.::::: Lizards of the World - Iguania - Physignathus :::::.
Last update: 16 July, 2004

The water dragons are distributed with one species in southeastern tropical Asia and one species in Australia.
Physignathus Cuvier, 1829
 
Physignathus Cuvier, 1829
Dilophyrus mentager Günther, 1861
Istiurus physignathus Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Lophura concinna (Cuvier, 1829)
Lophura cuvieri Gray, 1831
Physignathus cochinchinensis Cuvier, 1829
Physignathus cocincinus caudicinctus Barbour, 1912
Physignathus cocincinus mentager (Günther, 1861)
Distribution: China, Thailand and Vietnam.
Physignathus lesueurii (Gray, 1831)

  • lesueurii (Gray, 1831)
    Amphibolurus branchialis De Vis, 1884
    Amphibolurus heterurus Peters, 1866
    Amphibolurus maculiferus Girard, 1857
    Iguana paramatensis Fitzinger, 1843
    Istiurus lesueurii (Gray, 1831)
    Lophura lesueurii Gray, 1831
  • howittii McCoy, 1884
     
    • Distribution: Australia.
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