Diporiphora

Diporiphora is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Most species in the genus are endemic to Australia, but two (D. australis and D. bilineata) are also found in New Guinea.

Diporiphora
Diporiphora australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Diporiphora
Gray, 1842[1]
Species

28, see text

Synonyms[2]

Amphibolurus, Calotella, Gindalia, Grammatophora, Physignatus [sic], Wittenagama

Species

Diporiphora australis

The genus includes these 28 species which are recognized as being valid:[2]

References

  1. "Diporiphora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. Genus Diporiphora at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1842). "Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian Reptiles and Batrachians". Zoological Miscellany 51-57. (Diporiphora, new genus, pp. 53–54).
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