| Tympanocryptis mccartneyi | |
|---|---|
Critically endangered. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Tympanocryptis |
| Species: | T. mccartneyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, MacDonald, & Sarre, 2019 | |
Tympanocryptis mccartneyi, the Bathurst grassland earless dragon, is a species of agama found in Australia.
Tympanocryptis mccartneyi was described in the same paper as T. osbornei , published in 2019 in the open-access journal Royal Society Open Science , after genetic testing and CT scans of Tympanocryptis specimens showed that they were not T. pinguicolla as previously thought. The paper's first author was Jane Melville. The authors described a new species from the area of Bathurst, New South Wales, with a more precise location concealed due to conservation concerns; the species was named in honour of Ian McCartney, a former Bathurst-area park ranger and naturalist who aided in the species' discovery. [1] [2]
T. mccartneyi is an isolated species believed to be found only in the area around Bathurst, and its range does not overlap with any other Tympanocryptis lizards. T. mccartneyi is a specialist inhabitant of grasslands, plains, and paddocks in alluvial plains. [1]
All Tympanocryptis species are protected by CITES. [3] Tympanocryptis mccartneyi is recognized as critically endangered by both New South Wales and the national Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [4]
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