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
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
