Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & de Silva, 2005

Srikanthan, Achyuthan N., Adhikari, Omkar Dilip, Ganesh, Sumaithangi Rajagopalan, Deuti, Kaushik, Das, Kalpana, Kulkarni, Vidisha M., Gowande, Gaurang G. & Shanker, Kartik, 2021, A molecular and morphological study of Otocryptis Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Agamidae) reveals a new genus from the far south of the Western Ghats, Peninsular India, Zootaxa 5016 (2), pp. 205-228 : 217-218

Otocryptis nigristigma Bahir & de Silva, 2005

( Fig. 5 , Tables 3 & 5)

Holotype. WHT 6176, adult male, collected from Ritigala , Ceylon (= Sri Lanka).

Materials. Morphological and meristic data for O. nigristigma was sourced from its original description, Bahir & de Silva 2005.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of O. wiegmanni .

Description. Scalation details and measurement data for O. nigristigma (see Table 3 and Table. 5); for detailed description of O. nigristigma , refer Bahir & de Silva (2005).

Distribution and Natural History. Otocryptis nigristigma is endemic to and widely distributed across the dry and intermediate zones of Sri Lanka from near sea level to up to 400 m asl. It has been reported from the North- Central and Eastern parts of the country, including Dambulla, Wasgomuwa and Sigiriya. It is diurnal, terrestrial to semi-arboreal, insectivorous and oviparous, laying 4 eggs ( Somaweera & Somaweera 2009).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Otocryptis nigristigma in life from Bibile, Uva Province, Eastern Sri Lanka, showing the typical black dewlap patch. Photo: Paul Freed.