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Kangaroo Lizards
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Kangaroo Lizards

Otocryptis

Otocryptis is a genus of agamid lizards from the Indian subcontinent. It is the sister group for the clade formed by Sitana and Sarada. The divergence is estimated to have occurred about 12 million years ago.

Otocryptis are terrestrial lizards that can use bipedal locomotion.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Sri Lanka Kangaroo Lizard

speciesOtocryptis wiegmanni

Black-spotted Kangaroo Lizard

speciesOtocryptis nigristigma

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31506.