Coryphophylax subcristatus
Appearance
Coryphophylax subcristatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Coryphophylax |
Species: | C. subcristatus
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Binomial name | |
Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, 1861)
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Synonyms | |
Gonyocephalus subcristatus Blyth 1861 |
Coryphophylax subcristatus, the short-crested bay island forest lizard, is an agamid lizard found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It does not occur south of 7° 11' 58.94" N (as of Aug 2004).
References
[edit]- Blyth, E. 1860 J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 29: 23.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
- Krishnan, S. 2005. PHYLOGENETIC STATUS AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE AGAMID CORYPHOPHYLAX BLYTH, 1861 (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA). unpublished Masters Thesis - University of Texas at Arlington.
External links
[edit]- Reptile database
- http://www.uta.edu/faculty/shreyas/research.htm Shreyas Krishnan's research page