Lophognathus gilberti

Lophognathus gilberti, also known commonly as Gilbert's dragon, Gilbert's lashtail, or Ta-ta lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia.^[2]

Lophognathus gilberti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Lophognathus
Species:	L. gilberti
Binomial name
Lophognathus gilberti Gray, 1842
Synonyms[2]
Lophognathus gilberti Gray, 1842 Redtenbachia fasciata Steindachner, 1867 Grammatophora temporalis Günther, 1867 Physignathus gilberti — Boulenger, 1885 Physignathus incognitus Ahl, 1926 Gemmatophora gilberti — Storr, 1983 Amphibolurus gilberti — Ehmann, 1992 Lophognathus gilberti — Cogger, 2000

Etymology

The specific name, gilberti, is in honor of English naturalist John Gilbert.^[3]

Geographic range

L. gilberti is found in the following Australian states and territories: northern Northern Territory, northwestern Queensland, and northern Western Australia.^[1][2]

Habitat

L. gilberti is found in a variety of habitats including coastal sand dunes, shrubland, savanna, and forest, and it has also been found in agricultural and urban areas.^[1]

Behaviour

L. gilberti is terrestrial and semi-arboreal.^[1]

Reproduction

L. gilberti is oviparous, and sex determination is temperature-dependent.^[2]

References

1. Teale, R.; Wilson, S.; Zichy-Woinarski, J.; Doughty, P.; Somaweera, R.; Melville, J. (2017). "Lophognathus gilberti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170373A83321923. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170373A83321923.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Lophognathus gilberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-10-31.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lophognathus gilberti, p. 101).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Physignathus gilberti, pp. 396–397).
• Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
• Gray JE (1842). "Descriptions of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian Reptiles and Batrachians". Zoological Miscellany [2]: 51–57. (Lophognathus gilberti, new species, p. 53).
• Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.