Ctenophorus rufescens
Appearance
Rusty Dragon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Ctenophorus |
Species: | C. rufescens
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Binomial name | |
Ctenophorus rufescens | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Ctenophorus rufescens, commonly known as the rusty dragon[3] or rusty-crevice dragon[2] is a species of agamid lizard occurring in granite outcrops featuring open expanses strewn with exfoliated rock, in arid north-western South Australia, south-western Northern Territory and adjacent Western Australia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Melville, J.; Hutchinson, M.; Robertson, P.; Michael, D. (2018). "Ctenophorus rufescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83410052A83453658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83410052A83453658.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Ctenophorus rufescens (Stirling & Zietz, 1893)". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ a b Wilson, S., Swan, G. (2013) A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, New Holland Publishers, Sydney, New South Wales, ISBN 9781921517280[page needed]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Agamid lizards of Australia
- Ctenophorus
- Endemic fauna of Australia
- Reptiles described in 1893
- Taxa named by Edward Charles Stirling
- Taxa named by Amandus Heinrich Christian Zietz
- Reptiles of South Australia
- Reptiles of the Northern Territory
- Reptiles of Western Australia
- Least concern biota of Australia
- Agamidae stubs