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Tympanocryptis macra

Tympanocryptis macra, the savannah earless dragon, is a species of agama found in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It was described originally as Tympanocryptis lineata macra in 1982 by Glen Milton Storr.

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Tympanocryptis macra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Tympanocryptis
Species:
T. macra
Binomial name
Tympanocryptis macra
Storr, 1982
Synonyms1

Tympanocryptis lineata macra Storr, 1982

Tympanocryptis macra, the savannah earless dragon, is a species of agama found in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.12 It was described originally as Tympanocryptis lineata macra in 1982 by Glen Milton Storr.13

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References

  1. Tympanocryptis macra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2020-10-31.
  2. Jane Melville; Kirilee Chaplin; Mark Hutchinson; Joanna Sumner; Bernd Gruber; Anna J. MacDonald; Stephen D. Sarre (22 May 2019). "Taxonomy and conservation of grassland earless dragons: new species and an assessment of the first possible extinction of a reptile on mainland Australia". Royal Society Open Science. 6 (5) 190233. doi:10.1098/RSOS.190233. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 6549961. PMID 31218062. Wikidata Q64915520.
  3. Storr, G M 1982. Taxonomic notes on the genus Tympanocryptis Peters (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 10 (1): 61-66