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Draconinae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Scientific name
  
Draconinae

Rank
  
Subfamily

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Iguania

Higher classification
  
Agamidae

Draconinae

Lower classifications
  
Lyreshead lizard, Bronchocela cristatella, Bronchocela jubata, Swinhoe's japalura


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

Genera

  • Acanthosaura – mountain horned dragons
  • Aphaniotis
  • Bronchocela
  • Calotes – garden lizards, bloodsuckers, and forest lizards
  • Ceratophora
  • Complicitus
  • Cophotis
  • Dendragama
  • Draco – 'flying' lizards or gliding lizards
  • Gonocephalus
  • Harpesaurus
  • Hypsicalotes
  • Japalura
  • Lophocalotes
  • Lyriocephalus
  • Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – hump-nosed lizard, lyreshead lizard
  • Malayodracon
  • Malayodracon robinsonii
  • Mantheyus
  • Mantheyus phuwuanensis Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991 – Phuwua rock agama
  • Mictopholis - sometimes classified with Pseudocalotes
  • Mictopholis austeniana (Annandale, 1908) - Annandale's dragon
  • Oriocalotes
  • Otocryptis
  • Phoxophrys
  • Psammophilus
  • Pseudocalotes
  • Pseudocophotis
  • Ptyctolaemus
  • Salea
  • Sarada – large fan-throated lizards
  • Sitana – fan-throated lizards
  • Thaumatorhynchus
  • †Tikiguania

    • References

    Draconinae Wikipedia
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