Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Tympanocryptis
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Australian Earless Dragons, Australian Earless Lizards
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Australischer Taubagamen
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Australske Døvagamer
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1863 |  |
Tympanocryptis Peters (type species: Tympanocryptis lineata Peters 1863) |
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1985 | |
Rotundacryptus Wells & Wellington (type species: Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther 1867; syn. Cogger 1996) |
Contents:
23 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included Rankinia diemensis, Cryptagama aurita and some species now placed in and Ctenophorus (adelaidensis, butleri, chapmani, parviceps).
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory,
New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia,
Victoria,
Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis argillosa
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Claypan Earless Dragon
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Tonschale-Taubagame
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Lersænknings-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis argillosa Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Queensland,
South Australia).
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Tympanocryptis centralis
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Centralian Earless Dragon
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Zentralaustralische Taubagame
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Centralaustralsk Døvagam
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Tympanocryptis lineata centralis Sternfeld |
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Tympanocryptis centralis Wells & Wellington 1984 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis centralis
© Rune Midtgaard
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Tympanocryptis cephalus
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Coastal Pebble Dragon, Coastal Pebble-mimic Dragon, Blotch-tailed Earless Dragon
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Pilbara-Taubagame
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Pilbara-døvagam
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1867 | |
Tympanocryptis cephalus Günther |
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Tympanocryptis lineata cephalus Kinghorn 1932 |
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Rotundacryptus cephalus Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Remarks:
Now restricted to Western Australia.
Previously included gigas and the populations now known as diabolicus, fortescuensis, and pseudopsephos (Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville 2015).
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis condaminensis
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Condamin Earless Dragon
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Condamin-Taubagame
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Condamin-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis condaminensis Melville, Smith, Hobson, Sumitha & Shoo |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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Tympanocryptis diabolicus
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Hamersley Pebble Dragon, Hamersley Pebble-mimic Dragon
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Hamersley-Taubagame
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Hamersley-døvagam
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2015 | |
Tympanocryptis diabolicus Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis fictilis
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Harlequin Earless Dragon
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Harlekin-Taubagame
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Harlekin-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis fictilis Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson |
Distribution:
Australia
(South Australia).
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Tympanocryptis fortescuensis
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Fortescue Pebble Dragon, Fortescue Pebble-mimic Dragon
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Fortescue-Taubagame
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Fortescue-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis fortescuensis Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis gigas
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Gascoyne Pebble Dragon, Gascoyne Pebble-mimic Dragon
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Gascoyne-Taubagame
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Gascoyne-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis cephalus gigas Mitchell |
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Tympanocryptis gigas Wells & Wellington 1984 |
Remarks:
Raised to species status by Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville (2015), although regarded as such already by Wells & Wellington (1984).
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis houstoni
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Nullarbor Earless Dragon, Nullarbor Lined Earless Dragon
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Nullarbor-Taubagame
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Nullarbor-døvagam
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1982 | |
Tympanocryptis lineata houstoni Storr |
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Tympanocryptis houstoni Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(South Australia,
Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis intima
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Smooth-snouted Earless Dragon, Gibber Earless Dragon
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Glattschnauzen-Taubagame
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Glatsnudet Døvagam
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1948 | |
Tympanocryptis intima Mitchell |
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Rotundacryptus intima Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia).
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Tympanocryptis lineata
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Canberra Earless Dragon, Common Lined Earless Dragon, (Five-lined Earless Dragon)
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Canberra-Taubagame
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Canberra-døvagam
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1863 | |
Tympanocryptis lineata Peters |
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1982 | |
Tympanocryptis lineata macra Storr |
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Tympanocryptis macra Wells & Wellington 1985 |
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1985 | |
Tympanocryptis karumba Wells & Wellington |
Remarks:
Now restricted to the Australian Capital Territory (Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre 2019).
Previously included centralis, cephalus, houstoni, pinguicolla, and tetraporophora, as well as the populations now assigned to
argillosa, fictilis, mccartneyi, osbornei, petersi, rustica, and tolleyi.
Reported from Kangaroo Island, South Australia (e.g., Waite 1927; Houston & Tyler 1979), probably referring to petersi, but there is no documentation for any
species of the genus Tympanocryptis in the island (Armstrong 1999).
Distribution:
Australia
(Australian Capital Territory).
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Tympanocryptis macra
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Savannah Earless Dragon
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Lake-Argyle-Taubagame
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Lake Argyle-døvagam
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1982 | |
Tympanocryptis lineata macra Storr |
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Tympanocryptis macra Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson 2019 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis mccartneyi
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Bathurst Grassland Earless Dragon
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Bathurst-Taubagame
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Bathurst-døvagam
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2019 | |
Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales).
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Tympanocryptis osbornei
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Monaro Grassland Earless Dragon
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Monaro-Taubagame
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Monaro-døvagam
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2019 | |
Tympanocryptis osbornei Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre |
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales).
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Tympanocryptis pentalineata
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Five-lined Earless Dragon
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Fünfstreifen-Taubagame
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Femstribet Døvagam
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Tympanocryptis pentalineata Melville, Smith, Hobson, Sumitha & Shoo |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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Tympanocryptis petersi
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Lined Earless Dragon
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Gestreifte Taubagame
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Stribet Døvagam
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Tympanocryptis petersi Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson |
Remarks:
Reports of lineata from Kangaroo Island, South Australia (e.g., Waite 1927; Houston & Tyler 1979), probably referring to petersi, are regarded as
erroneous, since there is no documentation for any species of the genus Tympanocryptis in the island (Armstrong 1999).
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
South Australia,
Victoria).
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Tympanocryptis pinguicolla
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Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon, Southern Lined Earless Dragon, Southeastern Lined Earless Dragon
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Victoria-Taubagame
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Victoria-døvagam
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Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla Mitchell |
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Tympanocryptis pinguicolla Wells & Wellington 1984 |
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Tympanocryptis telecom Wells & Wellington (tentative synonymy) |
Remarks:
Possibly extinct.
Historical distribution now restricted to the Melbourne area, but last confident sighting was in 1969, although unconfirmed sigthings were reported in 1988-1990.
Not seen since, in spite of targeted searches.
(Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson 2019; Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre 2019).
Previously included populations now assigned to lineata, mccartneyi, and osbornei
(Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald & Sarre 2019).
Distribution:
Australia
(Victoria).
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Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos
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Goldfields Pebble Dragon, Goldfields Pebble-mimic Dragon
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Südwestliche Taubagame
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Sydvestlig Døvagam
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Tympanocryptis pseudopsephos Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville |
Distribution:
Australia
(Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis rustica
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Tennant Creek Pebble Dragon
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Tennant Creek-Taubagame
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Tennant Creek-døvagam
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2019 | |
Tympanocryptis rustica Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory).
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Tympanocryptis tetraporophora
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Long-tailed Earless Dragon, Eyrean Earless Dragon, Four-pored Earless Dragon, Four-clawed Earless Dragon
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Langschwanz-Taubagame
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Langhalet Døvagam
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Tympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas & Frost |
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Tympanocryptis lineata tetraporophora Mitchell 1948 |
Remarks:
Validity as distinct species confirmed by Smith, Osborne, Donnellan & Cooper (1999).
Distribution:
Australia
(New South Wales,
Northern Territory,
Queensland,
South Australia).
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Tympanocryptis tolleyi
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Gawler Earless Dragon
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Gawler-Taubagame
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Gawler-døvagam
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2019 | |
Tympanocryptis tolleyi Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson |
Distribution:
Australia
(South Australia).
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Tympanocryptis uniformis
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Even-scaled Earless Dragon
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Gleichschuppige Taubagame
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Ensskællet Døvagam
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1948 | |
Tympanocryptis uniformis Mitchell |
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Rotundacryptus uniformis Wells & Wellington 1985 |
Distribution:
Australia
(Northern Territory,
Western Australia).
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Tympanocryptis wilsoni
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Roma Earless Dragon
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Roma-Taubagame
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Roma-døvagam
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2014 | |
Tympanocryptis wilsoni Melville, Smith, Hobson, Sumitha & Shoo |
Distribution:
Australia
(Queensland).
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