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Diporiphora margaretae STORR, 1974

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymDiporiphora bilineata margaretae STORR 1974: 143
Diporiphora margaretae — STORR 1979: 256
Diporiphora margaretae — COGGER 1983
Diporiphora margaretae — BARTS & WILMS 2003
Diporiphora margaretae — MELVILLE et al. 2019: 45 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia: NW Kimberley)

Type locality: Kalumburu, in 14° 18’ S, 126° 30’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R27648 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Body size small to moderate (to 55 mm SVL) with long tail (2.5–2.7 × SVL). Gular fold absent, post-auricular fold weak to moderate, scapular fold moderate to strong. Granular scales in axilla, extending over arm onto neck to posterior edge of the scapular fold. Scales on outer rows of dorsolateral stripes have raised trailing edge in some individuals, particularly over shoulder, giving moderate demarcation between dorsal and lateral surfaces. Enlarged pale scales on sides tending to form vertical bars. Pre-cloacal pores 4; femoral pores 0 (Melville et al. 2019: 45).


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CommentSynonymy: Listed as synonym of D. magna by Storr 1983 but recently “rediscovered” by genetics (the NK population in Smith et al. 2011, Paul Doughty, pers. comm. 2 Apr 2014). Not listed by COGGER 2000, nor COGGER 2014.

Distribution: has been (erroneously?) reported from Queensland and the Northern Territory (e.g. in COGGER et al. 1983). For a map see Melville et al. 2019: 41 (Fig. 14). 
EtymologyNamed after Margaret Butler, wife of Mr W.H. Butler who collected the holotype and much of the other material studied in this paper. 
References
  • Barts, M. & Wilms, T. 2003. Die Agamen der Welt. Draco 4 (14): 4-23 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • Melville, J., Smith Date, K.L., Horner, P., and Doughty, P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of dragon lizards in the genus Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Australian monsoonal tropics. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 78: 23–55 - get paper here
  • Smith, Katie L.; Luke J. Harmon, Luke P. Shoo, and Jane Melville 2011. EVIDENCE OF CONSTRAINED PHENOTYPIC EVOLUTION IN A CRYPTIC SPECIES COMPLEX OF AGAMID LIZARDS. Evolution 65-4: 976–992 - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1980. Two new Diporiphora (Lacertilia, Agamidae) from Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 7 (2): 255-263 [1979] - 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
 
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