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Tympanocryptis uniformis MITCHELL, 1948

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Even-scaled Earless Dragon 
SynonymTympanocryptis 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 
DistributionN Australia (Kimberley - Division east to Northern Territory)
Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia)

Type locality: near Darwin, N. T.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SAMA R705 
Diagnosis 
CommentOnly known from its holotype, collected in 1911. 
EtymologyPresumably 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.
  • 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.
 
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