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Literatur und Schriften
BOULENGER, G.A. (1883): Remarks on the lizards of the genus Lophognathus. – Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 5 (12): 225-226. MELVILLE, J., RITCHIE, E.G., CHAPPLE, S.N.J., GLOR, R.E. & J.A. SCHULTE (2018): Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). - Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41–61. The taxonomy of many of Australia’s agamid lizard genera remains unresolved because morphological characters have proved to be unreliable across numerous lineages. We undertook a morphological study and integrated this with a recent genetic study to resolve long-standing taxonomic problems in three genera of large-bodied Australian agamid lizards: Amphibolurus, Gowidon and Lophognathus. We had broad geographic sampling across genera, including all currently recognised species and subspecies. Using an integrative taxonomic approach, incorporating mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear (RAG1) genetic data, and our morphological review, we found that both generic and species-level taxonomic revisions were required. We revise generic designations, creating one new genus (Tropicagama gen. nov.) and confirming the validity of Gowidon, giving a total of four genera. In addition, we describe a new species (Lophognathus horneri sp. nov.) and reclassify two other species. Our results provide a significant step forward in the taxonomy of some of Australia’s most iconic and well-known lizards and provide a clearer understanding of biogeographic patterns across Australia’s monsoonal and arid landscapes.
Gilbert´s Lashtail / Gilbert´s Dragon DOODY, J.S., LLOYD, R. & D. RHIND (2012): Natural history notes: Varanus panoptes (Yellow-spotted Monitor). Diet and prey capture. – Herpetol. Rev., 43 (2): 339-340. FAITHFULL, I. (1994): Butterflies (Pieridae) eaten by dragon lizard and rainbow bee-eater. – Vict. Nat., 111 (1): 31. ELLIS, M. & D. HIGGINS (1993): The occurrence of Gilbert´s dragon Lophognathus gilberti in the Paroo Drainage Basin, western New South Wales. – In: Lunney, D. & D. Ayers (eds.): Herpetology in Australia: a diverse discipline. – Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 35-36. SMITH, L.A. (2002): Notes on the eggs and burrows of two species of Dragon Lizards (Lophognathus longirostris and Lophognathus gilberti). – West Aust. Nat, 23 (3): 215-217. TEALE, R., WILSON, S., ZICHY-WOINARSKI, J., DOUGHTY, P., SOMAWEERA, R. & J. MELVILLE (2010): Lophognathus gilberti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T170373A6771457. THOMPSON, G.G. & S.A. THOMPSON (2001): Behaviour and spatial ecology of Gilbert´s dragon Lophognathus gilberti (Agamidae: Reptilia). – Journal of the Roayal Society of Western Australia, 84: 153-158. VALENTIC, R. (1994): Agamid predation by a black-palmed rock monitor (Varanus gleboplama) - A field observation. - S.A. Herp. Group Newsletter 87.
Gilbert´s Lashtail / Gilbert´s Dragon MELVILLE, J., RITCHIE, E.G., CHAPPLE, S.N.J., GLOR, R.E. & J.A. SCHULTE (2018): Diversity in Australia’s tropical savannas: An integrative taxonomic revision of agamid lizards from the genera Amphibolurus and Lophognathus (Lacertilia: Agamidae). - Memoirs of Museum Victoria 77: 41–61.The taxonomy of many of Australia’s agamid lizard genera remains unresolved because morphological characters have proved to be unreliable across numerous lineages. We undertook a morphological study and integrated this with a recent genetic study to resolve long-standing taxonomic problems in three genera of large-bodied Australian agamid lizards: Amphibolurus, Gowidon and Lophognathus. We had broad geographic sampling across genera, including all currently recognised species and subspecies. Using an integrative taxonomic approach, incorporating mitochondrial (ND2) and nuclear (RAG1) genetic data, and our morphological review, we found that both generic and species-level taxonomic revisions were required. We revise generic designations, creating one new genus (Tropicagama gen. nov.) and confirming the validity of Gowidon, giving a total of four genera. In addition, we describe a new species (Lophognathus horneri sp. nov.) and reclassify two other species. Our results provide a significant step forward in the taxonomy of some of Australia’s most iconic and well-known lizards and provide a clearer understanding of biogeographic patterns across Australia’s monsoonal and arid landscapes.
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