Ctenophorus maculosus (MITCHELL, 1948)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Salt-Lake Ground-dragon, Lake Eyre Dragon
Synonym	Tympanocryptis maculosa MITCHELL 1948: 78 Amphibolurus maculosus — MAYHEW 1968 Amphibolurus maculosus — COGGER 1983 Ctenophorus maculosus — COGGER 2000: 318 Ctenophorus maculosus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenophorus maculosus — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 63
Distribution	Australia (South Australia, North Lake Eyre) Type locality: Lake Eyre North, S. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAMA R2220a
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1961 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Lifestyle: lives on the salt lake, burrowing excavations below the salt crust.
Etymology	From the Latin macula (spot) plus the suffix -osus (abundance). (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	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. Doughty, P.; Maryan, B.; Melville, J. & Austin, J. 2007. A new species of Ctenophorus (Lacertlia: Agamidae) from Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. Herpetologica 63 (1): 72-86 - get paper here Mayhew, W.W. 1968. Biology of desert amphibians and reptiles. IV. Lizards. In: Brown, G.W. (ed.) Desert Biology. Academic Press, NY, pp. 229-286, (references 300-356) Mitchell, F. J. 1948. A revision of the lacertilian genus Tympanocryptis. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 57-86 - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1965. The affinities of Tympanocryptis maculosa Mitchell (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Rec. S. Aust. 15: 179-191 Olsson, M. 1995. Forced copulation and costly female resistance behavior in the Lake Eyre dragon, Ctenophorus maculosus Herpetologica 51 (1): 19-24. - 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/agamidae.pdf http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,622116,00.html#ref=nldt http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Ctenophorus… Google images

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