Diporiphora reginae GLAUERT, 1959

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Plain-backed Two-line Dragon
Synonym	Diporiphora reginae GLAUERT 1959 Diporiphora reginae — COGGER 1983 Diporiphora reginae — COGGER 2000: 333 Diporiphora reginae — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Diporiphora reginae — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 80
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia, Queen Victoria Springs) Type locality: Karin Rock, 14 mi from Cunderlee Mission in the Queen Victoria Springs area, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R1330 (originally given as R12961)
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after a location in Australia, Queen Victoria Spring, rather than directly after the British monarch.
References	Anonymous 1964. Type Specimens in the Western Australian Museum (Part 5). Annual Report, Western Australian Museum, 1963-64, Perth, pp. 34-45 Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Ellis, Ryan J. 2019. An annotated type catalogue of the dragon lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Records of the Western Australian Museum 34: 115–132 - get paper here Glauert, L. 1959. A new agamid lizard from Queen Victoria Springs, Western Australia. Diporiphora reginae, sp. nov. Proc. R. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. 1957-58: 10 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1974. Agamid lizards of the genera Caimanops, Physignathus and Diporiphora in Western Australia and Northern Territory. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 121-146 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Diporiphora/reginae Google images

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