Cristidorsa

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Cristidorsa
Lizard Japalura otai 7531 16.jpg
Cristidorsa otai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Cristidorsa
Wang, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Lin, Jiang, Che & Siler, 2018 [1]

Cristidorsa is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae native to India and Myanmar. The name Cristidorsa is Latin for "ridged dorsum", in reference to the ridges on the backs of lizards in this genus. The common name ridged dragons was suggested by the authors of the 2018 genus description. The species were originally placed in the genus Japalura. [2] [1]

Species

Species include:

ImageScientific NameCommon NameDistribution
Lizard Japalura otai 7531 02.jpg Cristidorsa otai (Mahony, 2009)Ota's mountain lizardnortheastern India
Cristidorsa planidorsata.jpg Cristidorsa planidorsata (Jerdon, 1870)smooth-scaled mountain lizardMyanmar and northeast India.

Nota bene : a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cristidorsa.

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References

  1. 1 2 Wang, Kai; Che, Jing; Lin, Simin; Deepak, V; Aniruddha, Datta-Roy; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Chen, Hongman; Siler, Cameron D (11 October 2018). "Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 185: 246–267. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034.
  2. Cristidorsa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 17 December 2018.