Calotes desilvai

Calotes desilvai
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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 species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Calotes desilvai is one of seven Calotes species endemic to Sri Lanka.

Etymology

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

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. desilvai is forest, at altitudes up to 1,080 m (3,540 ft).^[1]

Description

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

C. desilvai is arboreal and diurnal.^[1]

Reproduction

C. desilvai is oviparous.^[4]

References

1 2 3 Samarawickrama, P.; Gabadage, D.; Perera, N.; Jayasekara, D.; Amarasinghe, A.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Wijethilaka, N.; Botejue, M.; Pushpamal, V. (2021). "Calotes desilvai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T197250A123312262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197250A123312262.en. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calotes desilvai, p. 71)
↑ Mohomed M. Bahir; Kalana P. Maduwage (2005). "Calotes desilvai, a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 12: 381–392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02.
↑ Calotes desilvai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

External links

"Calotes desilvai". Animal Diversty Web.
"Calotes desilva". Sri Lanka Reptile. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 Samarawickrama, P.; Gabadage, D.; Perera, N.; Jayasekara, D.; Amarasinghe, A.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Wijethilaka, N.; Botejue, M.; Pushpamal, V. (2021). "Calotes desilvai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T197250A123312262. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197250A123312262.en. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[2] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calotes desilvai, p. 71)

[3] Mohomed M. Bahir; Kalana P. Maduwage (2005). "Calotes desilvai, a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 12: 381–392. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02.

[4] Calotes desilvai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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