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Species profile—Lophosaurus boydii (Boyd's forest dragon)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Agamidae (dragon lizards) → Lophosaurus boydii (Boyd's forest dragon)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Reptilia (reptiles)
Family
Agamidae (dragon lizards)
Scientific name
Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay, 1884)
Common name
Boyd's forest dragon
Type reference
Macleay, W. (1884). Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8, 432-436.
WildNet taxon ID
549
Synonym(s)
Hypsilurus boydii
Gonocephalus boydii
Tiaris boydii
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=549.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022