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The Tjakalpa, Kartiwarrui, Ibiri and Tuniluki Sand Dragon Lizards Are New to Science

The Tjakalpa, Kartiwarrui, Ibiri and Tuniluki Sand Dragon Lizards Are New to Science

by Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 07, 2023
One newly discovered species of sand dragon lizards

Four new species of sand dragon lizards have been discovered in South Australia, with the lizards named after the traditional languages of the country where they were found.

The lizards belong to the Ctenophorus family and were identified by Danielle Edwards, curator of terrestrial vertebrates at The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.

The find has been more than a decade in the making, when Dr Edwards set out in collaboration with Mark Hutchinson from the South Australian Museum in 2008 to see whether more sand dragons than the three that were then known existed.

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