Coryphophylax brevicaudus
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Coryphophylax
Species: Coryphophylax brevicaudus
Name
[edit]- Coryphophylax brevicaudus Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Chandramouli, Choudhury, Dutta & Das, 2012
- Holotype: ZSIC 25962, Adult male. Collected by Harikrishnan S. and S. R. Chandramouli on 21 December 2010.
- Type locality: Mount Harriet National Park, georeferenced latitude E 11.710579°, longitude N 92.735944°, South Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal, India, ca. 290 m elevation.
- Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the short tail in the new species.
References
[edit]- Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K., Chandramouli, S.R., Choudhury, B.C., Dutta, S.K. & Das, I. 2012. A new species of Coryphophylax Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 (Sauria: Iguania: Agamidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 3451: 31–45. Preview Reference page.