Species Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville et al., 2019
Bathurst Grassland Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville, J., Chaplin, K., Hutchinson, M., Sumner, J., Gruber, B., MacDonald, A.J. & Sarre, S.D. 2019. Taxonomy and conservation of grassland earless dragons: new species and an assessment of the first possible extinction of a reptile on mainland Australia. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190233.Zoobank Registration Number:8AC42566-2404-4DCC-8503-7D910E86E824
Type data:
Holotype AM R26077 ♂, Bathurst, New South Wales.
Paratype(s) AM AM R25980 1 spec., same as holotype.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Tympanocryptis pinguicolla Mitchell, 1948 [a misidentification]. —
Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [759] (in part)
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 Bathurst, NSW. See Melville et al. (2019) for further information.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the Bathurst region, New South Wales. Grasslands and open country on the alluvial plains.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Notes
Habitat: A grassland specialist, inhabiting treeless plains and open grasslands.