Ctenophorus cristatus (GRAY, 1841)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Crested Bicycle-dragon, Crested Dragon
Synonym	Grammatophora cristata GRAY 1841: 87 Amphibolurus cristatus — BOULENGER 1885: 383 Amphibolurus cristatus — KINGHORN 1924 Amphibolurus cristatus — COGGER 1983 Licentia cristata — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 18 Ctenophorus cristatus — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 51 Ctenophorus cristatus — COGGER 2000: 311 Ctenophorus cristatus — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 82
Distribution	Australia (South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: Western Australia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.4.41
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: shrubs, hummock grass.
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 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. Glauert, L. 1959. Herpetological Miscellanea. XI. Dragon Lizards of the Genus Amphibolurus. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (2): 42-51 - get paper here Gray, J. E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 7: 86-91 - get paper here Kinghorn, J. Roy 1924. Reptiles and batrachians from south and south-west Australia. Rec. Austral. Mus. 14 (3): 163-183 - get paper here Koch, Claudia 2017. Herping Down Under – eine Auszeit in Westaustralien. Terraria-Elaphe 2017 (4): 60-63 - get paper here Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - 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 Pianka, E. R. 1971. Notes on the biology of Amphibolurus cristatus and Amphibolurus scutulatus. Western Australian Naturalist 12: 36-41 - get paper here Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	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/Ctenophorus/cristatus http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_images/Ctenophorus_cristatus.jpgphoto: http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/agamids/agamids.htminfo: http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/agamidae.pdfinfo: http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squama Google images

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