Species Tropicagama temporalis (Gunther, 1867)
Swamplands Lashtail
- Grammatophora temporalis Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 20(8): 45-68 (one of the original syntype series, BMNH 1946.8.12.73 (Nickol Bay), represents Lophognathus horneri) [in part].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1946.8.28.72, Port Essington, Northern Territory.Subsequent designation references:
Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte, J.A. 2018. Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41-61. - Lophognathus lateralis Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Second paper. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 97-104 [1878 on title page] [103].
Type data:
Holotype AM R31882, Mawatta, Binaturi River (as Katow), Papua New Guinea. - Lophognathus labialis 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 1946.8.12.72, Port Essington, NT; BMNH 1946.8.12.63. - Lophognathus maculilabris Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Remarks on the lizards of the genus Lophognathus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 12: 225-226 [226].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.8.28.70-71 (=BMNH 1919.8.26.13-14), Timor Laut Islands, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [122]
- Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte, J.A. 2018. Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41-61 [56]
Generic Combinations
- Tropicagama temporalis (Gunther, 1867). —
Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte, J.A. 2018. Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41-61 [56] (new combination as type species of the genus Tropicagama) - Gowidon temporalis (Gunther, 1867).
- Lophognathus temporalis (Gunther, 1867). —
Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [122]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Extra-limital in southern New Guinea
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, detritivore, open forest, oviparous, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, woodland.
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] (Swamplands Lashtail)