Ota's mountain lizard

Ota's mountain lizard (Cristidorsa otai) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Southern Asia.[2]

Ota's mountain lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Cristidorsa
Species:
C. otai
Binomial name
Cristidorsa otai
(S. Mahony, 2009)
Synonyms[1]
  • Japalura otai
    S. Mahony, 2009
  • Cristidorsa otai
    — K. Wang et al., 2018

Etymology

The specific name, otai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Hidetoshi Ota (born 1959).[1][3]

Geographic range

C. otai is endemic to Mizoram state in northeastern India.[4]

Description

Adult males of C. otai are 46.4 mm (1.83 in) snout-to-vent length (SVL). Females are larger, at 52.2–58.7 mm (2.06–2.31 in) SVL.[5]

References
  1. "Cristidorsa otai ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  2. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Japalura otai". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura otai, p. 197).
  4. "Japalura otai Mahony, 2009". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. "Japalura otai ". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2018-10-29.

Further reading
  • Mahony, Stephen (2009). "A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870". Zootaxa 2212: 41–61. (Japalura otai, new species).
  • Wang, Kai; Che, Jing; Lin, Simin; Deepak, V; Aniruddha, Datta-Roy; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Chen, Hongman; Siler, Cameron D. (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 (1): 246–267. (Cristidorsa, new genus; Cristidorsa otai, new combination).



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