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Ctenophorus
Sign in to saveCtenophorus, from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and φόρος (phóros), meaning "bearing", is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing dragons, found in Australia. They are in the dragon lizard family, known as Agamidae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCurculionidae
Ctenophorus es un género de saurópsidos escamosos agámidos. Son endémicos de Australia. Especies El género Ctenophorus se compone de 28 especies, mostradas en la siguiente lista:[1] Ctenophorus adelaidensis (Gray, 1841) Ctenophorus butleri Storr, 1977 Ctenophorus caudicinctus (Günther, 1875) Ctenophorus chapmani (Storr, 1977) Ctenophorus clayi (Storr, 1967) Ctenophorus cristatus (Gray, 1841) Ctenophorus decresii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) Ctenophorus femoralis (Storr, 1965) Ctenophorus fionni (Procter, 1923) Ctenophorus fordi (Storr, 1965) Ctenophorus gibba (Houston, 1974) Ctenophorus isolepis (Fischer, 1881) Ctenophorus maculatus (Gray, 1831) Ctenophorus maculosus (Mitchell, 1948) Ctenophorus mckenziei (Storr, 1981) Ctenophorus mirrityana[2] McLean, Moussalli, Sass & Stuart-Fox, 2013 Ctenophorus nguyarna Doughty, Maryan, Melville & Austin, 2007 Ctenophorus nuchalis (De Vis, 1884) Ctenophorus ornatus (Gray, 1845) Ctenophorus parviceps Storr, 1964 Ctenophorus pictus (Peters, 1866) Ctenophorus reticulatus (Gray, 1845) Ctenophorus rufescens (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) Ctenophorus salinarum Storr, 1966 Ctenophorus scutulatus (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) Ctenophorus tjantja
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 966
- Family
- Agamidae
- Collections
- QM, WAM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- 2023 identification of new species
- Polymorphism
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Ctenophorus, from Ancient Greek κτείς (kteís), meaning "comb", and φόρος (phóros), meaning "bearing", is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing dragons, found in Australia. They are in the dragon lizard family, known as Agamidae.
==Description== The genus contains the most diverse group of dragon lizards in Australia. It is the largest group of Australian lizards and it has an extensive radiation in the arid zones. Many of the species of Ctenophorus have been grouped by a similar morphology. The informal names and groupings within this genus — rock dragon, sand dragon, crevice-dragon, ground dragon, and bicycle-dragon — are named after the mythological creature, the dragon.
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