Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
South-Eastern Lined Earless Dragon, Lined Earless Dragon, Lined Earless Lizard
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,043 meters (0 to 13,264 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Lepidosauria
()
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Agamidae
()
- Subfamily:
Agaminae
()
- Genus:
Tympanocryptis
()
- Peters, 1863
- Specific name:
lineata
- PETERS 1863
- Subspecies:
on
after COGGER 2000. Tympanocryptis lineata pi
- Scientific name: - Tympanocryptis lineata PETERS 1863
- Subspecies:
on
after COGGER 2000. Tympanocryptis lineata pi
- Specific name:
lineata
- PETERS 1863
- Genus:
Tympanocryptis
(
- Subfamily:
Agaminae
(
- Family:
Agamidae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Lepidosauria
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Tympanocryptis karumba Wells & Wellington 1984 • Tympanocryptis lineata lineata Manthey & Schuster 1999: 108 • Tympanocryptis lineata — Boulenger 1885: 392 • Tympanocryptis lineata — Cogger 1983 • Tympanocryptis lineata — Cogger 2000: 353
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Syntypes: ZMB 4714 (2 specimens), ZMB 740, MNHN Lectotype
:
SMF 10349, from Hermannsburg Mission, upper Finke River
, N. T., designated
by MERTENS 1967 [Tympanocryptis lineata centralis] Holotype: SAMA
R2468a, from S Vic. [pinguicolla] Subspecies
and their distribution
after COGGER 2000. Tympanocryptis lineata pinguicolla MITCHELL 1948
is considered a full species by most authors
now. Named after Latin
linea, meaning stripe
or line
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tympanocryptis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. cephalus (Blotch-Tailed Earless Dragon) · T. intima (Interior Earless Lizard) · T. lineata (South-Eastern Lined Earless Dragon) · T. lineata pinguicolla (South-Eastern Lined Earless Dragon) · T. parviceps (Gnaraloo Heath Dragon) · T. pinguicolla (Grassland Earless Dragon) · T. tetraporophora (Long-Tailed Earless Dragon) · T. uniformis (Even-Scaled Earless Dragon)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology: essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams / Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1983. url p. 719.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 77 1934 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 256.
- Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url .
- Natural history of Victoria. Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or, Figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals... By Frederick McCoy... Melbourne, J.Ferres, government printer;1885-90. url , , , .
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 261, p. 281, p. 662.
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 50.
- Records of the South Australian Museum / Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia. Adelaide: Published under the authority of the board of governors and edited by the museum director, 1918- url p. 198.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 266.
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url , p. 148.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 470, p. 706, p. 769.
Notes
Contributors
- Australasian Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Tympanocryptis lineata ssp. pinguicolla. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2546025
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-7396
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14659874
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12369
Footnotes
- Mean = 207.640 meters (681.234 feet), Standard Deviation = 426.970 based on 868 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
