Draconinae

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Draconinae
Draco sumatranus.jpg
Common gliding lizard ( Draco sumatranus ), Singapore
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Fitzinger, 1826
Genera

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The Draconinae are a subfamily of reptiles in the family Agamidae found in southern Asia and Oceania. Some taxonomists believe these genera belong to the subfamily Agaminae.

Genera

The subfamily includes the following genera: [1]

GenusCommon nameSpeciesImages
Acanthosaura mountain horned dragons20 Acanthosaura cardamomensis 189186673 (cropped).jpg

A. cardamomensis

Agasthyagama Indian kangaroo lizard1 Otocryptis beddomii (cropped).jpg

A. beddomii

Aphaniotis earless agamas3 Indonesia Earless Agama (Aphaniotis acutirostris) (24209995742) (cropped).jpg

A. acutirostris

Bronchocela Southeast Asian green

forest lizards

15 Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) (cropped).jpg

B. cristatella

Calotes garden lizards, bloodsuckers,

and forest lizards

30 Green garden lizard (Calotes calotes) male breeding (cropped).jpg

C. calotes

Ceratophora horned lizards6 Ceratophora aspera (cropped).jpg

C. aspera

Complicitus blackthroated bloodsucker1
Cophotis 2 Cophotis ceylanica (cropped).jpg

C. ceylanica

Cristidorsa ridged dragons2 Lizard Japalura otai 7531 18.jpg

C. otai

Dendragama tree agamas4 Bunglon belang sumatera (cropped).jpg

D. boulengeri

Diploderma 47 Japalura swinhonis (9381828216) (cropped).jpg

D. swinhonis

Draco 'flying' dragons,

or gliding lizards

41 Draco taeniopterus Gunther, 1861 from Bulon (cropped).jpg

D. taeniopterus

Gonocephalus 17 Gonocephalus grandis (male) - Betong District, Yala Province (50769354338) (cropped).jpg

G. grandis

Harpesaurus nose-horned lizards6 Harpesaurus modiglianii - Baliani, 1933.png

H. modiglianii

Hypsicalotes Kinabalu crested agama1 Kinabalu Crested Dragon (Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis) male (6679638565) (cropped).jpg

H. kinabaluensis

Japalura japalures8 Kaziranga Lizard (107934471) (cropped).jpeg

J. variegata

Laodracon

Brakels, Sitthivong,Wang, Nguyen &Poyarkov, 2023

Laos karst dragon1
Lophocalotes Sumatra crested agamas2 Lophocalotes interruptus.jpg

L. ludekingi

Lyriocephalus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

hump-nosed lizard, lyreshead lizard1 Hump-nosed Lizard 1 (cropped).jpg

L. scutatus

Malayodracon Robinson's anglehead lizard1
Mantheyus

Manthey &Nabhitabhata, 1991

Phuwua rock agama1 Phuwua Rock Agama imported from iNaturalist photo 60480963 on 1 October 2021 (cropped).jpg

M. phuwuanensis

Microauris

(Pal et al., 2018)

small-eared dragon1
Monilesaurus 4 Forest Calotes Calotes rouxii Male by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN4821 (1) (cropped).jpg

M. rouxii

Otocryptis 2 Otocryptis nigristimata (cropped).jpg

O. nigristigma

Pelturagonia eyebrowed agamas5 Pelturagonia nigrilabris.jpg

P. nigrilabris

Phoxophyrs

Hubrecht, 1881

Hubrecht's eyebrow lizard1 Phoxophrys tuberculata - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ12700079 (cropped).tif

P. tuberculata

Psammophilus 2 Peninsular Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)- Male breeding plumage- in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7714 (cropped).jpg

P. dorsalis

Pseudocalotes false bloodsuckers23 Pseudocalotes floweri, Flower's long-headed lizard - Khao Khitchakut National Park (47144396302) by Rushen (cropped).jpg

P. floweri

Pseudocophotis 2
Ptyctolaemus 3 Ptyctolaemus gularis Manmao (cropped).jpg

P. gularis

Salea 2 Salea anamallayana 1 (cropped).jpg

S. anamallayana

Sarada large fan-throated lizards3 Sarada superba.jpg

S. superba

Sitana fan-throated lizards15 Sitana marudhamneydhal 78440356.jpg

S. marudhamneydhal

† Tikiguania

References

  1. ↑ Draconinae, UniProt Taxonomy
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