Species profile—Lophosaurus spinipes (southern angle-headed dragon)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles) → Agamidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&family=agamidae ) (dragon lizards) → Lophosaurus spinipes (southern angle-headed dragon)

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Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=551#imgGallery )

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=551&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=551&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=551 )

Species details

Kingdom

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (animals)

Class

Reptilia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia ) (reptiles)

Family

Agamidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=reptilia&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) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Lophosaurus%20spinipes#tab_mapView )
• Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=LOPHOSAURUS%2BSPINIPES )

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=551 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=551 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.