THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - DRAGONS (AGAMAS)
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A Listing of Australian Dragons
(Agamid) Lizards
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
family: Agamidae (Dragons)
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COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | DISTRIBUTION |
Burns' Dragon | Amphibolurus (was Lophognathus) burnsi | NSW, Qld |
Centralian Lashtail | Amphibolurus centralis | NT, Qld? |
Jacky Lizard | Amphibolurus muricatus | NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Mallee Heath Lashtail Dragon | Amphibolurus norrisi | SA, Vic, WA |
Chameleon Dragon | Chelosania brunnea | NT, Qld, WA |
Frilled Lizard | Chlamydosaurus kingii | Australia (NT, WA, Qld) and Southern New Guinea |
Gravel Dragon | Cryptagama aurita | NT, WA |
Western Heath Dragon | Ctenophorus adelaidensis | WA |
Shark Bay Heath Dragon | Ctenophorus butlerorum (was Ctenophorus butleri) | WA |
Western Ring-tailed Dragon | Ctenophorus caudicinctus | WA (Pilbara region & offshore islands) as well as West-central WA |
Eastern Heath Dragon | Ctenophorus chapmani | SA, WA |
Black Shouldered Ground Dragon | Ctenophorus clayi | NT, SA, WA |
Crested Dragon | Ctenophorus cristatus | SA, WA |
Southern Tawny Dragon | Ctenophorus decresii | SA (Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island) |
Long-tailed Sand Dragon | Ctenophorus femoralis | WA |
Peninsula Rock Dragon (includes Arcoona Rock Dragon) | Ctenophorus fionni | SA |
* Mallee Military Dragon | Ctenophorus fordi | WA (Distribution reduced 2023) |
Bulldust Ground-Dragon | Ctenophorus gibba | SA |
Graaf's Ring-tailed Dragon | Ctenophorus graafi (was Ctenophorus caudicinctus graafi ) | WA( far eastern interior) |
*Ibiri Sand Dragon (new Species 2023) | Ctenophorus ibiri | SA (Eyre Peninsula) |
Central Military Dragon | Ctenophorus isolepis | NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Laverton Ring-tailed Dragon | Ctenophorus infans (was Ctenophorus caudicinctus infans) | Southen Central inland WA |
*Kartiwarrui or Red-backed Sand Dragon (new Species 2023) | Ctenophorus kartiwarrui | SA, NSW, Qld |
Spotted Military Dragon (subspecies) | Ctenophorus maculatus badius | Coast and interior of West Australia between Shark Bay and Exmouth Gulf |
Spotted Military Dragon (subspecies) | Ctenophorus maculatus griseus | SW interior of West Australia |
Spotted Military Dragon (subspecies) | Ctenophorus maculatus dualis | SE West Australia and extreme SW South Australia. |
Spotted Military Dragon (subspecies) | Ctenophorus maculatus maculatus | West coast of West Australia south of Shark Bay |
Lake Eyre Dragon | Ctenophorus maculosus | SA |
* Dwarf Bicycle Dragon or Mckenzie's Dragon | Ctenophorus mckenziei | WA SA (Great Australian Bight) |
Barrier Range Dragon | Ctenophorus mirrityana | NSW |
Northern Tawny Dragon or Swift Dragon | Ctenophorus modestus | SA (Flinders Ranges) |
Lake Disappointment Dragon | Ctenophorus nguyarna | WA |
Central Netted Dragon | Ctenophorus nuchalis | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Ornate Dragon | Ctenophorus ornatus | WA |
Gnaraloo Heath Dragon | Ctenophorus parviceps | WA |
Painted Dragon | Ctenophorus pictus | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Western Netted Dragon | Ctenophorus reticulatus | SA, WA |
Reddening Sand-dragon | Ctenophorus rubens | Central coastal WA |
Rusty Crevice Dragon | Ctenophorus rufescens | SA, WA, NT |
*Claypan Dragon or Saltpan Ground Dragon | Ctenophorus salinarum | WA, SA |
Lozenge-Marked Dragon | Ctenophorus scutulatus | SA, WA |
Slater's Ring-tailed Dragon or Centralian Rock Dragon | Ctenophorus slateri (What was previously Ctenophorus caudicinctus slateri combined with what was previously Ctenophorus caudicinctus macropus) | Far Northern Australia, WA, NT extending into Central Australia Qld and SA |
* Eastern Mallee Dragon | Ctenophorus spinodomus (also known as Ctenophorus hawkeswoodi) | NSW, SA |
*Tjakalpa or Ghost Dragon (new Species 2023) | Ctenophorus tjakalpa | SA, WA (Great Victoria Desert) |
Ochre Dragon | Ctenophorus tjantjalka | SA |
*Tuniluki or Murray Mallee Sand Dragon (new Species 2023) | Ctenophorus tuniluki | SA,Vic |
Red Barred Dragon | Ctenophorus vadnappa | SA |
Yinnietharra Crevice Dragon | Ctenophorus yinnietharra | WA |
Carnarvon Dragon | Diporiphora adductus | WA |
White-lipped Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora albilabris (Now includes lizards previously called D. arnhemica) | Far North of WA |
Amelia's Canegrass Dragon | Diporiphora ameliae | Central Qld |
Mulga Dragon | Diporiphora (was Caimanops) amphiboluroides | WA |
Arnhem Land Two-lined Dragon | Diporiphora arnhemica (obsolete name) - now synonomised with Diporiphora albilabris | Far North of WA |
Tommy Roundhead | Diporiphora australis | Far north-east of NSW, through eastern Qld extending to Southern Cape York |
Robust Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora bennettii | Far north of WA |
Northern Two-Lined Dragon | Diporiphora bilineata | Far north of NT |
*Gulf Two-lined Dragon | Diporiphora carpentariensis | Cape York, Qld |
Gracile Two-lined Dragon | Diporiphora gracilis sp. nov. | Far northern WA |
*Crystal Creek Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora convergens | WA (extreme far north ) |
*Granulated Two-Lined Dragon | Diporiphora granulifera | Far north-western Qld extending into NT |
*Black-throated Two-Pored Dragon | Diporiphora jugularis (was junior synonym of D. bilineata) | Cape York, Qld |
Lally's Two Lined Dragon or Northern Deserts Dragon. | Diporiphora lalliae | Northern WA through Central NT extending over the border into Qld |
Pink Two Lined Dragon Dragon | Diporiphora linga | SA, WA |
Yellow-Sided Two-Lined Dragon | Diporiphora magna | Northern NT extending into far North of WA and over the border into Qld |
Northwest Kimberley Two-lined Dragon | Diporiphora margaretae (was synonymised with D. magna) | WA (extreme far north ) |
Nobbi Dragon | Diporiphora nobbi | NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Pale Two-pored Dragon | Diporiphora pallida sp. nov. | Far northern WA |
Grey-striped Western Desert Dragon | Diporiphora paraconvergens | WA, SA, NT |
*Kimberley Rock Dragon | Diporiphora perplexa sp. nov. | Far North of WA extending over the border into NT |
Black-Spined Nobbi Dragon | Diporiphora phaeospinosa | Qld (Carnarvon Gorge, |
Pindan Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora pindan | WA |
Plain Backed Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora reginae | WA, SA |
Northern Savannah Two-pored Dragon | Diporiphora sobria (was Diporiphora albilabris sobria) | Far northern WA, through Northern NT extending over the border into Qld |
Superb Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora superba | WA |
Southern Pilbara Tree Dragon | Diporiphora valens | WA |
Northern Pilbara Tree Dragon | Diporiphora vescus | WA |
Canegrass Two Lined Dragon | Diporiphora winneckei | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Long-nosed Water Dragon | Gowidon (or Amphibolurus) (was Lophognathus) longirostris | NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Northern Water Dragon or Swamplands Lashtail | (Gowidon temporalis) is now called Tropicagama temporalis | NT, Qld, WA |
Eastern Water Dragon | Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii (was Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii) | NSW, Qld, (Feral in Vic) |
Gippsland Water Dragon | Intellagama lesueurii howittii (was Physignathus lesueurii howittii) | NSW, ACT, Vic |
Gilbert's Dragon | Lophognathus (was Amphibolurus) gilberti | (Northern) NT, (North-eastern) Qld, (North- western)WA |
* Horner's Dragon | Lophognathus horneri | NT, Qld, WA |
Boyd's Forest Dragon | Lophosaurus ( was Hypsilurus) boydii | Qld |
Southern Angle-Headed Dragon | Lophosaurus (was Hypsilurus) spinipes | NSW, Qld |
Thorny Devil or Moloch | Moloch horridus | NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Common or Eastern Bearded Dragon | Pogona barbata | NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Black Soil Bearded Dragon | Pogona henrylawsoni | QLD |
Small Scaled or Kimberley Bearded Dragon | Pogona microlepidota | WA |
Abrolhos Dwarf Bearded Dragon | Pogona minor minima | Houtman Abrolhos (WA) |
Dwarf Bearded Dragon | Pogona minor minor | NT, SA, WA |
Mitchell's Bearded Dragon | Pogona minor mitchelli | WA |
Nullarbor Bearded Dragon | Pogona nullarbor | SA, WA |
Inland Bearded Dragon | Pogona vitticeps | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Indonesian Water Dragon or Swamplands Lashtail | Tropicagama (was Gowidon) temporalis | Australia (NT, WA, Qld) and New Guinea |
Mountain (Heath) Dragon | Rankinia diemensis | NSW, ACT, Tas, Vic |
* Claypan Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis argillosa | SA, Qld, NSW |
Centralian Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis centralis | NT, SA, WA |
Coastal Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis cephalus (T.cephala) | WA |
Condamine Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis condaminensis | Southeast Qld (West of Brisbane) |
Floodplain Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis darlingensis (Described 2023) | Southern NSW to southern Qld |
Hamersley Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis diabolicus | WA (Hamersley Range) |
* Harlequin Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis fictilis | SA |
Fortescue Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis fortescuensis | WA |
Gascoyne Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis gigas | Central western WA. |
Emerald Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis hobsoni | Emerald region, Qld |
Nullarbor Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis houstoni | SA, WA |
Gibber Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis intima | NSW, NT, Qld, SA |
* Canberra Grassland Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis lineata - previously called T. pinguicolla | ACT, NSW? |
*Savanna(h) Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis macra (was Tympanocryptis lineata macra) status uncertain | WA,NT |
*Bathurst Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis mccartneyi | NSW (Bathust area) |
*Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis osbornei | NSW, (Cooma area) |
*Five Lined Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis pentalineata | Qld |
*Peters' Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis petersi | SA, NSW, Vic |
* Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis pinguicolla | Vic - Melbourne area - possibly extinct |
*Goldfields Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos | Inland WA |
*Tennant Creek Pebble Dragon | Tympanocryptis rustica | NT |
Long-tailed or Eyrean Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis tetraporophora | NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
*Gawler Ranges Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis tolleyi | Gawler Bioregion north of Eyre Peninsula (SA) |
Even Scaled Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis uniformis (status uncertain) | Northern NT |
Roma Earless Dragon | Tympanocryptis wilsoni | Qld (Roma, Cunnamulla) |
DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CI = Christmas Island | CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island | NSW = New South Wales |
NT = Northern Territory | Qld = Queensland | SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania | Vic = Victoria | WA = Western Australia |
NI = Norfolk Island | LHI = Lord Howe Island | ACT = Australian Capital Territory |
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