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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Acanthocercus Ridgeback Agamas Acanthosaura Pricklenapes Agama Typical Agamas Agasthyagama Indian Kangaroo Agamas Amphibolurus Southern Lashtail Dragons Aphaniotis Earless Agamas Bronchocela Long-tailed Agamas Bufoniceps Rajasthan Toad-headed Agama Calotes Forest Agamas Ceratophora Sri Lankan Horned Agamas Chelosania Chameleon Dragon Chlamydosaurus Frilled Lizard Cophotis Deaf Agamas Coryphophylax Bay Islands Forest Agamas Cristidorsa Crested Mountain Agamas Cryptagama Gravel Dragon Ctenophorus Comb Dragons Dendragama Sumatran Tree Agamas Diploderma Eastern Mountain Agamas Diporiphora Two-lined Dragons Draco Gliding Dragons Gonocephalus Western Anglehead Agamas Gowidon Long-nosed Dragon Harpesaurus Sunda Horned Agamas Hydrosaurus Sail-tailed Agamas Hypsicalotes Kinabalu Crested Agama Hypsilurus Eastern Anglehead Agamas Intellagama Common Australian Water Dragon Japalura Western Mountain Agamas Laodracon Laos Karst Dracon Laudakia Asian Rock Agamas Leiolepis Butterfly Agamas Lophocalotes Sumatra Crested Agamas Lophognathus Northern Lashtail Dragons Lophosaurus Sahul Anglehead Agamas Lyriocephalus Lyre-headed Agama Malayodracon West Malaysian Anglehead Agama Mantheyus Phu Wua Rock Agama Microauris Orange-lipped Forest Agama Moloch Moloch Monilesaurus Necklace Forest Agamas Otocryptis Sri Lankan Kangaroo Agamas Pelturagonia Indonesian Shrub Agamas Phoxophrys Sumatran Shrub Agama Phrynocephalus Toad-headed Agamas Physignathus Indochinese Water Dragon Pogona Bearded Dragons Psammophilus Indian Rock Agamas Pseudocalotes Long-headed Agamas Pseudotrapelus Afro-Arabian Desert Agamas Ptyctolaemus Fold-throated Agamas Rankinia Mountain Heath Dragon Saara Eastern Spiny-tailed Agamas Salea Indian Bush Agamas Sarada Greater Fan-throated Agamas Sitana Lesser Fan-throated Agamas Thaumatorhynchus Bengkulu Horned Agama Trapelus Afro-Asian Ground Agamas Tropicagama Northern Water Dragon Tympanocryptis Australian Earless Dragons Uromastyx Western Spiny-tailed Agamas Xenagama Shield-tailed Agamas

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: June 24th, 2024. Biodiversity of the family Agamidae Bibliography of the family Agamidae Agamidae Agamas and Dragons Agamen     Agamer Contents: Endemicity: 62 genera of which 28 (45.2%) are endemic   0% 100% 623 species of which 400 (64.2%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Frost & Etheridge (1989) united the families Agamidae and Chamaeleonidae in one family, Chamaeleonidae, comprising three subfamilies: Agaminae (including all genera until then assigned to Agamidae, except Leiolepis and Uromastyx), Chamaeleoninae (including all genera until then assigned to Chamaeleonidae in the strict sense), and Leiolepidinae (including Leiolepis and Uromastyx). This arrangement has not been generally accepted, and is not followed here. Böhme (1982) and Moody (1983) separated the genera Uromastyx and Leiolepis from the family Agamidae and revalidated the family name Uromastycidae for that purpose. Borsuk-Bialynicka & Moody (1984) reduced this group to subfamily status within the Agamidae. Leiolepididae has priority over Uromastycidae (Grismer 2008), but Leiolepis and Uromastyx are not even sister taxa (Macey & al. 2000; Townsend, Larson, Louis & Macey 2004), so if these genera were to be separated from the remaining agamid genera, it would have to be in two separate families, i.e., Leiolepididae for Leiolepis, and Uromastycidae for Uromastyx (including the subsequently revalidated genus Saara) (Grismer 2008). Although there is no consensus, some authors recognize Leiolepididae (e.g., Grismer 2008) and/or Uromastycidae (e.g., Das & Norsham 2007). The common name "Dragon" is mainly used for Australian members of the family. Distribution:  Africa, SE. Europe, Middle East, Asia, Malay Archipelago, Australia, W. Pacific. Reported from: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.