Species Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas & Frost, 1895
Eyrean Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1895. Preliminary notice of a certain species of lizard from central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 264-269 [265].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV D7701, Adminga and Dalhousie, SA.Subsequent designation references:
Coventry, A.J. 1970. Reptile and amphibian type specimens housed in the National Museum of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 31: 115-124.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Desert, diurnal, hummock grassland, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low woodland, oviparous, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.
General References
Houston, T.F. 1978. Dragon Lizards and Goannas of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Museum 84 pp. (natural history)
Melville, J., Smith, K., Hobson, R., Hunjan, S. & Shoo, L. 2014. The role of integrative taxonomy in the conservation management of cryptic species: the taxonomic status of endangered earless dragons (Agamidae: Tympanocryptis) in the grasslands of Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 9(7): 13 pp. [Date published July 30, 2014]
Mitchell, F.J. 1948. A revision of the lacertilian genus Tympanocryptis. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 57-86 (taxonomy)
Storr, G.M. 1964. The agamid lizards of the genus Tympanocryptis in Western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 47: 43-50 (taxonomy)
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] (Eyrean Earless Dragon)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 02-May-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |