Species Ctenophorus pictus (Peters, 1866)

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CAVS: 2199

Species Ctenophorus pictus (Peters, 1866)

Painted Dragon

Amphibolurus pictus 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] [88].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ZMB 4738 3 specimens, SA (Adelaide, SA according to ZMB records); ZMB 4739 3 specimens, SA (Adelaide, SA according to ZMB records).
Ctenophorus dudleyi 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] [17].
Type data:
Holotype AM R116982 (previously AMF 16795), Glenlea Fire Trail, Yathong Nature Reserve, near Cobar, NSW [32°36'S 145°30'E].
Secondary source:
Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [55].

Generic Combinations

Ctenophorus pictus (Peters, 1866).

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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)

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

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Houston, T.F. 1978. Dragon Lizards and Goannas of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Museum 84 pp.

Hudson, P. 1979. Notes on the behavioural antics of the painted dragon Amphibolurus pictus Peters. Herpetofauna 11: 25-26

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

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

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Painted Dragon)

History of changes

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

Published	Action Date	Action Type
07-Feb-2024	31-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011	08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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