Genus Pogona Storr, 1982

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• Pogona Storr, G.M. 1982. Revision of the bearded dragons (Lacertilia: Agamidae) of Western Australia with notes on the dismemberment of the genus Amphibolurus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(2): 199-214 [201] [nomen protectum].

  Type species:

   Agama barbata Cuvier, 1829 (= Stellio discosomus Péron 1807) by original designation.
• Discosomus Oken, L. 1816. Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Th. 3, Zoologie, Abth. 2, Fleischthiere. Jena : August Schmid xvi + 1270 pp. [310] [nomen oblitum].

  Type species:

   Stellio discosomus Péron, 1807 by original designation.
• Uxoriousauria 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] [30].

  Type species:

   Amphibolurus barbatus microlepidotus Wells & Wellington, 1985 by original designation.

Introduction

The type species of this genus, Agama barbata Cuvier 1829, is a junior synonym of Stellio discosomus Péron 1807. While this latter name has been supressed to maintain nomenclatural stabilty (Shea, 2001) it was subsequently discovered that it was used as the type species of the genus Discosomus Oken 1816 (Shea, 2021). Given both genera are based on the same type species Discosomus Oken 1816 is a senior synonym of Pogona Storr 1982. However based on prevailing usage and to maintain stability in nomenclature Shea (2021) referred to Article 23.9 of the Code of Zoological Nomenclature to establish reversal of precedence in priority, giving Pogona Storr 1982 the status of nomen protectum. See Shea (2021) for further details.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Finke (FIN) ; NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Northern Kimberley (NK) ; SA, WA: Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL)

General References

Shea, G.M. 2001. An overlooked senior synonym of Pogona barbata (Cuvier,1829) (Squamata: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 22(1): 124-127

Shea, G.M. 2021. Rejection of an unused senior synonym imperilling the nomenclature of the genus Pogona (Squamata: Agamidae). Zootaxa 5048(2): 298-300

History of changes