Tympanocryptis mccartneyi Melville et al., 2019
Bathurst grassland earless dragon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (AG, TSSC, 2025)
Last record: 1996 (AG, TSSC, 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
New South Wales, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Melville, J., Chaplin, K., Hutchinson, M., Sumner, J., Gruber, B., MacDonald, A. J. and Sarre, S. D. (2019). Taxonomy and conservation of grassland earless dragons: new species and an assessment of the first possible extinction of a reptile on mainland Australia. Royal Society Open Science 6(5): 190233.
Other references:
AG, TSSC (Australian Government, Threatened Species Scientific Committee). (2025). Tympanocryptis mccartneyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T221324039A235751186. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T221324039A235751186.en. Accessed on 07 August 2026.
DCCEEW (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water). (2023). Conservation Advice for Tympanocryptis mccartneyi (Bathurst grassland earless dragon). Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Canberra.