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Diporiphora

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Diporiphora
Diporiphora australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Amphibolurinae
Genus: Diporiphora
Gray, 1842[1]
Species

28, see text

Synonyms[2]

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

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Diporiphora australis

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

References

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  1. ^ "Diporiphora ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. ^ a b Genus Diporiphora at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Gray JE (1842). "Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian Reptiles and Batrachians". Zoological Miscellany 51-57. (Diporiphora, new genus, pp. 53–54).