Species Ctenophorus nuchalis (De Vis, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macrops nuchalis De Vis, C.W. 1884. On new species of Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 97-100 [97].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM J1405–9 (type status not confirmed), Delta Station, Bogatungan, QLD; QM J1410, Delta Station, Bogatungan, QLD.
• Grammatophora inermis De Vis, C.W. 1888. A contribution to the herpetology of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2: 811-826 [812].
• Amphibolurus reticulatus major Sternfeld, R. 1919. Neue Schlangen und Echsen aus Zentralaustralien. Senckenbergiana Biologica 1: 76-83 [78].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 10316, Hermmansburg Mission, upper Finke River, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenburg in Frankfurt-a.-M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. 1. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106.

 

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. [114]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ctenophorus nuchalis (De Vis, 1884).
• Amphibolurus nuchalis (De Vis, 1884). —
  Storr, G.M. 1966. The Amphibolurus reticulatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49: 17-25

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

 

General References

Bradshaw, S.D. 1970. Seasonal changes in the water and electrolyte metabolism of Amphibolurus lizards in the field. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 36: 689-718 [Sherborn, C.D. 1925. Index Animalium. London : British Museum Vol. 2 1773–2880 pp.] (as A. inermis)

Bradshaw, S.D. 1975. Osmoregulation and pituitary-adrenal function in desert reptiles. General and Comparative Endocrinology 25: 230-248 (physiology, as A. inermis)

Bradshaw, S.D. 1981. Ecophysiology of Australian desert lizards: studies on the genus Amphibolurus. pp. 1393-1434 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Dr. W. Junk.

Bradshaw, S.D. & Main, A.R. 1968. Behavioural attitudes and regulation of temperature in Amphibolurus lizards. Journal of Zoology, London 154: 193-221 (as A. inermis)

Heatwole, H. 1970. Thermal ecology of the desert dragon Amphibolurus inermis. Ecological Monographs 40: 425-457 (as A. inermis)

Pianka, E.R. 1971. The comparative ecology of two lizards. Copeia 1971: 129-138 (as A. inermis)

Storr, G.M. 1966. The Amphibolurus reticulatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 49: 17-25 (taxonomy, as A. inermis)

Warburg, M.R. 1965. Studies on the environmental physiology of some Australian lizards from arid and semiarid habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 563-575 (as A. reticulatus inermis)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Central Netted 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		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)