Tympanocryptis
| Tympanocryptis | |
|---|---|
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| Tympanocryptis tetraporophora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Amphibolurinae |
| Genus: | Tympanocryptis Peters, 1863 |
Tympanocryptis is a genus of Australian lizards from the family Agamidae.
Species[1]
- Tympanocryptis cephalus (Gunther, 1867) – Blotch-tailed Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis condaminensis (Steve Wilson, 2014) – Darling Downs Earless Dragon, eastern Condamine River floodplain (prev T. pinguicolla) [2]
- Tympanocryptis intima (Mitchell, 1948) – Gibber Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis lineata (Peters, 1863) – Lined Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis parviceps (Storr, 1964) – Gnaraloo Heath Dragon
- Tympanocryptis pinguicolla (Mitchell, 1948) – Grassland Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis tetraporophora (Lucas & Frost, 1895) – Long-tailed Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis uniformis (Mitchell, 1948) – Even-scaled Earless Dragon
- Tympanocryptis wilsoni (Steve Wilson, 2014) – Darling Downs Earless Dragon, western Condamine River floodplain (prev T. pinguicolla) (see ref 2)
Preservation
Tympanocryptis pinguicolla
In early January 2014, media reported[3] that researchers Professor Stephen Sarre and Dr Lisa Doucette from the University of Canberra's Institute for Applied Ecology had succeeded in breeding T pinguicolla in captivity, and had also hatched eggs gathered from field studies, with around 60 hatchlings being born. In June 2011, Professor Sarre's team won a four year funding grant from the Australian Research Council to research and potentially save the species from extinction, and find a cause for the species recent collapse in numbers, thought to be associated with 10 years of drought in the species' range.[4]
References
- ↑ Tympanocryptis, The Reptiles Database
- ↑ Dragons discovered on the Darling Downs, ABC local radio/online, 11 August 2014, accessed same date
- ↑ Canberra breeding program bolsters tiny endangered dragons, Kathleen Dyett, ABC News Online, 3 January 2014, accessed 6 January 2014
- ↑ New funding gives hope to endangered species, Claudia Doman, University of Canberra, 9 June 2011, accessed 6 January 2014
- Tympanocryptis, Zipcode Zoo
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