NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Condamine Earless Dragon
Tympanocryptis condaminensis Melville, Smith, Hobson, Hunjan & Shoo, 2014
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Tympanocryptis condaminensis, the Condamine earless dragon, is a species of agama found in Australia. It is a small to medium-sized Tympanocryptis with well-developed lateral and ventral body patterning, consisting of strongly contrasting brown-black and white irregular banding and speckling. It is currently known from the eastern Darling Downs, where it inhabits the remnant native grasslands, croplands and roadside verges on the black cracking clays of the Condamine River floodplain.
Wikipedia contributors, Tympanocryptis condaminensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:49:43.834526+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tympanocryptis condaminensis Melville, Smith, Hobson, Hunjan & Shoo, 2014
- Name authority
- Melville, Smith, Hobson, Hunjan & Shoo, 2014
- Common name
- Condamine Earless Dragon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Tympanocryptis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyAmphibolurinae
- genusTympanocryptis
- speciesTympanocryptis condaminensis Melville, Smith, Hobson, Hunjan & Shoo, 2014
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Tympanocryptis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hamersley pebble-mimic dragonTympanocryptis diabolicus Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville, 2015 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tympanocryptis fortescuensis Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville, 2015 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Goldfields pebble-mimic dragonTympanocryptis pseudopsephos Doughty, Kealley, Shoo & Melville, 2015 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eyrean earless dragonTympanocryptis tetraporophora Lucas & Frost, 1895 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gascoyne pebble-mimic dragonsTympanocryptis gigas Mitchell, 1948 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Even-scaled Earless DragonTympanocryptis uniformis Mitchell, 1948 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Roma earless dragonTympanocryptis wilsoni Melville, Smith, Hobson, Hunjan & Shoo, 2014 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Australian Earless DragonTympanocryptis centralis Sternfeld, 1925 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Claypan Earless DragonTympanocryptis argillosa Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson, 2019 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Harlequin Earless DragonTympanocryptis fictilis Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson, 2019 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gawler Earless DragonTympanocryptis tolleyi Melville, Chaplin, Hipsley, Sarre, Sumner & Hutchinson, 2019 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bathurst Grassland Earless DragonTympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville, Chaplin, Hutchinson, Sumner, Gruber, Macdonald & Sarre, 2019 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Tympanocryptis&species=condaminensis Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:7DBD6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.