Belongs within: Iguania.
Contains: Ctenophorus, Tympanocryptis, Diporiphora, Phrynocephalus, Uromastyx, Agama.
The Agamidae, dragons, are a family of lizards found in much of the Old World. Most are diurnally active and terrestrial with a smaller number being arboreal. Agamids are characterised by juxtaposed body scales, often with enlarged tubercles and spines, and a broad, flat, fleshy tongue that is slightly notched in the front and not sheathed at the base (Cogger 2018).
The family includes such species as the thorny devil Moloch horridus and the frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii. Moloch horridus has the body covered with large conical spines, and a large spiny hump on the back of the neck (Cogger 2018). The flying dragons of the genus Draco, found in tropical forests of Africa and Asia, are capably of broadly extending the ribs laterally to form a gliding membrane.
<==Agamidae
|--Leiolepidinae [Uromastycidae, Uromastycinae]L05
| |--UromastyxBG20
| `--+--Leiolepis bellianaBG20
| `--+--+--Physignathus cocincinusBG20
| | `--Pogona Storr 1982BG20, C18
| | |--P. barbata (Cuvier 1829)C18
| | |--P. henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington 1985 [incl. P. brevis Witten 1994]E19
| | |--P. microlepidota (Glauert 1952) [=Amphibolurus barbatus microlepidotus]E19
| | |--P. minor (Sternfeld 1919)ADD08
| | | |--P. m. minorBMS09
| | | |--P. m. minimaBMS09
| | | `--P. m. mitchelli (Badham 1976) [=Amphibolurus mitchelli]E19
| | |--P. nullarbor (Badham 1976) [=Amphibolurus nullarbor]E19
| | `--P. vitticeps (Ahl 1926)C18
| `--+--AgaminaeL05
| | |--AgamaBG20
| | `--StellioB89
| | |--S. azureaB00
| | |--S. cordylusB00
| | |--S. lehmanniCM07
| | |--S. officinalisB00 [incl. Lacerta stellio Linnaeus 1758B00, L58]
| | `--S. orbicularisB00
| `--+--Acanthosaura crucigeraBG20
| `--+--GonocephalusBG20
| | |--G. grandisBMS09
| | `--G. zamboangaBG20
| `--CalotesBG20
| |--C. calotesAS09
| |--C. cristatellusM89
| |--C. emmaP89
| `--C. versicolorSRS02
|--HydrosaurusBMS09 [HydrosaurinaeSVL03]
| |--H. pustulatusBMS09
| |--H. salvatorP89
| `--H. variusM90
|--DraconinaeSVL03
| |--PtyctolaemusSVL03
| `--Draco Linnaeus 1758RFN02, L58
| |--*D. volans Linnaeus 1758L58
| `--D. lineatusB28
`--Amphibolurus Wagner 1830C18 [AmphibolurinaeSVL03]
|--A. burnsi (Wells & Wellington 1985)C18
|--A. centralis (Loveridge 1933)C18
|--A. gilbertiE19
|--A. longirostrisADD08
|--A. muricatus (White 1790) [=Lacerta muricata]E19
|--A. norrisi Witten & Coventry 1984)C18
`--A. reticulatusG54
Agamidae incertae sedis:
Caimanops Storr 1974C18
`--C. amphiboluroides (Lucas & Frost 1902)C18
CtenophorusBMS09
Moloch Gray 1841C18
`--M. horridus Gray 1841BMS09
TympanocryptisC18
DiporiphoraC18
Lophognathus Gray 1842C18
|--L. gilberti Gray 1842C18
|--L. horneri Melville, Ritchie et al. 2018E19
|--L. longirostrisBMS09
`--L. temporalisBMS09
Grammatophora barbata [=Amphibolurus barbatus]R13
Lophosaurus Fitzinger 1843 [incl. Hypsilurus Peters 1867]C18
|--L. boydii (Macleay 1884) [=Hypsilurus boydii]C18
|--'Hypsilurus’ godeffroyiC18
|--'Hypsilurus’ modesta [=Arua modesta]BMS09
`--L. spinipes (Duméril & Duméril 1851) [=Hypsilurus spinipes]C18
Chelosania Gray 1845C18
`--C. brunnea Gray 1845C18
Rankinia Wells & Wellington 1984C18
|--R. adelaidensisADD08
|--R. butleriADD08
|--R. diemensis (Gray 1841)C18
`--R. parvicepsADD08
Chlamydosaurus Gray 1825C18
`--C. kingii Gray 1825 [=Clamydosaurus kingii]E19
PhrynocephalusM01
TrapelusA-O00
|--T. pallidusLK03
| |--T. p. pallidusA-O00
| `--T. p. haasi (Werner 1971)A-O00
|--T. persicusLK03
`--T. ruderatusLK03
Lophyrus tigrinusH04
Draconellus volansH04
Japalura tricarinataAS09
Lyriocephalus scutatusCD88
Mimeosaurus crassus Gilmore 1943B93
Cryptagama Witten 1984C18
`--C. aurita (Storr 1981) [=Tympanocryptis aurita]E19
Gowidon Wells & Wellington 1984C18
|--G. longirostris (Boulenger 1883)C18
`--G. temporalis (Günther 1867)C18
Intellagama Wells & Wellington 1985C18
`--I. lesueurii (Gray 1831) [=Physignathus lesueurii]C18
|--I. l. lesueuriiC18
`--I. l. howittiiC18
Gemmatophora longirostrisSH90
Tropicagama Melville, Ritchie et al. 2018E19
*Type species of generic name indicated
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