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Diporiphora

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

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Diporiphora
Diporiphora australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Diporiphora
Gray, 18421
Species

28, see text

Synonyms2

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

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.

Species

Diporiphora australis source ↗

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

References

References

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

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).