Ctenophorus fordi (STORR, 1965)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mallee Sand-dragon, Mallee Dragon
Synonym	Amphibolurus fordi STORR 1965 Amphibolurus fordi — COGGER 1983 Phthanodon fordi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 18 Phthanodon hawkeswoodi — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 18 (fide SHEA 1999) Ctenophorus fordi — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 48 Ctenophorus fordi — COGGER 2000: 315 Ctenophorus fordi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Ctenophorus fordi — SADLIER et al. 2019
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia; from Comet Vale and Coolgardie eastwards to the southern rim of the Victoria desert) Type locality: 12 mi NW of Coolgardie, in 30'49’ S, 121° 02’ E, Western Australia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R19151
Diagnosis
Comment	Habitat: shrubs, hummock grass. Synonymy: Eastern populations of this species have been split off as C. spinodomus. Distribution: see revised map in Sadlier et al. 2019: 203 (Fig. 2: groups 3-5).
Etymology	Named after Dr. Julian Ralph Ford (1932-1987), an ornithologist, herpetologist, and chemist who worked at the Western Australian Museum. He collected the lizard holotype and many of the paratypes.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Bian, X., Pinilla, A., Chandler, T., & Peters, R. 2021. Simulations with Australian dragon lizards suggest movement-based signal effectiveness is dependent on display structure and environmental conditions. Scientific Reports, 11(1): 1-11 - 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, P.; Maryan, B.; Melville, J. & Austin, J. 2007. A new species of Ctenophorus (Lacertlia: Agamidae) from Lake Disappointment, Western Australia. Herpetologica 63 (1): 72-86 - 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 Goldberg, Stephen R. 2008. Longitudinal variation in timing of the testicular cycle of the Mallee dragon, Ctenophorus fordi (Squamata: Agamidae) from Australia. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 44 (4): 138 - 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. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here Sadlier, Ross A.; Donald J. Colgan; Cecilie A. Beatson; Harold G. Cogger 2019. Ctenophorus spinodomus sp. nov., a new species of dragon lizard (Squamata: Agamidae) from Triodia Mallee habitat of southeast Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 71(5): 199–215 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1965. The Amphibolurus maculatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 48: 45-54 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.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/fordi Google images

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