Military Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		31-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)