Species Tympanocryptis centralis Sternfeld, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tympanocryptis lineata centralis Sternfeld, R. 1924. Beiträge zur Herpetologie Inner-Australiens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 38: 221-251 [234].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SMF 10349, Hermannsberg Mission, upper Finke River, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Mertens, R. 1967. Die herpetologische Sektion des Natur-Museums und Forschungs-Institutes Senckenburg in Frankfurt-a.-M. nebst einem Verzeichnis ihrer Typen. 1. Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 1-106.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Australia (primarily NT) but also adjacent areas of WA, QLD and SA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Desert.

 

General References

Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [124] (as junior synonym of T. lineata)

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] [27, Figures 10a and 11f]

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Centralian Earless Dragon)

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] [27] (Central Pebble Dragon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	AGAMIDAE	19-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024	LACERTILIA	20-Nov-2022	MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)