AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Agamidae / Tympanocryptis
Earless dragons
Tympanocryptis
- Peters, 1868
| Pronunciation: | TIM-pan-oh-KRIP-tiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Etymology: | 'hidden ear'. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomic notes: |
Tympanocryptis taxonomy is currently a mess. Pebble dragon (Tympanocryptis cephalus) specimens from Queensland are now considered to be gibber earless dragon (Tympanocryptis intima), with T. cephalus found only in Western Australia1. Tympanocryptis cephalus specimens from the Pilbara coast around Karatha possibly represent an as yet undescribed species1. |
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| Statistics: |
Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 8 out of 8 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: pebble dragon (Tympanocryptis cephalus) at 5 cm Longest Australian species: Eyrean earless dragon (Tympanocryptis tetraporophora) at 7.4 cm |
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| Number of Australian species: | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Shoo, LP; Rose, R.; Doughty, P.; Austin, J.J.; & Melville, J. (2008). Diversification patterns of pebble-mimic dragons are consistent with historical disruption of important habitat corridors in arid Australia. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 48(2):528-542.