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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Agamidae
Bibliography of the genus Rankinia
Biodiversity of the family Agamidae








Genus
Rankinia

Mountain Heath Dragon

Australische Bergagam

Australsk Bjergagam

1984 Rankinia Wells & Wellington (type species: Grammatophora diemensis Gray 1841; syn. Cogger 1996)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Tympanocryptis (e.g., Cogger 1996; Wilson & Knowles 1988), but as a valid genus in most recent works (e.g., Wilson & Swan 2010; Cogger 2014).
Distribution: As for the single genus.

Rankinia diemensis

Mountain Heath Dragon, Mountain Dragon

Australische Bergagam

Australsk Bjergagam

1841 Grammatophora diemensis Gray
Grammatophora muricata diemensis Gray 1841
Amphibolurus diemensis Loveridge 1934
Rankinia diemensis Wells & Wellington 1984
Tympanocryptis diemensis Wilson & Knowles 1988
1816 Agama jacksoniensis Cloquet [part] (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983)
1845 Grammatophora angulifera Gray [part] (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983)
1849 Agama caelaticeps Smith (Cogger, Cameron & Cogger 1983)
1984 Rankinia boylani Wells & Wellington (Shea & Sadlier 1999)

Distribution: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria).


Rankinia diemensis
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