Species Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841)

• Grammatophora muricata diemensis Gray, J.E. 1841. Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 42: 86-91 [88].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, TAS.
• Agama diemenensis Cloquet, H. 1816. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on Traité Méthodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature. Paris & Strasbourg. [75] [nom. nud.].
• Grammatophora angulifera Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 289 pp. [252] [in part; var. 1; remaining systypes referred to Amphibolurus adelaidensis (Gray, 1841)].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.9.4.29–30, Tas; BMNH 1946.9.4.58–66, Tas; BMNH xxiv.49.f, Tas.
• Agama caelaticeps Smith, A. 1849. Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. Reptilia. London : Smith, Elder & Co. [pl. 74, and accompanying text].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1946.9.4.33–34, 'towards the Tropic of Capricorn, South Africa' (errore).
• Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet, H. 1816. In, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on Traité Méthodiquement des Differens Etres de la Nature. Paris & Strasbourg. [74] [in part; paralectotype RMNH 3117 (smaller of 2 specimens) from Australia is referable to T. diemensis; the lectotype is of Amphibolurus muricatus (q.v.)].
• Rankinia boylani Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1984. A synopsis of the class Reptilia in Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1(3-4): 73-129 [1983 on title page] [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R111951 (previously AMFS28487), Mt Victoria, NSW [33°35'S 150°15'E].

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [55].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [111]

 

Generic Combinations

• Amphibolurus diemensis (Gray, 1841).
• Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Alpine, arboreal, diurnal, open forest, oviparous, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.

 

General References

Baehr, M. 1976. Beiträge zur Verbreitung und Ökologie Tasmanischer Reptilien. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 292: 1-24 (natural history)

Jenkins, R.W.G. & Bartell, R.J. 1980. A Field Guide to Reptiles of the Australian High Country. Melbourne : Inkata Press 187 pp. (natural history)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [39] (Mountain Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	10-May-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	AGAMIDAE	27-Apr-2017	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)