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Comb-bearing Dragons
Ctenophorus
Ctenophorus is a genus of lizards, also known as comb-bearing dragons, that contains the most diverse group of dragon lizards in Australia. Many of these have been grouped by a similar morphology. The informal names and groupings within this genus — rock, crevice-, ground, sand-, and bicycle-dragon — are named after the mythological creature, the dragon.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 41 known species
Ctenophorus maculatus
complexCtenophorus maculatus
Painted Dragon
speciesCtenophorus pictus
Ctenophorus reticulatus
complexCtenophorus reticulatus
Slater's Ring-tailed Dragon
speciesCtenophorus slateri
Tawny Rock Dragon
speciesCtenophorus decresii
Swift Rock Dragon
speciesCtenophorus modestus
Western Ring-tailed Dragon
speciesCtenophorus caudicinctus
Ornate Crevice-dragon
speciesCtenophorus ornatus
Crested Dragon
speciesCtenophorus cristatus
Military Dragon
speciesCtenophorus isolepis
Peninsula Rock Dragon
speciesCtenophorus fionni
Lozenge-marked Dragon
speciesCtenophorus scutulatus
Barrier Range Rock Dragon
speciesCtenophorus mirrityana
Western Heath Dragon
speciesCtenophorus adelaidensis
Red-barred Dragon
speciesCtenophorus vadnappa
Southern Heath Dragon
speciesCtenophorus chapmani
Claypan Dragon
speciesCtenophorus salinarum
Lake Eyre Dragon
speciesCtenophorus maculosus
Gibber Dragon
speciesCtenophorus gibba
Gnaraloo Heath Dragon
speciesCtenophorus parviceps
Rusty Dragon
speciesCtenophorus rufescens
Ochre Dragon
speciesCtenophorus tjantjalka
Black-shouldered Dragon
speciesCtenophorus clayi
Laverton ring-tailed dragon
speciesCtenophorus infans
Russet Dragon
speciesCtenophorus rubens
Shark Bay Heath Dragon
speciesCtenophorus butlerorum
Yinnietharra Rock Dragon
speciesCtenophorus yinnietharra
McKenzie's Dragon
speciesCtenophorus mckenziei
Graaf's Ring-tailed Dragon
speciesCtenophorus graafi
Lake Disappointment Dragon
speciesCtenophorus nguyarna
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31218.