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Diporiphora carpentariensis MELVILLE, DATE, HORNER & DOUGHTY, 2019

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gulf two-lined dragon 
SynonymDiporiphora carpentariensis MELVILLE, DATE, HORNER & DOUGHTY 2019: 50 
DistributionAustralia (N Queensland)

Type locality: Littleton National Park, northern Queensland (18.2243°S, 142.7489 E).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. QM J88197 (adult male), collected by E. Vanderduys on 20 November 2008.
Paratypes. NMV D74080 (adult female), Mt Turner Road, 5 km north of Gulf Development Road, Queensland (18.2692° S, 143.3647° E); NMV D74079 (adult male), Mt Turner Road, 20 km north of Gulf Development Road, Queensland (18.2733° S, 143.3656° E); NMV D74076 (adult female), road to Strathmore, 3 km north of Gulf Development Road, Queensland (18.1783° S, 142.8844° E); NMV D74068 (adult male), Bourke Development Road, 25 km NE of Karumba turnoff, Queensland (17.3931° S, 141.3989° E). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Moderately large body size (to 68 mm SVL), with adult males with very long tails (to 3 × SVL) and females with shorter tails (to 2.3 × SVL). Gular fold absent, post-auricular fold weak to strong, scapular fold strong. Granular scales in axilla, extending over arm and along the full length of the scapular fold. Scales on neck in anterior to scapular fold small but not granular. Outer scale row in dorsolateral stripes lack raised trailing edge, without strong delimitation between dorsal and lateral surface. Pre-cloacal pores 4 or 5 (usually 4); femoral pores 0.


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CommentThis species has previously been identified as Diporiphora bilineata. It is probable that animals previously identified as D. bilineata on Cape York Peninsula actually comprise two species: D. carpentariensis sp. nov. and D. jugularis. Phylogenetic work (Smith et al., 2011) clearly shows that this species in unrelated to either D. bilineata or D. jugularis (Melville et al. 2019: 51).

Distribution: for a map see Melville et al. 2019: 41 (Fig. 14). 
EtymologyNamed after the region in which this two-lined dragon occurs on the Gulf of Carpentaria. 
References
  • 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
 
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