Calotes desilvai
| Calotes desilvai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria / Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Calotes |
| Species: | C. desilvai |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotes desilvai Bahir & Maduwage, 2005 | |
Calotes desilvai, commonly known as the Morningside lizard, or the Ceylon black-band whistling lizard, is a species of lizard in the Agamidae family. It is one of seven Calotes species endemic to Sri Lanka.
Etymology
The specific name, desilvai, is in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Anslem De Silva.[1]
References
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calotes desilvai, p. 71).
- http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Calotes&species=desilvai
- http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Calotes_desilvai/classification/
- http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/Sauria/Calotes%20desilvai.php
Further reading
- Bahir MM, Maduwage KP. 2005. Calotes desilvai, a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka. Raffles Bull. Zool. Supplement No. 12: 381-392.
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