Amphibolurinae
Appearance
Amphibolurinae | |
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Thorny devil (Moloch horridus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
Genera | |
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The Amphibolurinae are a subfamily of reptiles (more specifically, 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 have evolved sharp scales and usually dwell in flat, sandy habitats. This subfamily includes:[1]
- Amphibolurus (lashtail dragons)
- Caimanops (mulga dragon) (sometimes placed in Diporiphora)
- Chelosania (ring-tailed dragon)
- Chlamydosaurus (frilled-neck lizard)
- Cryptagama (gravel dragon)
- Ctenophorus (comb-bearing dragons)
- Diporiphora (two-lined dragons)
- Gowidon (swamplands and long-snouted lashtails)
- Hypsilurus (rainforest dragons)
- Intellagama (Australian water dragon) (formerly placed in Physignathus)
- Lophognathus (sometimes placed in Amphibolurus)
- Moloch (thorny devil)
- Physignathus (water dragons)
- Pogona (bearded dragons)
- Rankinia (heath dragons)
- Tympanocryptis (earless dragons)
References
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- ^ Amphibolurinae, UniProt Taxonomy