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Diporiphora amphiboluroides LUCAS & FROST, 1902

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mulga Dragon 
SynonymDiporiphora amphiboluroides LUCAS & FROST 1902: 76
Caimanops amphiboluroides — STORR 1974
Caimanops amphiboluroides — COGGER 1983
Caimanops amphiboluroides — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 28
Caimanops amphiboluroides — COGGER 2000: 303
Caimanops amphiboluroides — WILSON & SWAN 2010: 354
Diporiphora amphiboluroides — HUGALL et al. 2008
Diporiphora amphiboluroides — DOUGHTY et al. 2012
Caimanops amphiboluroides — COGGER 2014: 698
Diporiphora amphiboluroides — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 74 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau)

Type locality: Western Australia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMV D8813 (formerly WAM) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1776 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentLifestyle: semi-arboreal.

Taxonomy: Caimanops was originally erected for amphiboluroides by Storr (1974), who removed it from Diporiphora based on the presence of crests, short
appendages, elongate snout and blunt tail. 
EtymologyPresumably named after Amphibolurus (a genus of agamids) plus the Greek suffix -eides (like). (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.
  • HUGALL, ANDREW F.; RALPH FOSTER , MARK HUTCHINSON and MICHAEL S. Y. LEE 2008. Phylogeny of Australasian agamid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes: implications for morphological evolution and biogeography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93 (2): 343 -358 - get paper here
  • Lucas, A. H. S. & Frost, C. 1902. Descriptions of some new lizards from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 15: 76-79 - 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
  • Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here
  • Storr, G. M. 1974. Agamid lizards of the genera Caimanops, Physignathus and Diporiphora in Western Australia and Northern Territory. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 3: 121-146 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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