Otocryptis

Otocryptis
	Otocryptis wiegmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Otocryptis; Wagler, 1830
Type species
	Otocryptis wiegmanni; Wagler, 1830

Otocryptis is a genus of agamid lizards from the Indian subcontinent.[1] 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.[2]

Otocryptis are terrestrial lizards that can use bipedal locomotion.[2]

Species

There are three species:[1]

Otocryptis beddomii Boulenger, 1885
Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir and Silva, 2005
Otocryptis wiegmanni Wagler, 1830

Otocryptis nigristigma male on Kandalama

References

Otocryptis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 September 2016.
Deepak, V.; Giri, Varad B.; Asif, M.; Dutta, S.K.; Vyas, R.; Zambre, Amod M.; Bhosale, Harshal; Karanth, K. Praveen (2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species". Contributions to Zoology. 85 (1): 67–111. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-09-17.

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[RDB-1] Otocryptis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 September 2016.

[Deepak_et_al._2016-2] Deepak, V.; Giri, Varad B.; Asif, M.; Dutta, S.K.; Vyas, R.; Zambre, Amod M.; Bhosale, Harshal; Karanth, K. Praveen (2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species". Contributions to Zoology. 85 (1): 67–111. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2016-09-17.