Agasthyagama beddomii

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Agasthyagama beddomii (Boulenger, 1885)

Lectotype: BMNH 1882.5.22.101, adult ♀, collected by Col. H. Beddome. [designated by Das et al. (2024: 155)]
Type locality: “Sevagherry Ghat [=Sivagiri Hills]”, in the borders of Kerala and Tamil Nadu state, India.
Paralectotypes (n=4): ZSI 15733, adult ♀; BMNH 1882.5.22.102–104, one ♀ and two ♂ specimens, collected along with the lectotype.

Otocryptis beddomii Boulenger, 1885: 272 [original combination]
Agasthyagama beddomii — Srikanthan, Adhikari, Ganesh, Deuti, Das, Kulkarni, Gowande & Shanker, 2021 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page.
Srikanthan, A.N., Adhikari, O.D., Ganesh, S.R., Deuti, K., Das, K., Kulkarni, V.M., Gowande, G.G. & Shanker, K. 2021. A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India. Zootaxa 5016(2): 205–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.3 Reference page.
Das, S., Pal, SA., Narayanan, S., Subin, K., Palot, M.J., Rajkumar, K.P. & Deepak, V. 2024. Discovery of a new species of kangaroo lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 151–168. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e113084 Reference page.

Srinivasulu, C., Ganesan, S.R. & Vijayakumar, S.P. 2013. IUCN: Otocryptis beddomii (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T173021A1375696. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T173021A1375696.en. Accessed on 24 April 2023.

English: Indian Kangaroo Lizard

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