Species Diporiphora superba Storr, 1974

Museums

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• Diporiphora superba 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 [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R43178, Mitchell River, WA [14°25'S 125°50'E].
  Paratype(s) WAM R13576, Kalumburu, WA; WAM R32066, Manning Creek, WA; WAM R41263–64, R41266,, same as holotype; WAM R43956– 58, Boongaree Is, WA; WAM R43959, Prince Regent River, WA.

  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

NW Kimberley region, WA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, oviparous, terrestrial.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [737]

 

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] (Superb Two-line Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	22-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)