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Crested Mountain Agamas
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Crested Mountain Agamas

Cristidorsa

Cristidorsa is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae native to India and Myanmar. The name Cristidorsa is Latin for "ridged dorsum", in reference to the ridges on the backs of lizards in this genus. The common name ridged dragons was suggested by the authors of the 2018 genus description.

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

Smooth-Scaled Mountain Lizard

speciesCristidorsa planidorsata

Ota's Mountain Lizard

speciesCristidorsa otai

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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 797581.