Tympanocryptis houstoni

Tympanocryptis houstoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Tympanocryptis
Species:	T. houstoni
Binomial name
	Tympanocryptis houstoni; Storr, 1982

Tympanocryptis houstoni, also known as Houston's earless dragon, is one of 15 documented species of a relatively small dragon belonging to the genus Tympanocryptis.

Found in South Australia and Western Australia.

Habitat

This terrestrial species is found in low, arid shrublands, and saltbush and bluebush flatlands. It occupies chenopod shrublands on clay soils of the Nullarbor Plain.^[1]

Description

Snout-to-vent length is 6cm on average.

Etymology

Tympanocryptis: 'hidden ear' Houstoni: Presumably named after T.E. Houston, author of Dragon lizards and Goannas of South Australia and the first to recognise the distinctiveness of this taxon.

References

^ Cogger, H., Shea, G. & Oliver, P. "Tympanocryptis houstoni". Retrieved 16 May 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Cogger, H., Shea, G. & Oliver, P. "Tympanocryptis houstoni". Retrieved 16 May 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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