AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Agamidae
Dragons
Agamidae
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| Notes: | Recent publication on phylogenetic information.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 92 out of 92 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: Bathurst grassland earless dragon (Tympanocryptis mccartneyi) at cm Longest Australian species: eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) at 25 cm |
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| Number of Australian genera: | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Australian species: | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Hugall, A.F.; Foster, R.; Hutchinson, M.; & Lee, M.S.Y. (2008). Phylogeny of Australasian agamid lizards based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes: implications for morphological evolution and biogeography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93(2):343-358. - search web for this article