Species Diporiphora amphiboluroides Lucas & Frost, 1902

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diporophora amphiboluroides Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1902. Descriptions of some new lizards from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15: 76-79 [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV D8813, WA.

 

Generic Combinations

• Caimanops amphiboluroides (Lucas & Frost, 1902). —
  Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [117]

 

Introduction

Doughty et al. (2012) do not consider the morphological characters of Caimanops strong enough to separate from Diporiphora, and molecular analyses confirm this view. Moreover – given the present species assemblage – recognising Caimanops would make Diporiphora paraphyletic. Cogger (2014) retains Caimanops amphiboluroides pending further research.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [698]

Doughty, P. Kealley, L. & Melville, J. 2012. Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia. Zootaxa 3518: 1-24

Pianka, E.R. 2013. Notes on the natural histroy of the rarely recorded agamid lizards Caimanops amphiboluroides in Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 29: 99-102

Storr, G.M. 1974. Agamid lizards of the genera Caimanops, Physignathus and Diporiphora in Western Australia and Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 3: 121-146 (taxonomy)

 

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] (Mulga Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Diporiphora Gray, 1842	13-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	27-Apr-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		22-Apr-2013	MOVED
07-Feb-2024		19-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)