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Species Tympanocryptis osbornei Melville et al., 2019

Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

While previously considered to be one of four disjunct populations of T. pinguicolla in south-eastern Australia, Melville et al. (2019) determined that these represent four different species with this name applied to the population from around Cooma, NSW. See Melville et al. (2019) for further information.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Confined to the Monaro tablelands near Cooma, NSW.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Notes

Habitat: Naturally treeless native grassland communities from 758 to 1234m above sea level on basalt geology and heavy clay soils and in predominately dry tussock grasslands

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023 AGAMIDAE 19-Sep-2023 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 AGAMIDAE 18-Jun-2021 MODIFIED
AGAMIDAE 05-Jul-2019 ADDED