Tympanocryptis uniformis MITCHELL, 1948

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Even-scaled Earless Dragon
Synonym	Tympanocryptis uniformis MITCHELL 1948: 76 Tympanocryptis uniformis — COGGER 1983 Rotundacryptus uniformis — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 19 Tympanocryptis uniformis — COGGER 2000: 356 Tympanocryptis uniformis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Tympanocryptis uniformis — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 99
Distribution	N Australia (Kimberley - Division east to Northern Territory) Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia) Type locality: near Darwin, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAMA R705
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Comment	Only known from its holotype, collected in 1911. Distribution: the type is said to be from around Darwin, but “Paul Horner, former curator from NT museum, spent many decades looking for Tympanocryptis in and around Darwin but never found any” (J. Melville, pers. comm., 13 Feb 2026), so the origin of this species is dubious.
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin uniformis (uniform) in allusion to the uniform, non-tuberculate body scalation of this species. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Chapple, David G.; Reid Tingley, Nicola J. Mitchell, Stewart L. Macdonald, J. Scott Keogh, Glenn M. Shea, Philip Bowles, Neil A. Cox, John C. Z. Woinarski 2019. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. CSIRO, 663 pp. DOI: 10.1071/9781486309474 - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Jolly, C., Schembri, B., & Macdonald, S. 2023. Field Guide to the Reptiles of the Northern Territory. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1948. A revision of the lacertilian genus Tympanocryptis. Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 57-86 - get paper here Storr, G M 1982. Taxonomic notes on the genus Tympanocryptis Peters (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Rec. West. Austr. Mus. 10 (1): 61-66 - get paper here Storr, G. M. 1964. The agamid lizards of the genus Tympanocryptis in Western Australia. J R. Soc. West. Aust. 47: 43-50. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Agamidae/Tympanocryptis… Google images

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