Pix from Danum: a pill millipede and an agamid lizard, plus the rainforest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference

Molecular claims of Gondwanan age for Australian agamid lizards are untenable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

There are over 400 living agamid species, and this brings me on to pet peeve # 407.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

The agamid lizard Cryptagama aurita has a small distribution, concentrated in this region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Plains tropical savanna] Reference

Although reptiles in the region are not well-studied, at least one endemic lizard, the toad-headed agamid (Phrynocephalus vlangalii), occurs here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qaidam Basin semi-desert] Reference

In addition to the large number of Rhacophorid frogs, new species have been added to the endemic agamid lizard genera, Lyriocephalus, Ceratophora, and Cophotis, over the past few years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sri Lanka montane rain forests] Reference

Studies generally agree that there are three major agamid clades: the Australo-papuan clade (Amphibolurinae), the southern Asian clade (Draconinae), and the African-west Asian clade (Agaminae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

The distinctive grasslands of the downs harbor several endemic reptiles: the gecko Gehyra minuta, skinks (Ctenotus schevilli, C. agrestis, and C. joanae), an agamid lizard Pogona henrylawsoni, and a monitor Varanus spenceri.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mitchell grass downs] Reference

But the limited information suggests that the critically endangered turtle Pelochelys cantorii, the geckos Gehyra lacerata and Gekko petricolus, the agamid lizard Ptyctolaemus phuwuanensis, the two skinks Isopachys borealis and Lygosoma koratense, the earth snake Typhlops khoratensis, and the colubrid snake Oligodon hamptoni are ecoregional endemics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Indochina dry forests] Reference

All of these lizards belong to the agamid clade Agaminae, and it’s a few members of this group that I’m going to look at here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

As usual, I’ve had to restrict my coverage to one specific area of the agamid world, and I hope to write more about this fascinating group in future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

This is because, while the name Laudakia isn’t new (having been coined by Gray in 1845), it later became sunk into synonymy with Agama and only became resurrected following S. Moody’s 1980 doctoral study on agamid relationships.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference

The endemic reptile species consist of the geckoes Diplodactylus mcmillani, Gehyra occidentalis, G. xenopus, Oedura filicipoda, O. gracilis, O. obscura and Pseudothecadactylus cavaticus, the agamid lizards Diporiphora convergens, D. pindan, D. superba, and Pogona microlepidota, the skinks Carlia johnstonei, Ctenotus burbidgei, C. mastigura, C. tantillus, C. yampiensis, Egernia douglasi, Glaphyromorphus brongersmai, Lerista apoda, L. borealis, L. kalumburu, L. separanda, L. walkeri and Omolepida maxima, and the snakes Ramphotyphlops howi, R. micromma, R. troglodytes, R. yampiensis, Morelia carinata, Denisonia ordensis and Vermicella minima.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kimberly tropical savanna] Reference