Tropicagama

Tropicagama is a genus of arboreal lizards in the family Agamidae.[2] It is monotypic in the genus with one species listed, Tropicagama temporalis, the swamplands lashtail or northern water dragon. It is found in Irian Jaya, New Guinea, and the Northern Territory and Western Australia in Australia.

Tropicagama

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Tropicagama
Melville et al., 2018
Species:
T. temporalis
Binomial name
Tropicagama temporalis
(Günther, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Lophognathus lateralis
  • Lophognathus labialis
  • Lophognathus maculilabris
  • Lophognathus temporalis
  • Physignathus temporalis
  • Gemmatophora temporalis
  • Amphibolurus temporalis
  • Gowidon temporalis

References
  1. Oliver, P., Parker, F., O'Shea, M., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., Zichy-Woinarski, J., Wilson, S., Melville, J., Doughty, P. & Ellis, R. 2017. Lophognathus temporalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22566287A22566310. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22566287A22566310.en. Downloaded on 10 May 2019.
  2. Tropicagama temporalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 May 2019.
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