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Diporiphora superba STORR, 1974

IUCN Red List - Diporiphora superba - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Superb Two-line Dragon 
SynonymDiporiphora superba STORR 1974: 144
Diporiphora superba — COGGER 1983
Diporiphora superba — COGGER 2000: 334
Diporiphora superba — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 129
Diporiphora superba — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 81 
DistributionAustralia (Western Australia)

Type locality: Mitchell River, in 14° 25’ S, 125° 50’ E, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R43178 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyFrom the Latin superbus (splendid), in reference to the coloration. (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.
  • 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
  • Esquerré, D. 2025. Natural history notes: Diporiphora superba (Superb Dragon). Diet. Herpetological Review 55 (2): 260-261. [2024]
  • Pianka, E.R. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - 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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