Tympanocryptis fictilis MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON, 2019
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Tympanocryptis fictilis
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Harlequin Earless Dragon |
| Synonym | Tympanocryptis fictilis MELVILLE, CHAPLIN, HIPSLEY, SARRE, SUMNER & HUTCHINSON 2019: 25 |
| Distribution | Australia (South Australia) Type locality: 18 km NNE of Arckaringa Homestead, South Australia, 27°46’5100 S, 134°47’1100 E. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. SAM R46179, adult male. Collected by Ralph Foster and Sharon Downes, 30 September 1995. Paratypes. SAMA R44707, Douglas Dam Track, 4 km S Eucalyptus Waterhole, 27°36’4600 S, 134°35’5900 E, adult female; R46226, Nr Douglas Dam, Arckaringa, South Australia, 27°39’700 S, 134° 32’5500 E, adult female; R46228, 17 km NNE of Arckaringa Homestead, approximately 50 km SW of Oodnadatta, South Australia, 27°4703800 S, 134°4701300 E, adult male; R44647, 4 km S of Eucalyptus Waterhole, Douglas Dam Track, approximately 50 km W of Oodnadatta, South Australia; 27°3604600 S, 134°3505900 E, adult male; R44712, 1 km S of Eucalyptus Waterhole, Todmorden Station, approximately 50 km west of Oodnadatta, South Australia, 27°3500900 S, 134°3603600E, adult female; R48493-94, 4.1 km Ese Parke Camp Waterhole, Todmorden Station, South Australia, 27°20’4900 S, 134°29’2300 E, adult females; R58134-35, W of Stuart HWY, 18.3 km WSW of England Hill, 80 km N of Coober Pedy, South Australia, 28°1002700 S, 134°0104900 E, adult males; R58187, 16.7 km WNW of Pile Hill, South Australia, 28°4500100 S, 134°3202100 E, adult male. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Tympanocryptis with smooth head and snout scales, rostral scale separated from the canthus rostralis, no lateral neck fold, smooth dorsal head scales, simple dorsal colour pattern of four dark dorsal cross-bands and no longitudinal five-lined pattern apart from traces of a vertebral line, ventral surface white. |
| Comment | Habitat. Very open, often undulating, stony plains, including areas of low rock outcrops with sparse chenopod ground cover and scattered Acacia overstorey. Through much of this area, a common component of the ground surface is silcrete gravel, its smooth surfaces and white to pale beige colouring contrasting with the underlying light to dark reddish clay. Distribution: see map in Melville et al. 2019: 6 (Fig. 1: species C) |
| Etymology | From fictilis, Latin adjective meaning fashioned from clay, as in porcelain or pottery, referring to the smooth scale surface and strongly contrasting colours of this lizard that match the equally contrasting silcrete and clay substrate on which they live. |
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