Calotes manamendrai
| Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard | |
|---|---|
| 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[1] | |
Calotes manamendrai (Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard) is an agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka.[2] Locally known as මනමේන්ද්ර-ආරච්චිගේ උරුවන් කටුස්සා (Manamendra-Arachchigë Uruwan Katussa).
Description
Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard was the last recorded lizard species from the island. Researchers named the new lizard "Manamendra-Arachchi’s whistling lizard" 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.[2]
References
- ↑ Amarasinghe, A.A. Thasun; D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, and 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.
- 1 2 Calotes manamendrai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 January 2015.
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