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Ctenophorus reticulatus (GRAY, 1845)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Western Netted Ground-dragon, Western Netted Dragon 
SynonymGrammatophora reticulatus GRAY 1845: 252
Grammatophora laevis GÜNTHER 1867: 52
Amphibolurus reticulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 386
Amphibolurus reticulatus — STERNFELD 1925: 233
Amphibolurus darlingtoni LOVERIDGE 1932: 33
Amphibolurus darlingtoni — GLAUERT 1959
Amphibolurus reticulatus — COGGER 1983
Ctenophorus reticulatus — COGGER 2000: 322
Ctenophorus reticulatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (South Australia, Western Australia)

Type locality: Western Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.9.4.35 (formerly xxiii.48a), Western Australia, collected J. Gilbert. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985).
Syntypes: BMNH 1946.9.4.37-40, from Champion Bay, W. A. [laevis]
Holotype: MCZ 32958, from Mullewa, W. A.; paratype: WAM R4460 (formerly MCZ 32960) [darlingtoni] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy that of Cogger 1983. According to DENZER et al. 1997, Amphibolurus tibialis AHL 1926 is a synonym of Ctenophorus reticulatus (currently of C. ornatus).

Lifestyle: burrowing. 
EtymologyFrom the Latin reticulatus, made like a net. In reference to the net-like dorsal pattern in this species. 
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.
  • Doody, J. Sean, Simon Cherriman and Jeff Turpin. 2015. Ctenophorus reticulatus (western netted dragon), Ctenophorus caudicinctus (ring-tailed dragon), and Egerina eos (central pygmy spiny-tailed skink) predation. Herpetological Review 46 (3): 433 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 2: Desert and tropical savanna. Reptilia (GB) (41): 52-57 - get paper here
  • 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. 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
  • Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20: 45-57 - get paper here
  • Hallermann, J. 2020. An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61 - 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
  • Loveridge, A. 1932. New lizards of the genera Nephrurus and Amphibolurus from Western Australia. Proc. New England zool. Club 13:31-34.
  • 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
  • Sternfeld, R. 1925. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 38: 221—251
  • Storr, G. M. 1966. The Amphibolurus reticulatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 49: 17-25
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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