Diporiphora valens STORR, 1980

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Pilbara Spinifex Dragon, Southern Pilbara Tree Dragon, Pilbara Two-line Dragon
Synonym	Diporiphora valens STORR 1980: 260 Diporiphora valens — COGGER 2000: 334 Diporiphora valens — DOUGHTY et al. 2012 Diporiphora valens — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 81
Distribution	Australia (Western Australia: S Pilbara region, Hamersley Range) Type locality: near Tom Price, in ca. 22° 45’ S, 117° 45’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R31009
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A medium-sized Diporiphora with homogeneous dorsals, strong gular and scapular folds and usually some indication of post-auricular fold, ridge or spines. Further distinguishable from D. winneckei by its greater size, stouter body and limbs, larger and more strongly keeled scales (e.g. gulars weakly keeled, rather than smooth) and narrower vertebral stripe [STORR 1980].
Comment	Habitat. Specimens have been collected from stands of Acacia and from Spinifex bushes.]
Etymology	The specific name valens is Latin for strong (according to Storr et al. 1983, not the original description), presumably in reference to the habitus and scalation relative to ‘D. winneckei’ (= D. adductus sp. nov. and D. paraconvergens sp. nov.), which Storr compared them to.
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, PAUL; LUKE KEALLEY & JANE MELVILLE 2012. Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia. Zootaxa 3518: 1–24 - get paper here 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 Maryan, Brad and Jeff Turpin 2012. NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ON TWO PILBARA ENDEMIC LIZARDS, DIPORIPHORA VALENS AND VARANUS BUSHI, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS ON SURVEY METHODOLOGY. Western Australian Naturalist 28: 274-279 - get paper here Storr G M 1980. Two new Diporiphora (Lacertilia, Agamidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 7 (2): 255-263 [1979] - 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/valens http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BC6CA755-1F3D-4E03-9A09… https://endemia.nc/en/faune/fiche1029 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2EE3EE9D-A1BB-4628-BB76… Google images

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