Discovery of a new species of kangaroo lizard (Squamata: Agamidae: Agasthyagama) from the southern Western Ghats of India

Abstract We describe a new species of Agasthyagama from Idukki district, Kerala, India. The new species is distinguished from its sister species Agasthyagama beddomii by a combination of scale characters and are also genetically different from each other with 11% uncorrected pairwise difference in N...

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Published inVertebrate zoology Vol. 74; pp. 151 - 168
Main Authors Das, Sandeep, Pal, Saunak, Narayanan, Surya, Subin, K., Palot, Muhamed Jafer, Rajkumar, K. P., Deepak, V.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 25.01.2024
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Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
India
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Summary:Abstract We describe a new species of Agasthyagama from Idukki district, Kerala, India. The new species is distinguished from its sister species Agasthyagama beddomii by a combination of scale characters and are also genetically different from each other with 11% uncorrected pairwise difference in ND2 gene and 3% in 16S gene. The two species are also geographically separated, the closest distributional records are approximately 80 km apart.
ISSN:1864-5755
2625-8498
DOI:10.3897/vz.74.e113084