Draconinae
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| Draconinae | |
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| Oriental garden lizard (Calotes versicolor), India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genera | |
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The Draconinae are a subfamily of reptiles in the family Agamidae found in southern Asia. Some taxonomies believe these genera belong to the subfamily Agaminae.
Genera[1]
- Acanthosaura – mountain horned dragons
- Aphaniotis
- Bronchocela
- Calotes – garden lizards, bloodsuckers, and forest lizards
- Ceratophora
- Cophotis
- Draco – 'flying' lizards or gliding lizards
- Gonocephalus
- Japalura
- Lyriocephalus
- Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – hump-nosed lizard, lyreshead lizard
- Mantheyus
- Mantheyus phuwuanensis Manthey & Nabhitabhata, 1991 – Phuwua rock agama
- Otocryptis
- Ptyctolaemus
- Rankinia – heath dragons
- Salea
- Sitana – fan-throated lizards
- †Tikiguania
References
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- ↑ Draconinae, UniProt Taxonomy
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