Cristidorsa
| Cristidorsa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cristidorsa otai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 subfamily Draconinae of the family Agamidae. Species of the genus are native to India and Myanmar. The name Cristidorsa is Latin for "ridged dorsum", in reference to the ridge on the back of lizards in this genus. The common name ridged dragons was suggested by the authors of the 2018 genus description. The genus contains two species, both of which were originally placed in the genus Japalura.[2][1]
Species
[edit]The genus Cristidorsa contains the following two species.[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cristidorsa otai (Mahony, 2009) | Ota's mountain lizard | northeastern India |
 | Cristidorsa planidorsata (Jerdon, 1870) | smooth-scaled mountain lizard | Myanmar and northeastern India. |
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cristidorsa.
References
[edit]- 1 2 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: 246–267. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034.
- 1 2 Cristidorsa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2018.