Genus Gowidon Wells & Wellington, 1984

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• Gowidon Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [80].

  Type species:

   Lophognathus longirostris Boulenger, 1883 by original designation.

 

Introduction

Gowidon has been resurrected by Melville et al. (2011) to accomodate one species previously included in the genus Lophognathus.
Cogger (2014) proposes to include provisionally also the species , although the molecular analyses by Melville et al. (2011) show that this taxon should more properly be placed in a separate genus, still to be described.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [739]

Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte II, J.A. 2011. Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia’s tropical savannas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 257–270 [268]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	AGAMIDAE	27-Apr-2017	ADDED