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Black-spined nobbi dragon

black-spined nobbi dragon (Diporiphora phaeospinosa)
Blackdown Tablelands, Queensland
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Diporiphora phaeospinosa - Melville & Edwards, 2011
Pronunciation  DIE-por-IFF-er-ah   FEE-oh-spin-OH-sah
Etymology  Diporiphora: 'two-pore-bearer', after the two femoral pores in the type species.
phaeospinosa: "The specific epithet phaeospinosa is a composite from the Latin root terms phaeo (dark) and spinos (spiny) describing the main distinguishing morphological features of this species."1
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References

  1. Melville, Jane & Edwards, Danielle L. (2011). Extensive Phylogeographic and Morphological Diversity in Diporiphora nobbi (Agamidae) Leads to a Taxonomic Review and a New Species Description. Journal of Herpetology, 45(4):530-546. - search web for this article
 

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