Gowidon longirostris

Gowidon longirostris

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: Gowidon
Species: Gowidon longirostris

Name

• Gowidon longirostris (Boulenger, 1883)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.73. [designated by Wells & Wellington (1985: 17)]

Type locality: “Champion Bay, N.W. Australia”

Combinations

• Lophognathus longirostris — Boulenger, 1883: 225 [original combination]
• Physignathus longirostris — Boulenger, 1885: 397 [subsequent combination]
• Gowidon longirostris — Wells & Wellington, 1985: 17 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1883. Remarks on the lizards of the genus Lophognathus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 5, 12: 225–226. BHL

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. Gowidon longirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 July 2019.
• Melville, J., Wilson, S. & Oliver, P. 2017. IUCN: Lophognathus longirostris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22566261A22566273. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22566261A22566273.en

Vernacular names

English: Long-nosed Water Dragon