Ctenophorus fionni (PROCTER, 1923)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Peninsula Crevis-dragon, Peninsula Dragon
Synonym	Amphibolurus fionni PROCTER 1923 Amphibolurus fionni — COGGER 1983 Ctenophorus fionni — COGGER 2000: 312 Ctenophorus fionni — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenophorus fionni — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 60
Distribution	Australia (South Australia, St. Francis Island) Type locality: Port Lincoln, South Australia (original description cites "coast of the mainland", South Australia, fide COGGER 1983).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.4.67
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: saxicolous. Distribution: see map in Gibbons & Lillywhite 1981.
Etymology	The origin of the name is largely obscure as Procter did not explain it. Beolens et al. speculate that it refers to a person named “Fionn” who is mentioned in (unpublished) letters of the author.
References	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. Gibbons, J. R. H. & Lillywhite, H. B. 1981. Ecological segregation, color matching, and speciation in lizards of the Amphibolurus decresii species complex (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Ecology 62: 1573-1584 - get paper here Houston, T. F. 1974. Revision of the Amphibolurus decresii complex (Lacertilia-Agamidae) of South Australia. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 98: 49-60 - get paper here Johnston, G. 1999. Reproductive Biology of the Peninsula Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus fionni Journal of Herpetology 33 (4): 694-698. - get paper here McLean, Claire A., Adnan Moussalli, Steve Sass, and Devi Stuart-Fox 2013. Taxonomic Assessment of the Ctenophorus decresii Complex (Reptilia: Agamidae) Reveals a New Species of Dragon Lizard from Western New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 65(3): 51–63 - get paper here Melville, Jane; Schulte, James A.; Larson, Allan 2001. A molecular phylogenetic study of ecological diversification in the Australian lizard genus Ctenophorus. Journal of Experimental Zoology: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 291(4): 339-353 - get paper here Procter, J. B. 1923. On new and rare reptiles and batrachians from the Australian region. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1923: 1069-1077 - get paper here Ramos JA and Peters RA 2021. Territorial Displays of the Ctenophorus decresii. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:731705 - 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.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/agamids/agamids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/agamidae.pdf http://reptile.senet.com.au/dragon.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Ctenophorus/fionni Google images

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