Species Diporiphora lalliae Storr, 1974

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diporiphora lalliae 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 [138].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R23020 (R23030 mispelling), Langey Crossing, WA [17°39'S 123°34'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 19 specs (R4014, R21424–27, R21436–39, R23012–13, R24200, R24203–04, R24234–35, R24265, R32135–36); whereabouts unknown R24176 1 spec; SAMA 8 specs (R3536, R4824A–C, R5047, R5352, R13539A–B); NMV 3 specs (D2691, D2695, D291).

  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

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Arid zone along the northern reaches of the western deserts, from the southern Kimberley, WA, to the far west of QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low woodland, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial.

 

General 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 [41]

 

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] (Lally's 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	11-Oct-2020	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)