Species profile—Lophosaurus spinipes (southern angle-headed dragon)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Agamidae (dragon lizards) → Lophosaurus spinipes (southern angle-headed dragon)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Agamidae (dragon lizards)
- Scientific name
- Lophosaurus spinipes (Dumeril & Dumeril, 1851)
- Common name
- southern angle-headed dragon
- Type reference
- Dumeril, A.M.C. & Dumeril, A. (1851). Catalogue Methodique de la Collection des Reptiles. Paris : Mus. Hist. Nat. iv 224 pp. [90].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 551
- Synonym(s)
- Hypsilurus spinipes
Gonocephalus spinipes
Gonyocephalus cristipes
Lophyrus spinipes - Alternate name(s)
- southern rainforest dragon
- 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=551.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
