38 species, see text Ctenophorus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing dragons, found in Australia.

[2] The genus contains the most diverse group of dragon lizards in Australia.

It is the largest group of Australian lizards and it has an extensive radiation in the arid zones.

Danielle Edwards, curator of terrestrial vertebrates at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and Mark Hutchinson, of the South Australian Museum, both started studying sand dragons in 2008, when only three species[7] (C. fordi, C. femoralis, and C. maculatus) had been identified.

[6] The four new species, all endemic to the state of South Australia, have been assigned names relating to their respective Aboriginal language of their habitat:[7][5] Lizards of the genus Ctenophorus are known to display colour polymorphism, more than one colour type being found within a population.