Amphibolurinae

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Amphibolurinae
File:Thorny Devil, Alice Springs.JPG
Thorny devil (Moloch horridus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Wagler, 1830
Genera

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The Amphibolurinae are a subfamily of lizards in the family Agamidae. Members of this subfamily are found in Australia and New Guinea, although one species, the Chinese water dragon, is found in Southeast Asia.

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Amphibolurinae usually dwell in flat, sandy habitats. This subfamily includes:[1]

Genus Species Example
Amphibolurus

(lashtail dragons)

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Jacky dragon (A. muricatus)

Chelosania

(ring-tailed dragon)

1
Chlamydosaurus

(frilled-neck lizard)

1 File:Frilled dragon with frill extended close up - DPLA - d6e3c74db204607072354d5bf185b8c9 (cropped).jpg

Frilled dragon (C. kingii)

Cryptagama

(gravel dragon)

1
Ctenophorus

(comb-bearing dragons)

34 File:Crested -Bicycle- Dragon 2 (cropped).jpg

Crested bicycle dragon (C. cristatus)

Diporiphora

(two-lined dragons)

28 File:Diporiphora australis 53944333 (cropped).jpg

Tommy roundhead (D. australis)

Gowidon

(long-snouted lashtail, long-nosed water dragon)

1 File:Gowidon longirostris (cropped).jpg

Long-snouted lashtail (G. longirostris)

Hypsilurus

(rainforest dragons)

18 File:Hypsilurus auritus "Indonésie" 1 (cropped).jpg

H. auritus

Intellagama

(Australian water dragon)

1 File:Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii , Eastern Water Dragon, Brisbane (cropped).jpg

Australian water dragon (I. lesueurii)

Lophognathus 2 File:Lophognathus gilberti (cropped).jpg

Gilbert's lashtail (L. gilberti)

Lophosaurus

(forest dragons)

3 File:Boyd's Forest Dragon - (Hypsilurus boydii) 2 (cropped) (cropped).jpg

Boyd's forest dragon (L. boydii)

Moloch

(thorny devil)

1 File:Moloch horridus 77894454 (cropped).jpg

Thorny devil (M. horridus)

Physignathus

(Chinese water dragon)

1 File:Chinese Water Dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) - Khao Yai National Park - 3 (cropped).jpg

Chinese water dragon (P. cocincinus)

Pogona

(bearded dragons)

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Central bearded dragon (P. vitticeps)

Rankinia

(heath dragon)

1 File:Mountain dragon on hand (cropped).jpg

Mountain heath dragon (R. diemensis)

Tropicagama

(swamplands lashtail, northern water dragon)

1 File:Tropicagama temporalis 57210499 (cropped).jpg

Swamplands lashtail (T. temporalis)

Tympanocryptis

(earless dragons)

23 File:Tympanocryptis tetraporophora004 (cropped).jpg

Eyrean earless dragon (T. tetraporophora)

References

  1. Amphibolurinae, UniProt Taxonomy