Rankinia diemensis

Mountain Dragon at Bundanoon

Request use of media

Identification history

	Rankinia diemensis	23 Mar 2021	PatrickCampbell
	Rankinia diemensis	8 Mar 2021	Sarah2019

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Bit of a guess as to ID.

1 comment

PatrickCampbell wrote:

23 Mar 2021

You're correct, it's a juvenile Mountain Dragon and a very young one, that's probably recently hatched. The sides of the base of the tail are a good place to get close-up shots of in this species (or at least in focus and well illuminated) in order to help confirm ID. Rankinia diemensis can be distinguished from other similar looking dragon species in this part of the world by rows of enlarged spinose scales.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Maps Bundanoon Morton National Park Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Bundanoon, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
Sarah2019 Recorded by
Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Dragons Sarah2019 Southern Highlands NatureMapr

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
117 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Tympanocryptis diemensis

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania