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An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Dragon Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Collection of the Western Australian Museum Ryan J
RECORDS OF THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 34 115–132 (2019) DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.34(2).2019.115-132 An annotated type catalogue of the dragon lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum Ryan J. Ellis Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia. Biologic Environmental Survey, 24–26 Wickham St, East Perth, Western Australia 6004, Australia. Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT – The Western Australian Museum holds a vast collection of specimens representing a large portion of the 106 currently recognised taxa of dragon lizards (family Agamidae) known to occur across Australia. While the museum’s collection is dominated by Western Australian species, it also contains a selection of specimens from localities in other Australian states and a small selection from outside of Australia. Currently the museum’s collection contains 18,914 agamid specimens representing 89 of the 106 currently recognised taxa from across Australia and 27 from outside of Australia. This includes 824 type specimens representing 45 currently recognised taxa and three synonymised taxa, comprising 43 holotypes, three syntypes and 779 paratypes. Of the paratypes, a total of 43 specimens have been gifted to other collections, disposed or could not be located and are considered lost. An annotated catalogue is provided for all agamid type material currently and previously maintained in the herpetological collection of the Western Australian Museum. KEYWORDS: type specimens, holotype, syntype, paratype, dragon lizard, nomenclature. INTRODUCTION Australia was named by John Edward Gray in 1825, The Agamidae, commonly referred to as dragon Clamydosaurus kingii Gray, 1825 [now Chlamydosaurus lizards, comprises over 480 taxa worldwide, occurring kingii (Gray, 1825)]. -
Testing the Relevance of Binary, Mosaic and Continuous Landscape Conceptualisations to Reptiles in Regenerating Dryland Landscapes
Testing the relevance of binary, mosaic and continuous landscape conceptualisations to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes Melissa J. Bruton1, Martine Maron1,2, Noam Levin1,3, Clive A. McAlpine1,2 1The University of Queensland, Landscape Ecology and Conservation Group, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia 4067 2The University of Queensland, ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, St. Lucia, Australia 4067 3Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, 91905 Corresponding author: [email protected] Ph: (+61) 409 875 780 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0157-9 Abstract: Context: Fauna distributions are assessed using discrete (binary and mosaic) or continuous conceptualisations of the landscape. The value of the information derived from these analyses depends on the relevance of the landscape representation (or model) used to the landscape and fauna of interest. Discrete representations dominate analyses of landscape context in disturbed and regenerating landscapes; however within-patch variation suggests that continuous representations may help explain the distribution of fauna in such landscapes. Objectives: We tested the relevance of binary, mosaic, and continuous conceptualisations of landscape context to reptiles in regenerating dryland landscapes. Methods: For each of thirteen reptile groups, we compared the fit of models consisting of one landscape composition and one landscape heterogeneity variable for each of six landscape representations (2 x binary, 2 x mosaic, and 2 x continuous), at three buffer distances. We used Akaike weights to assess the relative support for each model. Maps were created from Landsat satellite images. -
Literature Cited in Lizards Natural History Database
Literature Cited in Lizards Natural History database Abdala, C. S., A. S. Quinteros, and R. E. Espinoza. 2008. Two new species of Liolaemus (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from the puna of northwestern Argentina. Herpetologica 64:458-471. Abdala, C. S., D. Baldo, R. A. Juárez, and R. E. Espinoza. 2016. The first parthenogenetic pleurodont Iguanian: a new all-female Liolaemus (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from western Argentina. Copeia 104:487-497. Abdala, C. S., J. C. Acosta, M. R. Cabrera, H. J. Villaviciencio, and J. Marinero. 2009. A new Andean Liolaemus of the L. montanus series (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae) from western Argentina. South American Journal of Herpetology 4:91-102. Abdala, C. S., J. L. Acosta, J. C. Acosta, B. B. Alvarez, F. Arias, L. J. Avila, . S. M. Zalba. 2012. Categorización del estado de conservación de las lagartijas y anfisbenas de la República Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 26 (Suppl. 1):215-248. Abell, A. J. 1999. Male-female spacing patterns in the lizard, Sceloporus virgatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 20:185-194. Abts, M. L. 1987. Environment and variation in life history traits of the Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus. Ecological Monographs 57:215-232. Achaval, F., and A. Olmos. 2003. Anfibios y reptiles del Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay: Facultad de Ciencias. Achaval, F., and A. Olmos. 2007. Anfibio y reptiles del Uruguay, 3rd edn. Montevideo, Uruguay: Serie Fauna 1. Ackermann, T. 2006. Schreibers Glatkopfleguan Leiocephalus schreibersii. Munich, Germany: Natur und Tier. Ackley, J. W., P. J. Muelleman, R. E. Carter, R. W. Henderson, and R. Powell. 2009. A rapid assessment of herpetofaunal diversity in variously altered habitats on Dominica. -
Gekkota: Gekkonidae): a Phylogenetically and Ecologically Informed Analysis
University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Science Science Research & Publications 2005 Locomotor morphometry of the Pachydactylus radiation of lizards (Gekkota: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetically and ecologically informed analysis Johnson, Megan K.; Russell, Anthony P.; Bauer, Aaron M. National Research Council Canada Johnson, M.K., A.P. Russell and A.M. Bauer. (2005). Locomotor morphometry of the Pachydactylus radiation of lizards (Gekkota: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetically and ecologically informed analysis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 1511-1524. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/47000 journal article Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca Supplementary Material Table S1. Specimens examined. Museums abbreviations are: USNM - National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, CAS - California Academy of Sciences, and SMW - The State Museum, Windhoek, Namibia. Species Museum Specimen numbers [sample Locality data size] Chondrodactylus angulifer CAS 167722,167725,167731, Namibia 167733, 175326, 175407 129633-129634, 193304, S. Africa, Cape 201935 [10] Province Chondrodactylus bibronii CAS 193305-1993308, 193378- S. Africa, Cape 193379, 193381-193382 [10] Province Chondrodactylus CAS 214614-214615, 214617- NW Namibia fitzsimonsi 214618, 214620 [9] Chondrodactylus turneri CAS 193835-195327, 196491, N. Namibia 206984 200025, 200052, 201852, S. Africa. N. 203492 Cape Province 206930, 214532 [11] C. Namibia Pachydactylus austeni CAS 186317-186318, 206769, S. Africa, Cape 206777, 206884-206885, Province 206989, 223884 [8] Pachydactylus bicolor CAS 175348, 175350, 175361- NE Namibia 175364, 175369-175371 [10] Pachydactylus capensis CAS 125655-125656, 125678- S. Africa, 125681, 125683, 125757- Transvaal 125758 125984 [10] Botswana Pachydactylus fasciatus CAS 214672, 214674, 214676, Namibia 214690, 223930-223931 [6] Pachydactylus geitje CAS 173907, 173910, 175281, S. Africa, Cape 175285, 175313, 175410- Province 175411, 175413, 180352 [9] Pachydactylus maculatus CAS 175250, 175252- S. -
Fauna of Australia 2A
FAUNA of AUSTRALIA 26. BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE SQUAMATA Mark N. Hutchinson & Stephen C. Donnellan 26. BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF THE SQUAMATA This review summarises the current hypotheses of the origin, antiquity and history of the order Squamata, the dominant living reptile group which comprises the lizards, snakes and worm-lizards. The primary concern here is with the broad relationships and origins of the major taxa rather than with local distributional or phylogenetic patterns within Australia. In our review of the phylogenetic hypotheses, where possible we refer principally to data sets that have been analysed by cladistic methods. Analyses based on anatomical morphological data sets are integrated with the results of karyotypic and biochemical data sets. A persistent theme of this chapter is that for most families there are few cladistically analysed morphological data, and karyotypic or biochemical data sets are limited or unavailable. Biogeographic study, especially historical biogeography, cannot proceed unless both phylogenetic data are available for the taxa and geological data are available for the physical environment. Again, the reader will find that geological data are very uncertain regarding the degree and timing of the isolation of the Australian continent from Asia and Antarctica. In most cases, therefore, conclusions should be regarded very cautiously. The number of squamate families in Australia is low. Five of approximately fifteen lizard families and five or six of eleven snake families occur in the region; amphisbaenians are absent. Opinions vary concerning the actual number of families recognised in the Australian fauna, depending on whether the Pygopodidae are regarded as distinct from the Gekkonidae, and whether sea snakes, Hydrophiidae and Laticaudidae, are recognised as separate from the Elapidae. -
Helminths of the Day Geckos, Rhoptropus Afer and Rhoptropus Barnardi (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from Namibia, Southwestern Africa
J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 66(1), 1999 pp. 78-80 Research Note Helminths of the Day Geckos, Rhoptropus afer and Rhoptropus barnardi (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from Namibia, Southwestern Africa STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG,'-"* CHARLES R. BuRSEY,2 AARON M. BAUER,3 AND HAY CHEAM' 1 Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608 (e-mail: [email protected]), 2 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, 147 Shenango Avenue, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146 (e-mail: [email protected]), and 3 Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085 (e-mail: [email protected]) ABSTRACT: Twenty specimens each of the day geckos Twenty each of R. afer and R. barnardi from Rhoptropus afer and R. barnardi from Namibia, south- Namibia were borrowed from the California western Africa, were examined for helminths. Rhop- Academy of Sciences (CAS) for helminthologi- tropus afer harbored 4 species of nematodes, Maxva- cal examinations. Rhoptropus afer specimens chonia dimorpha, Parapharyngodon rotundus, Spau- were collected by one of us (A.M.B.) in 1987 ligodon petersi, and Physoccphalus sp. Rhoptropus barnardi harbored 1 species of cestode, Oochoristica (CAS 167677-167679, 167683, 167685, 13 km truncata, and 6 species of nematodes, Maxvachonia S of Cape Cross), 1989 (CAS 175396-175398, dimorpha, Parapharyngodon rotundatus, Spauligodon 175400, 175401, 56 km N of Cape Cross), and petersi, Physalopteroides impar, Thubunaea fitzsimon- 1993 (CAS 193867-193876, 30 km N of Swak- si, and Physocephalus sp. Rhoptropus afer and R. bar- opmund); mean (±SD) snout-vent length (SVL) nardi represent new host records for these helminths. = 44.3 ± 2.6 mm (range, 37-48 mm). -
A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Ecological Diversification in the Australian Lizard Genus Ctenophorus
JEZ Mde 2035 JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY (MOL DEV EVOL) 291:339–353 (2001) A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Ecological Diversification in the Australian Lizard Genus Ctenophorus JANE MELVILLE,* JAMES A. SCHULTE II, AND ALLAN LARSON Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130 ABSTRACT We present phylogenetic analyses of the lizard genus Ctenophorus using 1,639 aligned positions of mitochondrial DNA sequences containing 799 parsimony-informative charac- ters for samples of 22 species of Ctenophorus and 12 additional Australian agamid genera. Se- quences from three protein-coding genes (ND1, ND2, and COI) and eight intervening tRNA genes are examined using both parsimony and maximum-likelihood analyses. Species of Ctenophorus form a monophyletic group with Rankinia adelaidensis, which we suggest placing in Ctenophorus. Ecological differentiation among species of Ctenophorus is most evident in the kinds of habitats used for shelter. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the ancestral condition is to use burrows for shelter, and that habits of sheltering in rocks and shrubs/hummock grasses represent separately derived conditions. Ctenophorus appears to have undergone extensive cladogenesis approximately 10–12 million years ago, with all three major ecological modes being established at that time. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 291:339–353, 2001. © 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc. The agamid lizard genus Ctenophorus provides ecological categories based on whether species abundant opportunity for a molecular phylogenetic shelter in rocks, burrows, or vegetation. Eight spe- study of speciation and ecological diversification. cies of Ctenophorus are associated with rocks: C. Agamid lizards show a marked radiation in Aus- caudicinctus, C. decresii, C. fionni, C. -
The Burrowing Geckos of Southern Africa 5 1976.Pdf
ANNALS OF THE TRANSVAAL MUSEUM ANNALE VAN DIE TRANSVAAL-MUSEUM- < VOL. 30 30 JUNE 1976 No. 6 THE BURROWING GECKOS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 5 (REPTILIA: GEKKONIDAE) By W.D. HAACKE Transvaal lvIllseum, Pretoria (With four Text-figures) ABSTRACT This study deals with the entirely terrestrial genera of southern African geckos and is published in five parts in this journal. In this part the phylogenetic and taxono mic affinities of these genera based on pupil shape and hand and foot structure are discussed. PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXONOMIC AFFINITIES In his classification of the Gekkonidae, Underwood (1954) placed six South African genera into the subfamily Diplodactylinae. These genera, i.e. Cho!ldrodac~ylus, Colopus, Palmatogecko, Rhoptropus, Rhoptropella and Ptmopus were supposed to share a peculiar variant of the straight vertical pupil which he called Rhoptropus-type. He notes that all of them occur in "desert or veldt" and appear to be adapted to the special conditions of South Africa. He further states that "Such a number of genera with several peculiar forms of feet in such a restricted area is somewhat surprising". At that time all except Rhoptropuswere considered to be monotypic genera. Since then two more species of Ptmopus and also the terrestrial, obviously related genus Kaokogecko have been described. In the present paper a special study has been made of the ground living, burrowing genera, which excludes Rhoptropus and Rhoptropella. Although it has been pointed out that the classification of the Gekkonidae according to the form of the digits (Boulenger, 1885) and the shape of the pupil (Underwood, 1954) is unsatisfactory (Stephenson, 1960; Kluge, 72 1964 and 1967) the possibilities of these characters as taxonomic indicators were reinvestigated in the genera in question and related forms. -
NSW REPTILE KEEPERS' LICENCE Species Lists 1006
NSW REPTILE KEEPERS’ LICENCE SPECIES LISTS (2006) The taxonomy in this list follows that used in Wilson, S. and Swan, G. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Reed 2003. Common names generally follow the same text, when common names were used, or have otherwise been lifted from other publications. As well as reading this species list, you will also need to read the “NSW Reptile Keepers’ Licence Information Sheet 2006.” That document has important information about the different types of reptile keeper licenses. It also lists the criteria you need to demonstrate before applying to upgrade to a higher class of licence. THESE REPTILES CAN ONLY BE HELD UNDER A REPTILE KEEPERS’ LICENCE OF CLASS 1 OR HIGHER Code Scientific Name Common Name Code Scientific Name Common Name Turtles Monitors E2018 Chelodina canni Cann’s Snake-necked Turtle G2263 Varanus acanthurus Spiney-tailed Monitor C2017 Chelodina longicollis Snake-necked Turtle Q2268 Varanus gilleni Pygmy Mulga Monitor G2019 Chelodina oblonga Oblong Turtle G2271 Varanus gouldii Sand Monitor Y2028 Elseya dentata Northern Snapping Turtle M2282 Varanus tristis Black-Headed Monitor K2029 Elseya latisternum Saw-shelled Turtle Y2776 Elusor macrurus Mary River Turtle E2034 Emydura macquarii Murray Short-necked Turtle Skinks T2031 Emydura macquarii dharra Macleay River Turtle A2464 Acritoscincus platynotum Red-throated Skink T2039 Emydura macquarii dharuk Sydney Basin Turtle W2331 Cryptoblepharus virgatus Cream-striped Wall Skink T2002 Emydura macquarii emmotti Emmott’s Short-necked Turtle W2375 -
Dietary Fats, Selected Body Temperature and Tissue Fatty Acid Composition of Agamid Lizards (Amphibolurus Nuchalis) F
J Comp Physiol B (1994) 164:55-61 Journal of Comparative and~.m~,"~"" Environ- Physiology B Physiology-'" Springer-Verlag 1994 Dietary fats, selected body temperature and tissue fatty acid composition of agamid lizards (Amphibolurus nuchalis) F. Geiser 1, R. P. Learmonth 2 1Department of Zoology, University of New England, Annidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia 2Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Nutrition, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia Accepted: 12 October 1993 Abstract. The composition of tissue and membrane fatty cold acclimation appears to be an increase of UFA and acids in ectothermic vertebrates is influenced by both PUFA (Hazel 1988). It is likely that this increase in UFA temperature acclimation and diets. If such changes in increases the fluidity of membrane and tissue lipids at low body lipid composition and thermal physiology were Tb, which may partially explain how physiological func- linked, a diet-induced change in body lipid composition tions can be maintained during cold exposure should result in a change in thermal physiology. We (Hochachka and Somero 1984; Cossins and Bowler therefore investigated whether the selected body temper- 1987; Hazel 1988). ature of the agamid lizard Amphiboturus nuchalis (body Although this compositional change of lipids in tis- mass 20 g) is influenced by the lipid composition of di- sues and membranes seems to provide a convenient mod- etary fatty acids and whether diet-induced changes in ulator of cellular physiology at low Tb the animals are thermal physiology are correlated with changes in body faced with the problem of how to obtain PUFA. While lipid composition. -
Taxonomic Checklist of the Day Geckos of the Genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
65 (2): 247 – 283 © Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2015. 23.6.2015 Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) compiled by Frank Glaw & Herbert Rösler at the request of the Nomenclature Specialist of the CITES Animals Committee and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) Funded by the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) 2015 65 (2): 247 – 283 © Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2015. 23.6.2015 Taxonomic checklist of the day geckos of the genera Phelsuma Gray, 1825 and Rhoptropella Hewitt, 1937 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) Frank Glaw 1 & Herbert Rösler 2 1 Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany; [email protected] — 2 Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Museum für Tierkunde, Sektion Herpetologie, Königsbrücker Landstr. 159, 01109 Dresden, Germany;[email protected] Accepted 26.5.2015. Published online at www.senckenberg.de / vertebrate-zoology on 5.6.2015. Contents Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................................... 251 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 251 Collection acronyms ................................................................................................................................................ -
Adenovirus Infection in Bearde
Fact sheet Adenoviral hepatitis is a common cause of neonatal and juvenile mortality in captive bearded dragons (Pogona spp.) in the USA. Although adenoviral infection has been reported in both captive and free-living bearded dragons in Australia, there is little information on the prevalence of disease. Disease associated with adenovirus has only been reported in captive bearded dragons. Both free-living reptiles and captive populations are at risk from this virus in Australia. Adenoviruses are medium-sized (80–110 nm), non-enveloped viruses containing a double stranded DNA genome (Moormann et al. 2009). Adenoviral infections have been recorded from a large number of reptile species including snakes, dragons, skinks, geckos, chameleons, monitors, crocodiles and tortoises (Jacobson 2007). Adenoviruses are generally regarded as being species specific and the majority of infections in bearded dragons have been caused by Agamid adenovirus-1 (AgAdv-1), as confirmed by PCR (Wellehan et al. 2004; Kübber-Heiss et al. 2006; Wagner et al. 2007; Moormann et al. 2009; Doneley et al. 2014; Hyndman and Shilton 2016). However, there is one report of lizard atadenovirus infection in a western bearded dragon (Pogona minor minor), while AgAdv-1 has been found in a central netted dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis), a species in the same subfamily as bearded dragons (Hyndman and Shilton 2011). Given the high prevalence of AgAdv-1 in bearded dragons overseas it seems likely that some, if not all, of the adenovirus infections in bearded dragons reported before the advent of PCR were due to AgAdv-1 virus (Julian and Durham 1982; Frye et al.