Coryphophylax subcristatus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Coryphophylax
Species: Coryphophylax subcristatus
Name

Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, 1860)

Holotype: lost fide Smith (1935: 163).

Type locality: “Port Blair”, Andaman Islands.
Combinations

Tiaris subcristata Blyth, 1860: 109 [original combination]
Gonyocephalus [sic] subcristatus — Boulenger, 1885: 292 [subsequent combination]
Goniocephalus subcristatus — Smith, 1935: 163 [subsequent combination]
Gonocephalus subcristatus — Wermuth, 1967: 62 [subsequent combination]
Coryphophylax subcristatus — Das, 1994: 46 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Blyth, E. 1860. Of reptiles ... [In: Report of the curator, Zoological department, pp. 87-115]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 29: 107–111. BHL

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Coryphophylax subcristatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 March 2019.

Vernacular names
English: Short-crested Bay Island Forest Lizard

Coryphophylax subcristatus, the short-crested bay island forest lizard, is an agamid lizard found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It does not occur south of 7° 11' 58.94" N (as of Aug 2004).
References

Blyth, E. 1860 J. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 29: 23.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
Krishnan, S. 2005. PHYLOGENETIC STATUS AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE AGAMID CORYPHOPHYLAX BLYTH, 1861 (REPTILIA: SQUAMATA). unpublished Masters Thesis - University of Texas at Arlington.