Chelosania brunnea GRAY, 1845

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Chameleon Dragon
Synonym	Chelosania brunnea GRAY 1845: 245 Chelosania brunnea — BOULENGER 1885: 331 Chelosania brunnea — COGGER 1983 Chelosania brunnea — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 42 Chelosania brunnea — COGGER 2000: 305 Chelosania brunnea — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Chelosania brunnea — CHAPPLE et al. 2019
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) Type locality: Western Australia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.11.43 (formerly xxiii.34a)
Diagnosis	Diagnosis (genus): Body without very large conical spines or a spiny nuchal hump (in contrast to Molloch), no large skin “frill” around neck (as in Chlamydosaurus), femoral and/or pre-anal pores absent, transverse gular fold absent; tail about 1.25 times as long as body (from key in Cogger 2014: 692).
Comment	Lifestyle: semi-arboreal. Type species: Chelosania brunnea GRAY 1845 is the type species of the genus Chelosania GRAY 1845: 245.
Etymology	Named after Latin brunneus = brown.
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 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. Gray, J. E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman, London: xxvii + 289 pp. - get paper here Hutchinson, Mark N. and Rhonda G. Hutchinson 2011. Karyotypes of Moloch and Chelosania (Squamata: Acrodonta). Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 216-218. - get paper here Laive, A. de, & Jolly, C. J. 2020. Field observations of a cryptic agamid (Chameleon Dragon Chelosania brunnea Gray, 1845) in semi-arid savanna woodland of northern Australia. Australian Zoologist - get paper here Macey, J. R., J. A. Schulte II, A. Larson, N. B. Ananjeva, Y. Wang, R. Pethiyagoda, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, T. J. Papenfuss 2000. Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 49 (2): 233-256 - get paper here Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - 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.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/agamidae.pdf http://www.tropicalherping.com/publications/books/mindo/riama-oculata.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Chelosania/brunnea http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Cryptophis… Google images

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