Calotes desilvai
Calotes desilvai, commonly known as the Morningside lizard, or the Ceylon black-band whistling lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Calotes desilvai is one of seven Calotes species endemic to Sri Lanka.
| Calotes desilvai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Calotes |
| Species: | C. desilvai |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotes desilvai Bahir & Maduwage, 2005 | |
Etymology
The specific name, desilvai, is in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Anslem de Silva.[1]
Description
Bands on gular area are black. Shoulder pit black. Scales on ventral surface of thigh smooth.[2]
References
- 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. (Calotes desilvai, p. 71).
- "A new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka". Novataxa. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
External links
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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