Lophosaurus FITZINGER, 1843

Lophosaurus boydii (MACLEAY,1884)

Boyd´s Forest Dragon

COGGER, H.G. (2014): Hypsilurus boydii (Macleay, 1884). Boyds Forest Dragon – In:  Reptiles and amphibians of Australia. 7th Ed. CSIRO Publishing.

HAWKES, T. & M. O´BRIEN (1995): Captive reproduction of Boyd´s rainforest dragon (Hypsilurus boydii) at Wildworld, Cairns. – Herpetofauna, Sydney, 25 (1): 33-38.

JOSEPH, L. (1993): Predation by Boyd's forest dragon on birds caught in mist nets. – Corella, 17 (2): 60-61.

MACLEAY, W. (1884): Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. - Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W., 8: 432-436.

NOWAK, A. (2016): Haltung und Zucht der Boyds Winkelkopfagame Lophosaurus bodii (MACLEAY, 1884). – Sauria, Berlin, 38 (3): 3-10.

ZWINENBERG, A.J. (1974): Boyd´s forest dragon, Goniocephalus boydii (Macleay). – Bulletin Md Herpet. Soc., 10 (4): 99-101.

ZWINENBERG, A.J. (1974): Goniocephalus boydii, eine Agame aus Australien. - Das Aquarium, 63: 404-405. (1268)

Lophosaurus dilophus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837

Indonesian Forest Dragon

DENZER, W., DOUGHTY, P., JOHNSTONE, R.E. & U. MANTHEY (2018): Winkelkopfagamen der Insel Gag, Halmaherasee, Indonesien. – Sauria, Berlin, 40 (4): 52-61.

MURPHY, J.B., LAMOREAUX, W.E. & C.C. CARPENTER (1978): Threatening behaviour in the angle-headed dragon, Goniocephalus dilophus (Reptilias, Lacertilia, Agamidae). – Journal of Herpetology, 12: 455-460.

PIEH, A. & A. KIRSCHNER (2004): Schädigung einer Winkelkopfagame durch Schuppenameisen. –elaphe N.F., 12 (3): 52-53.

STEIOF, C. (1992): Hypsilurus dilophus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON). – Sauria, Berlin, 14 (4): 1-2.

Lophosaurus spinipes DUMÉRIL, 1851

Southern Forest Dragon / Southern Angle-Headed Dragon

ALIBARDI, L. (1999): Formation of large micro-ornamentations in developing scales of agamine lizards. – J. Morphol., 240 (3): 251-266.

The embryonic scales of two Australian agamine lizards (Hypsilurus spinipes and Physignatus lesueuerii) derive from the undulation of the epidermis to form dome-shaped scale anlage that later become asymmetric and produce keratinized layers. Glycogen is contained in basal and suprabasal cells of the forming outer scale surface that are destined to differentiate into b-keratin cells. The outer peridermis is very flat, but the second epidermal layer, provisionally identified as an inner peridermis, is composed of large cells that accumulate vesicular bodies and a network of coarse filaments. The sequence of epidermal layers produced beneath the inner peridermis in these agamine lizards corresponds to that of previously studied lizards, but the first subperidermal layer has characteristics of both clear (keratohyalin-like granules) and oberhautchen (dark b-keratin packets) cells. This layer is here identified as an oberhautchen since it fuses with the underlying b-keratinizing cells forming large spinulae as the entire tissue becomes syncytial so that the units appear to increase in size. These spinulae very likely represent sections of honeycomb-shaped micro-ornamentations. A mesos layer appears underneath the b-layer before hatching.

LONGLEY, G. (1943): Notes on Goniocephalus cristipes. - Proc. R. Zool. Soc. N. S. W., 1942-43: 30-31.

RUMMERY, C., SHINE, R., HOUSTON, D.L. & M.B. THOMPSON (1995): Thermal biology of the Australian forest dragon, Hypsilurus spinipes (Agamidae). – Copeia, 1995 (4): 818-827.

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