Species Diporiphora pindan Storr, 1979

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diporiphora pindan Storr, G.M. 1979. Two new Diporiphora (Lacertilia: Agamidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 7: 255-263 [256, pl. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R58402, 5 km N of Coulomb Point, WA [17°18'S 122°10'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM 56 specs; NMV D2111 1 spec.

  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

Mainly north coast of WA from Pardoo to Dampier Peninsula and adjacent hinterland, but scattered records east to the Tanami Desert and south the northern Pilbara (see Doughty et al. 2012).

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Dampierland (DL), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

General References

Doughty, P. Kealley, L. & Melville, J. 2012. Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia. Zootaxa 3518: 1-24 (distribution)

 

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] (Pindan 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		18-Oct-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)