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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FA9FC32FECAFC2C" bold="true" box="[151,293,942,964]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Type species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FA9FC6DFEEEFBE2" bold="true" box="[151,257,1009,1034]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Content:</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824E39FC6DFDFFFBE1" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[263,528,1009,1033]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">Psammophilus dorsalis</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824D25FC6DFCB4FBE1" box="[539,859,1009,1033]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus blanfordanus</emphasis>
(
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)
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FF9FB89FEBEFBC6" bold="true" box="[199,337,1045,1070]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Etymology:</emphasis>
None provided but probably from Latin “Psammo” meaning sand and “Philus” meaning loving.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FF9FBA5FEAEFBBA" bold="true" box="[199,321,1081,1106]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EDBFBA5FD65FBB9" box="[485,650,1081,1105]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the genera
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824BBBFBA5FD9BFB9D" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824BBBFBA5FA78FBB9" authority=", Ceratophora" authorityName="Ceratophora" box="[1157,1431,1081,1105]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Cophotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Cophotis, Ceratophora</taxonomicName>
,
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,
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824D45FBC1FCFCFB9D" box="[635,787,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Japalura otai</emphasis>
Mahony 2009
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,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824CFCFBC2FB84FB9D" box="[962,1131,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">J. planidorsata</emphasis>
Jerdon, 1870
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,
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824A31FBC2FA73FB9D" box="[1295,1436,1117,1141]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">J. sagittifera</emphasis>
Smith, 1940
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824E69FB1EFE22FB71" box="[343,461,1154,1177]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Otocryptis</emphasis>
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by the presence of an external tympanum (
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;
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Schulte II
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Manamendra-Arachchi
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. 2006
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Samarawickrama
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); from other members of genus
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824CFBFB55FBC5FB09" box="[965,1066,1225,1249]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Japalura</emphasis>
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by the absence of heterogenous dorsal scales and short and thick nuchal scales.
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The genus
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824E68FA8DFE14FAC1" box="[342,507,1297,1321]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
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can be diagnosed from all other species of
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lizards from the Indian subcontinent except
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EB9FAA9FDC4FAA5" box="[391,555,1333,1357]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Calotes minor</emphasis>
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, in having a dorso-ventrally compressed body.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824B5EFAA9FAEAFAA5" box="[1120,1285,1333,1357]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FA9FAC5FED4FA99" box="[151,315,1369,1393]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Calotes minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having small body scales and higher number of around the body scales 80150 (vs 4860).
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FA9FAE1FED3FA7D" box="[151,316,1405,1429]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
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are characterized by a medium to large adult body size (SVL mm to mm); body dorso-ventrally compressed; presence of an antehumeral fold; supratympanic spines present, reduced in size; dorsal and lateral scales rows slightly irregular; nuchal and dorsal crest small, reduced; dorsal and lateral scales small, keeled, scale rows directed postero-dorsally.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EC3FA75FD4DF9E9" box="[509,674,1513,1537]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from its sister genus
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824BB0FA75FAC7F9E9" box="[1166,1320,1513,1537]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Monilesaurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824A0FFA75FA7AF9EA" bold="true" box="[1329,1429,1513,1538]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">gen. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FF6F991FEF1F9CD" box="[200,286,1549,1573]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Calotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a dorso-ventrally compressed body (vs dorso-laterally compressed) and higher number of scales on the mid-body scales (more than 80 vs less than 65) and reduced nuchal crest (vs. well developed); and from
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824FE8F9CAFEBCF985" authority="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak, 2018" authorityName="Pal &amp; Vijayakumar &amp; Shanker &amp; Jayarajan &amp; Deepak" authorityYear="2018" box="[214,339,1622,1645]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Microauris" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="gen. nov.">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FE8F9CAFEBCF985" box="[214,339,1622,1645]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Microauris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824E62F9C9FE28F986" bold="true" box="[348,455,1621,1646]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">gen. nov.</emphasis>
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by having a relatively large tympanum (
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vs 9b). Scales on head large uniform shield like (vs small, sub-triangular) (
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vs 10d). Supratympanic spines are present, in the form of two separated spines vs clusters in
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824ECFF901FD15F95D" box="[497,762,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824ECFF901FDA5F95D" box="[497,586,1693,1717]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Calotes" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Calotes</taxonomicName>
.
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</emphasis>
are sexually dimorphic, adult males are larger than females and have enlarged cheeks.
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EECF95DFD98F931" box="[466,631,1729,1753]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also sexually dichromatic; during breeding season males acquire bright yellow and orange colors on the dorsum while females remain dull to dark brown with or without orange/ yellow spots.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B98B30BFF94FF824FF9F8B1FC6EF83E" blockId="36.[151,1437,1009,2006]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824FF9F8B1FE3EF8AE" bold="true" box="[199,465,1837,1862]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Taxonomic comments.</emphasis>
The two species
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824DAAF8B1FC76F8AD" box="[660,921,1837,1861]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus dorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824CEEF8B1FAFFF8AD" box="[976,1296,1837,1861]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were earlier placed in the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824EBBF8CEFD60F882" authority="(Daudin, 1802)" baseAuthorityName="Daudin" baseAuthorityYear="1802" box="[389,655,1873,1898]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Agama" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EBBF8CEFE3BF881" box="[389,468,1874,1897]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Agama</emphasis>
(Daudin, 1802)
</taxonomicName>
and the now obsolete genus
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824CD5F8CDFBBCF881" box="[1003,1107,1873,1897]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Charasia</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFF94FF824A3DF8CDFA73F882" box="[1283,1436,1873,1898]" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith (1935)</bibRefCitation>
transferred the two species
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824EF5F8E9FD7AF865" authorityName="Gray" authorityYear="1845" box="[459,661,1909,1933]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Charasia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824EF5F8E9FD7AF865" box="[459,661,1909,1933]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Charasia dorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824DF2F8E9FC3FF865" authorityName=", Boulenger" authorityYear="1885" box="[716,976,1909,1933]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Charasia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blanfordanus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824DF2F8E9FC3FF865" box="[716,976,1909,1933]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Charasia blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824B56F8E9FAE2F865" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[1128,1293,1909,1933]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824B56F8E9FAE2F865" box="[1128,1293,1909,1933]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Most likely due to their dorso-ventrally compressed body,
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824D9CF805FCA8F859" authorityName="Fitzinger" authorityYear="1843" box="[674,839,1945,1969]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF94FF824D9CF805FCA8F859" box="[674,839,1945,1969]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="437">Psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was placed among the
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but molecular data suggest that they are nested well within the subfamily
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF94FF824DC6F821FC92F83E" box="[760,893,1981,2006]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="36" pageNumber="437" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Draconinae">Draconinae</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8B98B30BFF95FF834FF9FF0BFB28FE8C" blockId="37.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">
Both
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834E3AFF05FE95FF58" box="[260,378,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. dorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF95FF834E8FFF05FD8FFF58" authorityName=", Boulenger" authorityYear="1885" box="[433,608,152,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Charasia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blanfordanus">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834E8FFF05FD8FFF58" box="[433,608,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been recorded in the
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Ghats (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFF95FF834B7FFF0BFB20FF58" box="[1089,1231,151,176]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" refId="ref37909" refString="Smith, M. A. (1935) The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma; Reptilia and Amphibia. Fol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp." type="book">Smith, 1935</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFF95FF834BDDFF0BFA73FF58" box="[1251,1436,151,176]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" refId="ref38213" refString="Stoliczka, F. (1871) Notes on new or little known Indian lizards. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 9, 192 - 195." type="journal article">Stoliczka (1871)</bibRefCitation>
provided a brief description of
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834D3EFF21FD5DFF3C" box="[512,690,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without mentioning a
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locality and later provided a detailed description (
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) based on a large number of samples collected from central
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(Udaypore west of Chotanagpur, West of Raipore, West of Ranchi) which are currently recognized as
<typeStatus id="549C0DA9FF95FF834B05FE99FB72FEF5" box="[1083,1181,261,285]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
in ZSI with additional
<typeStatus id="549C0DA9FF95FF834FA9FEB4FF16FEA8" box="[151,249,296,320]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
in NMW and ZMB (Das
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834D7EFEB5FD98FEA8" box="[576,631,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">et al</emphasis>
. 1998).
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also mentions that
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834BAAFEB5FAA5FEA8" box="[1172,1354,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is not uncommon in Parisnath (Parasnath) hill.
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF95FF834D5CFED0FC88FE8C" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1831" box="[610,871,332,356]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dorsalis">
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834D5CFED0FC88FE8C" box="[610,871,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">Psammophilus dorsalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by Gray (1831).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B98B30BFF95FF834FF9FEF3FE8FFD88" blockId="37.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">
The key character to diagnose this species is number of scales around the body, which overlap with each other (
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;
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).
<bibRefCitation id="EFB6CEFAFF95FF834D39FE08FD22FE45" box="[519,717,404,429]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" refId="ref34283" refString="Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of lizards in the British museum. Fol. 1. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae, Second edition. British Museum (Natural History), London, 436 pp." type="book">Boulenger (1885)</bibRefCitation>
used a combination of specimens from
<collectingRegion id="49E37DE9FF95FF834BB4FE08FB00FE45" box="[1162,1263,404,429]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Southern" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">Southern</collectingRegion>
<collectingCountry id="F330F39BFF95FF834BC8FE08FADFFE45" box="[1270,1328,404,429]" name="India" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">India</collectingCountry>
(Nilgiris, Malabar, Madras and a few specimens with locality “
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”) to describe
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834CECFE25FBA6FE38" box="[978,1097,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. dorsalis</emphasis>
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. To describe
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834BDAFE25FA73FE38" box="[1252,1436,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus,</emphasis>
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used specimens from Godavari valley and “Jeypore” (
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Andhra) and Ranchi (now in
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state). One single specimen collected from Parasnath,
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that is relatively close to the
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locality (
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) of
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834EFEFDB9FD9EFDD4" box="[448,625,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
had 13% genetic divergence in the 16S gene from
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834BFDFDB9FAD5FDD4" box="[1219,1338,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. dorsalis</emphasis>
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samples used in this study.
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<paragraph id="8B98B30BFF95FF834FF9FDF1FAB5FD18" blockId="37.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">
We were unable to find
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834EE3FDF1FD60FD6C" box="[477,655,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
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from the
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Ghats during our fieldwork. Given the amount of morphological variation among the observed individuals and wide distribution of this group, we would suggest a thorough evaluation of this species group from the entire peninsula with detailed sampling. In the present work, we only describe
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834E0AFD45FE46FD18" box="[308,425,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. dorsalis</emphasis>
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as we were unable to confirm the presence of
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834C8CFD45FB8DFD18" box="[946,1122,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">P. blanfordanus</emphasis>
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in the
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Ghats.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834FF9FD60FED0FCFD" bold="true" box="[199,319,764,789]" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">Members.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834E78FD60FDA3FCFC" box="[326,588,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">Psammophilus dorsalis</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="B9536F19FF95FF834DBDFD60FC24FCFC" box="[643,971,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="438">
<taxonomicName id="4C27C888FF95FF834DBDFD60FC28FCFC" baseAuthorityName="Stoliczka" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[643,967,764,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Agamidae" genus="Psammophilus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="37" pageNumber="438" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blanfordanus">Psammophilus blanfordanus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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