Species Diporiphora jugularis Macleay, 1877
Black-throated Two-pored Dragon
- Grammatophora jugularis Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Second paper. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 97-104 [1878 on title page] [104].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM R40672–4, Cape Grenville, Cape York Peninsula, QLD. - Diporiphora brevicauda De Vis, C.W. 1884. On new species of Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 97-100 [99].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Cape York, QLD. - Diporiphora pentalineata De Vis, C.W. 1884. On new species of Australian lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1: 97-100 [99].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Cape York, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [32]
Generic Combinations
- Diporiphora jugularis (Macleay, 1877). —
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 [23]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Diporiphora bilineata Gray, 1842 [a misidentification]. —
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. [118] (a misidentification, in part)
Introduction
Previoulsy treated as an eastern population of D. bilineata (e.g. Cogger, 2014), but shown to be distinct from the western population by Edwards & Melville (2010), and removed from synonymy with D. bilineata by Melville et al. (2019) who provide a detailed synopsis of the species.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern edge of Cape York Peninsula, QLD, south to Cairns area and extending inland about 150 km
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
General References
Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [729] (as D. bilineata, in part)
Edwards, D.L. & Melville, J. 2010. Phylogeographic analysis detectscongruent biogeographic patternsbetween a woodland agamid andAustralian wet tropics taxa despitedisparate evolutionary trajectories. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1543-1556
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 [32-34]
Common Name References
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 [32] (Black-throated Two-pored Dragon)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diporiphora Gray, 1842 | 11-Oct-2020 | ADDED |