Diporiphora australis (STEINDACHNER, 1867)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tommy roundhead, Eastern two-line Dragon
Synonym	Calotella australis STEINDACHNER 1867: 29 Grammatophora macrolepis GÜNTHER 1867: 51 Grammatophora calotella GÜNTHER 1867 (nom. subst. pro C. australis) Diporophora nuchalis DE VIS 1884 (fide BOULENGER 1885: 387) Diporophora ornata DE VIS 1884 (fide BOULENGER 1885: 387) Diporiphora australis — BOULENGER 1885: 394 Physignatus [sic] nigricollis LÖNNBERG & ANDERSSON 1915 (partim) Diporiphora australis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 135 Diporiphora australis — COGGER 1983 Calotella australis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 16 Diporiphora australis — COGGER 2000: 329 Diporiphora australis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Diporiphora australis — MELVILLE et al. 2019: 27 Diporiphora australis — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 75
Distribution	Papua New Guinea, N Australia Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) Type locality: central and south coast district, Qld [nuchalis] Type locality: Australia (Cape York, Qld.)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: NMW 19821 (the larger of the two specimens) = NHMW (2 specimens), from Australia (Cape York, Qld. on type label). Designation by Wells &Wellington 1985. (australis) Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.12.74, from Australia (by implication) [macrolepis] Holotype: NHRM 3209 (= NFIRM), from Cooktown, Qld. [nigricollis] Syntypes: unlocated (Melville et al. 2019: 28) [nuchalis] Holotype: unlocated (Melville et al. 2019: 28) [ornata]
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Body size moderately large (to 70 mm SVL) with long tail (2.3–2.7 × SVL). Gular, post-auricular and scapular folds present. Lacks spinose scales on thighs or neck. Pre- cloacal pores 4; femoral pores 0 {Melville et al. 2019: 28].
Comment	Synonymy that of COGGER 1983. Illustration of juvenile in Schmida (2000). Group: D. australis species group: australis, jugularis, nobbi, phaeospinosa (fide Melville et al. 2019: 27). Distribution: for a map see Melville et al. 2019: 27 (Fig. 3).
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin australis (southern), although in this case Steindachner is likely alluding to the southern continent Australia rather than a southern distribution within that continent. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here Boulenger,G.A. 1885. Remarks on Mr. C.W. De Vis’s recent contributions to the herpetology of Australia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 16: 386-387 - get paper here Broom, R. 1898. On the lizards of the Chillagoe District, N Queensland. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 22: 639-645 [1897] - 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. de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here De Vis, C. W. 1884. On new species of Australian lizards. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 1: 97-100 - get paper here Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20: 45-57 - get paper here Lönnberg, E. & Andersson, G. L. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. VII. Reptiles collected in northern Queensland. Kungl. Svenska Vetensk. -Akad. Hand]. 52 (7): 1-9 - get paper here Melville, J., Smith Date, K.L., Horner, P., and Doughty, P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23–55 - get paper here Schmida, G. 2000. Exkursionen bei Mackay und Proserpine. DATZ 53 (9): 8-12 Steindachner, F. 1867. In: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858,1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair (Zoologie), Vol. 1, part 3 (Reptilien p.1-98). K. Gerold's Sohn/Kaiserlich-Königl. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien [1869 on title page] - get paper here Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. 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.tropicalherping.com/publications/books/mindo/riama-oculata.html http://www.jcu.edu.au/dept/Zoology/herp/paluma.html https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ra/item/0.7744 http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Diporiphora… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/536914708533132/ Google images

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