Species Diporiphora convergens Storr, 1974

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diporiphora convergens 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 [133].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R42931, Crystal Creek, WA [14°30'S, 125°47'E].
  Status unknown, WAM R40672–4, Crystal Creek, WA [14°30'S 125°47'E].

  Type locality references:

  Ellis, R.J. 2019. An annotated type catalogue of the dragon lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34: 115–132.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Admiralty Gulf, NW Kimberley region, WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Oviparous, terrestrial.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [731]

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 [26]

 

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] (Crystal Creek Two-line Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	21-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	Diporiphora Gray, 1842	13-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)