Lophognathus

Lophognathus gilberti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Lophognathus
Species (2): L. gilberti – L. horneri

Name

Lophognathus Gray, 1842: 53

• Type species: Lophognathus gilberti Gray, 1842, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Redtenbacheria Steindachner, 1867: 31 [preoccupied by Redtenbacheria Schiner, 1861]
  • Type species: Redtenbacheria fasciata Steindachner, 1867 by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. Zoological Miscellany 2: 51–57. BHL
• Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). State Printer: Vienna.

Additional references

• Melville, J., Ritchie, E.G., Chapple, S.N.J., Glor, R.E. & Schulte, J.A. 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. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2018.77.04 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lophognathus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 July 2019.

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