Lophosaurus spinipes (DUMÉRIL, 1851)

Find more photos by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Southern Forest Dragon, Southern Angle-Headed Dragon
Synonym	Lophyrus spinipes DUMÉRIL in DUMÉRIL & DUMÉRIL 1851: 90 Gonyocephalus cristipes — LONGLEY 1943 (in error) Gonyocephalus spinipes — BOULENGER 1885: 292 (?) Gonyocephalus spinipes — FRY 1915: 88 Gonocephalus spinipes — COGGER 1983 Hypsilurus spinipes — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 71 Hypsilurus spinipes — COGGER 2000: 338 Hypsilurus spinipes — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 114 Gonocephalus spinipes — GREER 2006 (online) Hypsilurus spinipes — MANTHEY & DENZER 2006> 24 Lophosaurus spinipes — DENZER & MANTHEY 2016 Lophosaurus spinipes — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 86
Distribution	Australia (New South Wales, Queensland) Type locality: Australia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 2560
Diagnosis	Diagnosis:– Small, short tailed species with heterogeneous dorsal scalation and a discontinuous vertebral crest. No enlarged scales below the tympanum; no row of enlarged submaxillaries; anterior edge of the gular pouch with weakly enlarged scales. H. spinipes differs from boydii by the absence of plates and conical scales below the tympanum (vs. present); dilophus by the form of nuchal and dorsal crest (triangular spiny scales vs. lanceolate); all other species by a heterogeneous dorsal scalation (Manthey & Denzer 2006: 24).
Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin spina (spine) plus pes (foot), alluding to the spinose lamellae under the toes. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here 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. Denzer, Wolfgang; Ulrich Manthey 2016. Remarks on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Hypsilurus Peters, 1867 (Reptilia, Agamidae, Amphibolurinae). Zoosyst. Evol. 92 (1): 103–110; DOI: 10.3897/zse.92.7469 - get paper here Duméril, A.M.C. & A. H. A. Duméril 1851. Catalogue méthodique de la collection des reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Gide et Baudry/Roret, Paris, 224 pp. Fry, D. B. 1915. Descriptions and notes on three lizards. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 27: 86-88 - get paper here Longley, G. 1943. Notes on Goniocephalus cristipes. Proc. R. Zool. Soc. N. S. W. 1942-43: 30-31 - get paper here Manthey, U. & Denzer, W. 2006. A revision of the Melanesian-Australian angle head lizards of the genus Hypsilurus (Sauria: Agamidae: Amphibolurinae), with description of four new species and one new subspecies. Hamadryad 30 (1-2): 1 – 40 - get paper here Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. 1999. Agamen, 2. Aufl. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp. - get paper here 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 Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp. Tallowin, Oliver J S; Shai Meiri, Stephen C Donnellan, Stephen J Richards, Christopher C Austin, Paul M Oliver, 2019. The other side of the Sahulian coin: biogeography and evolution of Melanesian forest dragons (Agamidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 99-113. - 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/agamids/agamids.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/agamidae.pdf http://www.wildherps.com/species/H.spinipes.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Hypsilurus/spinipes Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lophosaurus&species=spinipes

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator