Calotes pethiyagodai Amarasinghe, Karunarathna & Hallermann 2014

The Pethiyagoda's crestless lizard (Calotes pethiyagodai) is an agamid lizard endemic to Sri Lanka.^[1][2] Locally known as පෙතියාගොඩගේ නොසිලු කටුස්සා (Pethiyagodage nosilu katussa).^[2][3]

Description

Researchers named the species "Pethiyagoda's crestless lizard" to honor Rohan Pethiyagoda for his contributions to the biodiversity of Sri Lanka. This species has earlier been misidentified as Calotes liocephalus but researchers found that the males of C. pethiyagodai lack a gular pouch unlike the males of C. liocephalus; scalation is also different.^[1]

Distribution

The lizard is restricted to the Knuckles Mountain Range, at elevations of 900–1,400 m (3,000–4,600 ft) asl. It inhabits forest edges and is found in trees and shrubs.^[1]

Diet

Diet consists of insects like dragonflies and moths.^[1]

References

Calotes pethiyagodai es una especie de iguanios de la familia Agamidae.^[1]​

Distribución geográfica y hábitat

Es endémica del centro de Sri Lanka. Su rango altitudinal oscila entre 900 y 1400 msnm.

Referencias

• Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Hallermann, Fujinuma, Grillitsch & Campbell, 2014 : A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, nº 3785 (1), p. 59–78.

Calotes pethiyagodai est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Agamidae^[1].

Répartition

Cette espèce est endémique des monts Knuckles au Sri Lanka^[1].

Étymologie

Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Rohan Pethiyagoda^[1].

Publication originale

• Amarasinghe, Karunarathna, Hallermann, Fujinuma, Grillitsch & Campbell, 2014 : A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, n^o 3785 (1), p. 59–78.

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