Species Lophosaurus spinipes (Duméril & Duméril, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lophyrus spinipes Duméril, A.M.C. & Duméril, A. 1851. Catalogue Méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Paris : Mus. Hist. Nat. iv 224 pp. [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP 2560, Australia.
• Gonyocephalus cristipes Longley, G. 1943. Notes on Goniocephalus cristipes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1942–43: 30-31 [30] [lapsus for Gonocephalus spinipes (Duméril & Duméril, 1851)].

 

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. [121]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hypsilurus spinipes (Duméril & Duméril, 1851).
• Gonocephalus spinipes (Duméril & Duméril, 1851).
• Lophosaurus spinipes (Duméril & Duméril, 1851).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, oviparous, tall forest.

 

General References

Bustard, H.R. 1970. Australian Lizards. Sydney : Collins 162 pp. (behaviour)

Longley, G. 1943. Notes on Goniocephalus cristipes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1942–43: 30-31 (natural history)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Southern Angle-headed Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)