Species Diporiphora bennettii (Gray, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gindalia bennettii Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [247].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1946.8.12.77, 'N.W. Coast of Australia'.

 

Generic Combinations

• Diporiphora bennettii (Gray, 1845). —
  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 [123] (as D. bennettii bennettii)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Kimberley region of WA and neighbouring offshore islands, records from outside this area are likely to represent D. perplexa Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, oviparous, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

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. [38] (Robust Two-line Dragon)

Melville, J., Date, K.S., Horner, P. & Doughty, P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23-55 [36] (Kimberley Sandstone Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	Diporiphora Gray, 1842	11-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	27-Apr-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		31-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)