Coryphophylax brevicaudus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Coryphophylax
Species:

Holotype: ZSI 25962, adult ♂, collected by S. Harikrishnan and S.R. Chandramouli on 21 December 2010.
Type locality: “Mount Harriet National Park, georeferenced latitude E 11.710579°, longitude N 92.735944°, South Andaman Island, Bay of Bengal, India, ca. 290 m asl”.
Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the short tail in the new species.

India: Andaman Islands: South Andaman, Rutland, Alexandria, Little Andaman, Middle Andaman, North Andaman, Tarmugli, Havelock and Neil.

Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K., Chandramouli, S.R., Choudhury, B.C., Dutta, S.K. & Das, I. 2012. A new species of Coryphophylax Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 (Sauria: Iguania: Agamidae) from the Andaman Islands, India. Zootaxa 3451(1): 31–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3451.1.3 Reference page.

Mohapatra, P. 2021. IUCN: Coryphophylax brevicaudus (). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T127934197A127934206. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127934197A127934206.en. Accessed on 04 August 2025.