Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830

Melville, Jane, Ritchie, Euan G., Chapple, Stephanie N. J., Glor, Richard E. & Schulte, James 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 (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 77, pp. 41-61 : 46-47

Genus Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830

Gemmatophora Kaup, J.J., 1827 . Zoologische Monographien. Isis Von Oken, Jena 20: 610–625 [621] [nom. oblit.; described as subgenus of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 ]. Type-species Lacerta muricata White, 1790 by original designation.

Amphibolurus Wagler, J.G., 1830 . Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugethiere und Vögel. München, Cotta’schen vi 354 pp. [145] [replacement for Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827 , which Wagler rejected as an invalid hybrid name (“vox hybrida”)].

Grammatophora Duméril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G., 1837 . Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles . Paris, Roret 4: ii 571 pp. [468] [non Grammatophora Stephens, 1829 (nom. nud.); emendation of Gemmatophora Kaup, 1827 ].

Petroplanis Fitzinger, L.J., 1843 . Systema Reptilium. Vienna, Braümüller u. Seidel vi 106 pp. [83, 84] [nom. nud.; introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830 ]. Types species Petroplanis jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843 (=? Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet, 1816 ) by monotypy.

Polylophus Fitzinger, L.J., 1843 . Systema Reptilium. Vienna, Braümüller u. Seidel vi 106 pp. [83, 84] [nom. nud.; introduced in synonymy of Amphibolurus Wagler, 1830 ]. Types species Polylophus jacksoniensis Fitzinger, 1843 (=? Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet, 1816 ) by monotypy.

Synonymy that of: Cogger, H.G. 1983, in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E., and Cogger, H.M. Amphibia and reptiles. Pp. 108–116 in: Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia. Vol. 1. Netley, South Australia: Griffin Press Ltd. vi 313 pp. [108]

Diagnosis. A genus consisting of large agamid lizards in the subfamily Amphibolurinae with exposed tympanum, long robust limbs and a long tail. Gular scales smooth to weakly keeled, ventral scales smooth to strongly keeled. Head wide and deep in comparison with length. Heterogenous body scales, dorsal surface scattered with many spinose scales. Well-developed spinose nuchal and vertebral crest. Two broad pale dorsolateral stripes running from ear or neck to the hip, discontinuous with pale lip scales. Dorsolateral stripes intersected by multiple wedges of brown or grey along their length.

Included species. Amphibolurus norrisi Witten, G.J. and Coventry, A.J., 1984; Lacerta muricata White, J., 1790 ; Amphibolurus burnsi Wells, R.W. and Wellington, C.R., 1985 ; Physignathus gilberti centralis Loveridge, A., 1933 .

Distribution. Continental Australia, including south-eastern Australia extending west across Nullabor Plain, eastern Australia extending north into Queensland, central Australia incorporating Northern Territory, Western Australia and western Queensland. A broad range of habitats occupied, including arid and semi-arid woodlands, dry sclerophyll forests and woodlands, and coastal heathlands.