Calotes manamendrai
| Manamendra-Arachchi's whistling lizard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Calotes |
| Species: | C. manamendrai |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotes manamendrai Amarasinghe & Karunarathna, 2014[2] | |
Calotes manamendrai (Manamendra-Arachchi's whistling lizard) is an agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka.[3] Locally known as මනමේන්ද්ර-ආරච්චිගේ උරුවන් කටුස්සා (Manamendra-Arachchigë Uruwan Katussa).It is only recorded from a one site at the Northern face of the Knuckles Mountain Range, Riverstone about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name is as an honor to the herpetologist and taxonomist Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi for his remarkable contributions to the biodiversity and zooarchaeology of Sri Lanka for more than three decades.[3]
Description
[edit]Female with non enlarged pectoral scales. Dorsal scales keeled. Midgular scales smaller than the rest of the throat scales. Seven distinct stripes found on each side on gular area. Shoulder pit blackish.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Ukuwela, K.; Amarasinghe, A.; Wijethilaka, N.; Pushpamal, V.; Botejue, M.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Gabadage, D. (2021). "Calotes manamendrai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T104635826A104635840. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104635826A104635840.en. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- 1 2 Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna & J. Fujinuma (2014). "A new Calotes species from Sri Lanka with a redescription of Calotes liolepis Boulenger, 1885". Herpetologica. 70 (3): 323–338. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00087. S2CID 86726705.
- 1 2 Calotes manamendrai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 January 2015.
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