Ctenophorus mckenziei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Ctenophorus
- Species
- Ctenophorus mckenziei
- Scientific Name
- Ctenophorus mckenziei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ctenophorus mckenziei
Ctenophorus mckenziei, also commonly known as the dwarf-bicycle dragon and McKenzie's dragon, is a species of endemic Australian lizard within the family Agamidae. Originally named and described as the agamid Amphibolurus mckenziei, the lizard had been identified within the regions of Western Australia and South Australia in which it occupied the shrubbery and woodland areas as its habitat. It was subsequently transferred to the genus Ctenophorus along with other agamid species with which it shared similar morphology and characteristics. The name mckenziei is in reference to Norman Leslie McKenzie, who was a zoologist and discovered the existence of the lizard. Listed on the IUCN red list page, threats to its population numbers are evaluated as least concern; however, its numbers are threatened by habitat loss, climate change, and feral predators.
...Ctenophorus mckenziei in languages:
- English
- Dwarf Bicycle-dragon
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ctenophorus adelaidensis
- Ctenophorus butlerorum
- Ctenophorus caudicinctus
- Ctenophorus chapmani
- Ctenophorus clayi
- Ctenophorus cristatus
- Ctenophorus decresii
- Ctenophorus femoralis
- Ctenophorus fionni
- Ctenophorus fordi
- Ctenophorus gibba
- Ctenophorus graafi
- Ctenophorus infans
- Ctenophorus isolepis
- Ctenophorus maculatus
- Ctenophorus maculosus
- Ctenophorus mckenziei
- Ctenophorus mirrityana
- Ctenophorus modestus
- Ctenophorus nguyarna
- Ctenophorus ornatus
- Ctenophorus parviceps
- Ctenophorus pictus
- Ctenophorus reticulatus
- Ctenophorus rubens
- Ctenophorus rufescens
- Ctenophorus salinarum
- Ctenophorus scutulatus
- Ctenophorus slateri
- Ctenophorus spinodomus
- Ctenophorus tjantjalka
- Ctenophorus vadnappa
- Ctenophorus yinnietharra