Cristidorsa is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae native to India and Myanmar. The name Cristidorsa is Latin for "ridged dorsum", in reference to the ridges on the backs of lizards in this genus. The common name ridged dragons was suggested by the authors of the 2018 genus description. The species were originally placed in the genus Japalura.[2][1]
| Cristidorsa | |
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| Cristidorsa otai | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] |
Species
editSpecies include:
| Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cristidorsa otai (Mahony, 2009) | Ota's mountain lizard | northeastern India |
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Cristidorsa planidorsata (Jerdon, 1870) | smooth-scaled mountain lizard | Myanmar and northeast India. |
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cristidorsa.
References
edit- ^ a b Wang, Kai; Che, Jing; Lin, Simin; Deepak, V; Aniruddha, Datta-Roy; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Chen, Hongman; Siler, Cameron D (11 October 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.
- ^ Cristidorsa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 December 2018.