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Amphibolurus norrisi WITTEN & COVENTRY, 1984

IUCN Red List - Amphibolurus norrisi - Least Concern, LC

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mallee Heath Lashtail 
SynonymAmphibolurus norrisi WITTEN & COVENTRY 1984
Amphibolurus norrisi — COGGER 2000: 302
Amphibolurus norrisi — MELVILLE et al. 2011
Amphibolurus norrisi — MELVILLE et al. 2018 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia)

Type locality: 29 km S of Nhull [Nhill] in 36°36’ S, 141° 38’ E, Australia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMV D51499, (given as Museum of Victoria by Witten & Coventry 1984; collected by AJ Coventry & KC Norris, 5.x.1978) 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Ken Charles Norris, Victorian conservation biologist. (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.
  • Melville, J.; E.G. Ritchie; S.N.J. Chapple, R.E. Glor, J.A. Schulte II 2011. Evolutionary origins and diversification of dragon lizards in Australia’s tropical savannas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 257–270 - get paper here
  • MELVILLE, JANE; EUAN G. RITCHIE, STEPHANIE N.J. CHAPPLE, RICHARD E. GLOR AND JAMES A. SCHULTE 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 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
  • Witten G J; Coventry A J 1984. A new lizard of the genus Amphibolurus (Agamidae) from southern Australia. ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA PROCEEDINGS 96 (3) 1984: 155-159
 
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