Diporiphora
| Diporiphora | |
|---|---|
| Diporiphora australis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
| Genus: | Gray, 1842[1] |
| Species | |
|
28, see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
|
Amphibolurus, Calotella, Gindalia, Grammatophora, Physignatus [sic], Wittenagama | |
Diporiphora is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Most species in the genus are endemic to Australia, but two (D. australis and D. bilineata) are also found in New Guinea.
Species
The genus includes these 28 species which are recognized as being valid:[2]
- Diporiphora adductus Doughty, Kealley & Melville, 2012 – Carnarvon dragon
- Diporiphora albilabris Storr, 1974 – white-lipped two-line dragon, tar tar lizard
- Diporiphora ameliae Emmott, Couper, Melville & Chapple, 2012
- Diporiphora amphiboluroides Lucas & C. Frost, 1902 – mulga dragon
- Diporiphora australis (Steindachner, 1867) – Tommy roundhead, eastern two-line dragon
- Diporiphora bennettii (Gray, 1845) – Kimberley sandstone dragon, robust two-line dragon
- Diporiphora bilineata Gray, 1842 – northern two-line dragon, two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora carpentariensis Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019 – Gulf two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora convergens Storr, 1974 – Crystal Creek two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora gracilis Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019 – gracile two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora granulifera Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019 – granulated two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora jugularis Macleay, 1877 – black-throated two-pored dragon
- Diporiphora lalliae Storr, 1974 – northern deserts dragon, Lally's two-line dragon
- Diporiphora linga Houston, 1977 – pink two-line dragon
- Diporiphora magna Storr, 1974 – yellow-sided two-lined dragon
- Diporiphora margaretae Storr, 1974
- Diporiphora nobbi (Witten, 1972) – nobbi lashtail, nobbi
- Diporiphora pallida Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019 – pale two-pored dragon
- Diporiphora paraconvergens Doughty, Kealley & Melville, 2012 – grey-striped western desert dragon
- Diporiphora perplexa Melville, Date, Horner & Doughty, 2019 – Kimberley rock dragon
- Diporiphora phaeospinosa Edwards & Melville, 2011
- Diporiphora pindan Storr, 1980 – Pindan two-line dragon, Pindan dragon
- Diporiphora reginae Glauert, 1959 – plain-backed two-line dragon
- Diporiphora sobria Storr, 1974 – northern savannah two-pored dragon
- Diporiphora superba Storr, 1974 – superb two-line dragon
- Diporiphora valens Storr, 1980 – southern Pilbara spinifex dragon, southern Pilbara tree dragon, Pilbara two-line dragon
- Diporiphora vescus Doughty, Kealley & Melville, 2012 – northern Pilbara tree dragon
- Diporiphora winneckei Lucas & C. Frost, 1896 – canegrass dragon, canegrass two-line dragon, blue-lined dragon, Winnecke's two-pored dragon
References
- ^ "Diporiphora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ a b Genus Diporiphora at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Gray JE (1842). "Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian Reptiles and Batrachians". Zoological Miscellany 51-57. (Diporiphora, new genus, pp. 53–54).