Species profile—Ctenophorus kartiwarru (red-backed sand dragon)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Agamidae (dragon lizards) → Ctenophorus kartiwarru (red-backed sand dragon)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Agamidae (dragon lizards)
- Scientific name
- Ctenophorus kartiwarru Edwards & Hutchinson, 2023
- Common name
- red-backed sand dragon
- Type reference
- Edwards, D.L. & Hutchinson, M.N. (2023). Sand Dragons: Species of the Ctenophorus maculatus Complex (Squamata: Agamidae) of Australia's Southern and Western Interior. Journal of Herpetology 57(2), 176-196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1670/22-021
- WildNet taxon ID
- 577
- Synonym(s)
- Ctenophorus fordi
- Alternate name(s)
- mallee dragon
mallee military dragon - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
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=577.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
