Amphibolurus norrisi WITTEN & COVENTRY, 1984

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mallee Heath Lashtail
Synonym	Amphibolurus norrisi WITTEN & COVENTRY 1984: 155 Amphibolurus norrisi — COGGER 2000: 302 Amphibolurus norrisi — MELVILLE et al. 2011 Amphibolurus norrisi — MELVILLE et al. 2018
Distribution	Australia (South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia) Type locality: 29 km S of Nhull [Nhill] in 36°36’ S, 141° 38’ E, Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMV D51499, (given as Museum of Victoria by Witten & Coventry 1984; collected by AJ Coventry & KC Norris, 5.x.1978)
Diagnosis
Comment	Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	Named 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 Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - 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
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://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Amphibolurus/norrisi Google images

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