Genus Intellagama Wells & Wellington, 1985
- Intellagama Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [17].
Type species:
Lophura lesueurii Gray, 1831 by original designation. Type species:
Phyhignat'us cocincinus Cuvier, 1829 by monotypy.- Phrysignathus Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [231] [lapsus pro Physignathus Cuvier, 1829].
- Physognathus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. Nomenclatur zoologici index universalis continens nomina systematica classium, ordinarum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent et Gassmann viii + 393 pp. [emend. pro Physignathus Cuvier, 1829].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Shea, G.M. 2012. Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae). Zootaxa 3390: 65–67
Introduction
Amey et al. (2012) discuss the nomenclature of the Australian Eastern Water Dragon, first described as Lophura lesueurii by Gray (1831), and subsequently placed in Physignathus Cuvier, 1829, also by Gray (1845) [Phrysignathus Gray, 1845, lapsus pro Physignathus Cuvier; Physognathus Agassiz, 1846, emendation pro Physignathus Cuvier; see Cogger et al. (1983)]. Amey et al. (2012) noted that Townsend et al. (2011) found that the genus Physignathus is not monophyletic, and resurrected the name Istiurus to accommodate several species, including lesueurii. However, as this genus name is not available, the name Intellagama Wells & Wellington, 1985, is used as the earliest name available for the genus.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
SE Asia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Oriental Region
General References
Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Shea, G.M. 2012. Intellagama lesueurii (Gray, 1831), the correct binomial combination for the Australian Eastern Water Dragon (Sauria, Agamidae). Zootaxa 3390: 65–67
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. [123] (synonymy of names under Physignathus Cuvier, 1829)
Townsend, T.M., Mulcahy, D.G., Noonan, B.P., Sites, J.W., Kuczynski, C.A., Wiens, J.J. & Reeder, T.W. 2011. Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 61: 363–380
Wermuth, H. 1967. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien; Agamidae. Das Tierreich 86: 1-127 (synonymy of names under Physignathus Cuvier, 1829)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2019 | Intellagama Wells & Wellington, 1985 | 05-Jun-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | AGAMIDAE | 17-May-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 07-Feb-2024 | 28-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |