Tropicagama temporalis

Taxonavigation edit

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

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.72. [designated by Cogger (1983: 122)]

Type locality: “Port Essington, Nicol Bay”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Port Essington, Northern Territory” by Cogger (1993: 122).

Grammatophora temporalis Günther, 1867: 52 [original combination]
Physignathus temporalis — Boulenger, 1885: 397 [subsequent combination]
Lophognathus temporalis — Cogger, 1983: 121 [subsequent combination]
Tropicagama temporalis — Melville, Ritchie, Chapple, Glor & Schulte, 2018: 56 [subsequent combination]

Holotype: AM R31882.

Type locality: “Katow” [=Mawatta, Binaturi River, Papua New Guinea].

Lophognathus labialis Boulenger, 1883: 225 [synonymized by Boulenger (1885: 397)]

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.8.12.72 and 1946.8.12.63.

Type locality: “Port Essington”.

Lophognathus maculilabris Boulenger, 1883: 226 [synonymized by Melville et al. (2018: 56)]

Syntypes (2): BMNH 1946.8.28.70-71 (formerly BMNH 1919.8.26.13-14).

Type locality: “Timor Laut Islands [=Tanimbar Islands]”

Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 3, 20: 45–57. BHL
Macleay, W. 1877. The lizards of the Chevert Expedition. Second paper. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 97–104. BHL
Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Remarks on the lizards of the genus Lophognathus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 12: 225–226. BHL
Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte, J.A. 2018. Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41–61. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.04 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. July 2019 Tropicagama temporalis19 July 2019. The Reptile Database.
Oliver, P., Parker, F., O'Shea, M., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., Zichy-Woinarski, J., Wilson, S., Melville, J., Doughty, P. & Ellis, R. 2017. IUCN: Lophognathus temporalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22566287A22566310. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22566287A22566310.en

English: Northern Water Dragon