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Calotes desilvai

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Calotes desilvai
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Calotes
Species:	C. desilvai
Binomial name
*Calotes desilvai* Bahir & Maduwage, 2005

Calotes desilvai, commonly known as the Morningside lizard, or the Ceylon black-band whistling lizard, is a speciesoflizard in the family Agamidae. Calotes desilvai is one of seven Calotes species endemictoSri Lanka.

Etymology[edit]

The specific name, desilvai, is in honor of Sri Lankan herpetologist Anslem de Silva.^[2]

Habitat[edit]

The preferred natural habitatofC. desilvaiisforest, at altitudes up to 1,080 m (3,540 ft).^[1]

Description[edit]

C. desilvai has the following characteristics. The bands on the gular area are black. The shoulder pit is black. The scales on the ventral surface of the thigh are smooth.^[3]

Behavior[edit]

C. desilvaiisarboreal and diurnal.^[1]

Reproduction[edit]

C. desilvaiisoviparous.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Samarawickrama P, et al. (2021). "Calotes desilvai ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197250A123312262.en. Accessed on 06 August 2022.

^ 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.

^ Species Calotes desilvaiatThe Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

External links[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Bahir MM, Maduwage KP (2005). "Calotes desilvai, a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement (12): 381-392.
Somaweera R, Somaweera N (2009). Lizards of Sri Lanka, A Colour Guide with Field Keys. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 304 pp. ISBN 978-3899734782.

Taxon identifiers

Calotes desilvai

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