---
title: "Mountain Dragon"
description: "Rankinia diemensis — Répteis. Rankinia is a genus of small agamid reptiles."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mountain-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Dragon

> Rankinia diemensis — Répteis. Rankinia is a genus of small agamid reptiles.

- Scientific name: *Rankinia diemensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1790
- Wikidata: [Q3061781](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061781)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31392](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31392)

## Names

- en: Mountain Dragon
- de: Berg-Taubagame

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1714)

## Summary

Rankinia is a genus of small agamid reptiles. As currently delineated, it is monotypic, containing only Rankinia diemensis (Gray, 1841), also known as the mountain heath dragon or mountain dragon. It is endemic to Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankinia

## Photo

![Mountain Dragon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tim F · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149102844

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-dragon?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).