Ota's mountain lizard
| Ota's mountain lizard | |
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| Cristidorsa otai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Cristidorsa |
| Species: | C. otai |
| Binomial name | |
| Cristidorsa otai (Mahony, 2009) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ota's mountain lizard (Cristidorsa otai) is a species of lizard in the subfamily Draconinae of the family Agamidae. The species is native to Southern Asia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, otai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Hidetoshi Ota (born 1959).[1][3]
Geographic distribution
Cristidorsa otai is endemic to Mizoram state in northeastern India.[4]
Description
Adult males of Cristidorsa otai have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 46.4 mm (1.83 in). Females are larger, at 52.2–58.7 mm (2.06–2.31 in) SVL.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Cristidorsa otai ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Japalura otai". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura otai, p. 197).
- ↑ "Japalura otai Mahony, 2009". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ↑ "Japalura otai ". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
Further reading
- Mahony, Stephen (2009). "A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870". Zootaxa 2212: 41–61. (Japalura otai, new species).
- Wang, Kai; Che, Jing; Lin, Simin; Deepak, V.; Aniruddha, Datta-Roy; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Chen, Hongman; Siler, Cameron D. (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 (1): 246–267. (Cristidorsa, new genus; Cristidorsa otai, new combination).