Species Gowidon longirostris (Boulenger, 1883)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lophognathus longirostris Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Remarks on the lizards of the genus Lophognathus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 225-226 [225].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.12.64–65 (Nickol Bay), Nickol Bay, original description cites Champion Bay, WA but one syntype from Nickol Bay, WA; BMNH 1946.8.28.73, Champion Bay.
• Physignathus eraduensis Werner, F. 1909. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). pp. 251-278 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 2. [275].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH (Holotype destroyed, see Hellerman (2020)), Eradu, WA.
• Physignathus longirostris quattuorfasciatus Sternfeld, R. 1924. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 38: 221-251 [236] [as Ph. longirostris quattuorfasciatus].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 10366, Hermannsburg Misson, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenburg in Frankfurt-a.-M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. 1. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [122]

 

Generic Combinations

• Gowidon longirostris (Boulenger, 1883). —
  Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [740]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, desert, detritivore, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low woodland, oviparous, tall shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Baehr, M. 1976. Beobachtungen zur bipeden Fortbewegung bei der australischen Agame Physignathus longirostris (Boulenger). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 291: 1-7 (as Physignathus longirostris)

Hellermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61-70 [62]

Houston, T.F. 1978. Dragon Lizards and Goannas of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Museum 84 pp. (natural history)

Pianka, E.R. 2013. Notes on the ecology and natural histroy of two uncommon agamid lizards Diporiphora paraconvergens and Lophognathus longirostris in the Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia. The Western Australian Naturalist 29(2): 77-84 [Date published October 2013]

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. [39] (Long-nosed Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	24-Sep-2021	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)