Genus Tympanocryptis Peters, 1863

Museums

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• Tympanocryptis Peters, W. 1863. Übersicht der von Hrn. Richard Schomburgk an das zoologische Museum eingesandten Amphibien, aus Buchsfelde bei Adelaide in Südaustralien. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863: 228-236 [1864 on title page] [230].

  Type species:

   Tympanocryptis lineata Peters, 1863 by monotypy.
• Rotundacryptus Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [19].

  Type species:

   Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther, 1867 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mulga Lands (ML), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NSW, SA, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Murray Darling Depression (MDD) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, WA: Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA, WA: Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL) ; Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Melville, J., Chaplin, K., Hipsley, C.A., Sarre, S.D., Sumner, J. & Hutchinson, M. 2019. Integrating phylogeography and high-resolution X-ray CT reveals five new cryptic species and multiple hybrid zones among Australian earless dragons. Royal Society Open Science 6(191166): 1-32 [Date published 18 Dec 2019] [16]

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