Diporiphora albilabris STORR, 1974

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: White-lipped Two-line Dragon, Tar tar lizard
Synonym	Diporiphora albilabris STORR 1974 Diporiphora albilabris — COGGER 1983 Mantichorasaurus albilabris — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 18 Diporiphora albilabris — COGGER 2000: 328 Diporiphora albilabris — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Diporiphora albilabris — MELVILLE et al. 2019: 34
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia) Type locality: Mitchell Plateau, in 14° 48’ S, 125* 50’ E, W. A.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: WAM R43517
Diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body size moderate (to 61 mm SVL), tail moderately long (from 1.8–2.5 × SVL). Gular and post-auricular folds present; scapular fold absent. White dorsolateral stripes on raised scale rows. Lacks dark smudge on posterior of tympanum. Scales between dorsolateral stripes are heterogeneous (fig. 10a), with paravertebral row reduced, 2nd paravertebral row enlarged. Pre-cloacal pores 4; femoral pores 2 (Melville et al. 2019: 34). Comparison with other species. The distribution overlaps a number of other Diporiphora species in the Kimberley. From D. sobria it can be distinguished in lacking a scapular fold and having strongly heterogeneous scales between the pale dorsolateral stripes. It differs from D. perplexa sp. nov. in having heterogeneous dorsal scales, 2 (vs. 0) femoral pores and no dark markings on the tympanum. It differs from D. magna in having a gular fold, femoral pores, double canine teeth in upper jaw and white labial scales. It differs from D. margaretae in having a gular fold and double canine teeth on each side of upper jaw (Melville et al. 2019: 34).
Comment	Distribution: see map in Melville et al. 2019: 34 (Fig. 8).
Etymology	Named after Latin “albus, -a, -um” = white and “labrum” = lip.
References	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. 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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List - Diporiphora albilabris - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Diporiphora/albilabris http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/standard/09111305PD_dragon.jpgphoto: http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/faunabase/_images/Diporiphora_albilabris.jpgphoto: http://www.swissherp.org/Reptiles/Agamidae/Diporiphora/D_albolabris.jpginfo: http://www.arod.com.a Google images

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