Calotes pethiyagodai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species: Calotes pethiyagodai

Name

Calotes pethiyagodai Amarasinghe, Karunarathna & Hallermann in Amarasinghe et al., 2014: 62

• Holotype: WHT 6211, adult ♂, collected by M.M. Bahir, A. Silva & K. Maduwage in 24 September 2004.
• Type locality: “Midland Estate, Knuckles, Sri Lanka, 7°31’N, 80°44’ E, alt. 915 m”.

References

Primary references

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Hallermann, J., Fujinuma, J., Grillitsch, H. & Campbell, P.D. 2014. A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3785(1): 59–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calotes pethiyagodai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2017.