Otocryptis
Sign in to saveOtocryptis is a genus of agamid lizards from the Indian subcontinent. It is the sister group for the clade formed by Sitana and Sarada. The divergence is estimated to have occurred about 12 million years ago.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAgamidae
Observations recorded1,375
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- Family
- Agamidae
- Collections
- FMNH, ANSP, UMZC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- India, Sri Lanka
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Draconinae
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- Otocryptis wiegmanni.jpg
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Otocryptis is a genus of agamid lizards from the Indian subcontinent. It is the sister group for the clade formed by Sitana and Sarada. The divergence is estimated to have occurred about 12 million years ago.
Otocryptis are terrestrial lizards that can use bipedal locomotion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otocryptis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.