Species Diporiphora winneckei Lucas & Frost, 1896
Blue-lined Dragon, Canegrass Dragon
- Diporiphora winneckei Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Reptilia. Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia 2: 112-151 [132, pl. 11 fig. 5].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV D10156, Charlotte Waters, NT.Subsequent designation references:
Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 31: 115-124.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern arid zone of Australia, south-eastern NT, north-eastern SA, and south-western QLD, replaced in the western arid zone by D. paraconvergens Doughty, Kealley & Melville, 2012
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low open woodland, open scrub, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial.
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 [15]
Francis, M. 1981. Observations on heat regulating behaviour in captive specimens of Diporiphora winneckei (Lucas and Frost). Herpetofauna 12: 35-36
Houston, T.F. 1977. A new species of Diporiphora from South Australia and geographic variation in D. winneckei Lucas and Frost (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 101: 199-206
Houston, T.F. 1978. Dragon Lizards and Goannas of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Museum 84 pp. (natural history)
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 (taxonomy)
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] (Canegrass Dragon)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | Diporiphora Gray, 1842 | 13-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 18-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |