The Earless Dragon

[snake6p]

Hi;
does anyone have a pic or any info on the earless dragon and the striped legless lizard or no were i can get info on them.
I've just learnt that they are an indangered species and live in my area and would like to no what i'm look'n for.

Thanks.

 

[sarahbell]

What sort of earless dragon?
i have some lined earless dragons that i could send a pic of

 

[snake6p]

I'm not sure, i was just told earless dragon.
where does the lined earless dragon originate?

 

[snake6p]

I would love to see the pic of lined earless dragon.
Thanks.

 

[Kenshin]

woops double posted due to site error

 

[Kenshin]

i think your talking about Tympanocryptis lineata it has a SVL of 58mm and is endangered in victoria

if you cant find info on it look for the following closely related dragons

T.centralis
T.houstoni
T.pinguicolla
T.tetraporophora (thats a mouthfull)

 

[Kenshin]

striped legless lizard aka Delma impar SVL 100mm endangered in vic/SA and vunerable nsw/act

love the leglass lizards if there was one species i could replace the lizard diet with rodents or insects i would get em hope this helps ill dig out john fowlers website that has pics and range maps on just about every aus species of herp

 

[sarahbell]

yep thats the one Kenshin

 

[snake6p]

Thanks kenshin and sarabell, helped heaps.

 

[Kenshin]

heres a good website pitty theres no info with it though check it out

http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/

 

[ozherpconservation]

love the leglass lizards if there was one species i could replace the lizard diet with rodents or insects i would get em

Burtons Legless Lizards feed on lizards only. Most (if not all) other species of Legless Lizard feed on insects.

Daniel

 

[ozherpconservation]

Re: RE: The Earless Dragon

where does the lined earless dragon originate?

Sarah's Earless Dragons (T.lineata lineata) originate from south western NSW.

Daniel

 

[ozherpconservation]

P.S. geckodan (a member of this forum) would be the man to speak to about Earless Dragons.

Daniel

 

[Kenshin]

well would you happen to know of anyone that breeds legless lizards apart from burtens prefer a species on the largish size maby one of the scaley foots

 

[danielsan]

We recently had a Reptile show in ACT diplaying these species among others. Some pics of Grassland Earless Dragon (Tympanocryptis pinguicolla) and Striped Legless Lizard (Delma impar)

 

[snake6p]

Thanks everyone,
After i got the sceintific name i found pics and info on them in one of the books i have.
The book says the dragon hasnt been seen in my area since the sixty's, but i'll get out and have a look anyway.

thanks again.