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.
Chapple, David G. et al. (2026). Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017. Pacific Conservation Biology 32(5): PC25096. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC25096 [Supplementary data (.zip)]
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.