Amphibolurus

Amphibolurus muricatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Amphibolurus
Species (4): A. burnsi – A. centralis – A. muricatus – A. norrisi

Name

Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830: 145 [substitute name for Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827]

• Type species: Lacerta muricata White, 1790, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827: 621 [nomen oblitum]
  • Type species: Lacerta muricata White, 1790, by original designation.
• Grammatophora Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 468 [substitute name for Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827]
• Petroplanis Fitzinger, 1843: 83 [nomen nudum, introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830]
  • Type species: Petroplanis jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843, by monotypy.
• Polylophus Fitzinger, 1843: 83 [nomen nudum, introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830]
  • Type species: Petroplanis jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bradshaw, S.D. & Main, A.R. 1968. Behavioural attitudes and regulation of temperature in Amphibolurus lizards. Journal of Zoology 154(2): 193–221. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1968.tb01659.x
• Pianka, E.R. 1971. Ecology of the agamid lizard Amphibolurus isolepis in Western Australia. Copeia (3): 527–536. DOI: 10.2307/1442450
• Ellis, R.J. 2018. Clarification of the type series of Amphibolurus barbatus microlepidotus Glauert, 1952 (= Pogona microlepidota) (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4457(1): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.12 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Amphibolurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 April 2021.
• Amphibolurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

• Amphibolurus – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)

Vernacular names

English: Australian Dragon Lizards

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