Species Diporiphora vescus Doughty, Kealley & Melville, 2012

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diporiphora vescus 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 [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R145536 adult ♂, 86 km south of Port Hedland, WA [21°03′36″S, 118°45′00″E].
  Paratype(s) WAM R30427, 16 km south-west of Port Hedland [(20°26′S, 118°33′E]; WAM R117871, 1 km north of Mundalbullangana Homestead [20°30′S, 118°03′E]; WAM R161256, 45 km north-east of Whim Creek, WA [20°36′26″S, 118°09′23″E]; WAM R163224, Cape Lambert [20°37′17″S, 117°09′06″E].

  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

Northern Pilbara region of WA, previously identified as D. valens which is restricted to the Hamersley Range to the south, see Doughty et al. (2012)

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [738]

 

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	LACERTILIA	02-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		18-Oct-2012	ADDED