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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

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  • 1. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India. & Department of biology, Clark University, Worcester 01610, Massachusetts, USA.
  • 2. Natural history collections, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, Opp. Lion Gate, S. B. S. Road, Mumbai-400001, India. proahaetulla@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2921-5593
  • 3. Chennai Snake Park, Rajbhavan post, Chennai 600 022, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • 4. Zoological Survey of India, Herpetology Division, 27 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, Kolkata 700016, West Bengal, India. kaushikdeuti@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3319-3665
  • 5. Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
  • 6. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India. & vidishakrishna@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3213-847X
  • 7. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India. & A. Kulkarni Department of Biodiversity, Abasaheb Garware College, Karve Road, Pune-411004, India. gaurang.gowande@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8648-2957 & Department of Biotechnology, Fergusson College, Pune-411004, India.
  • 8. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore-560012, Karnataka, India. & kshanker@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-0093

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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): 205-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.3

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