Rankinia diemensis

Mountain Dragon at Harolds Cross, NSW

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Rankinia diemensis GeoffRobertson 14 Dec 2019
Rankinia diemensis Harrisi 14 Dec 2019

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4 comments

   14 Dec 2019
Great images. You managed to captured the tail and its habitat.
   14 Dec 2019
A very good record, since we have only a few photo sightings from Tallaganda National Park.
   14 Dec 2019
Great photos - they are gravid females - and would have been checking holes or enlarging them ready to lay their eggs. well done!
   14 Dec 2019
Great info..thanks everyone. They were certainly quite tame (though watchful yet considerably vulnerable) at their burrows

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Sighting information

  • At least 1 Abundance
  • 11 Dec 2019 04:04 PM Recorded on
  • Harrisi Recorded by

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Species information

  • Rankinia diemensis Scientific name
  • Mountain Dragon Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1716.5m Recorded at altitude
  • Synonyms

    Tympanocryptis diemensis

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