Species Diporiphora perplexa Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019
Kimberley Rock Dragon
- Diporiphora perplexa 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 [37].Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4A6A3A8B-5FB1-40D5-843B-258D095238F3
Type data:
Holotype WAM R177290 ♂ (formerly NMV D73819), Gibb River Rodd, 20 km west of Ellenbrae Station, WA [15° 57.31' S, 126° 52.9' E].
Paratype(s) WAM 119719 ♂, Emma Gorge, Cockburn Range, WA [15° 50' S, 128° 02' E]; WAM 162517 ♀, 25 km S Wyndham, WA [15.7154° S, 128.2684° E]; WAM R171418 ♂, Prince Regent River National Park, WA; WAM R175785 ♀, Waterfall Yard, 15 km N Mt Elizabeth Homestead, WA [16.2822° S, 126.1059° E]; NMV D73805 ♀, Home Valley Station, WA [15° 44.39' S, 127° 49.83' E]; NMV D73841 ♀, King Edward River Campground, Mitchell Plateau Road, WA [14°56'57.1"S, 126°12'10.4"E]; NMV D73978 ♂, Buchanan Highway, south of Jasper Creek, NT [16°02'46.8"S, 130°51'49.3"E]; NMV D73980 ♀, Bullo Road off Victoria Highway, NT [15°48'39.2"S, 129°40'13.5"E].
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Diporiphora bennettii Gray, 1845 [a misidentification]. —
Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [730] (a misidentification, in part)
Introduction
Previously treated as D. bennettii but distinguished from that species through both genetic and morphological examination, see Melville et al. (2019).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread in the Kimberley from Yampi Peninsula eastwards to the Kununurra area and to the western NT in the Jasper Gorge area
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Distribution References
General 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
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 [37] (Kimberley Rock Dragon)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diporiphora Gray, 1842 | 11-Oct-2020 | ADDED |