Editing Otocryptis

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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| image = Otocryptis wiegmanni.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Otocryptis wiegmanni]]''
| taxon = Otocryptis
| authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830
| type_species = ''[[Otocryptis wiegmanni]]''
| type_species_authority = Wagler, 1830
}}

'''''Otocryptis''''' is a genus of [[Agamidae|agamid]] [[lizard]]s from the Indian subcontinent.<ref name=RDB/> It is the [[sister group]] for the [[clade]] formed by ''[[Sitana]]'' and ''[[Sarada (lizard)|Sarada]]''. The divergence is estimated to have occurred about 12 million years ago.<ref name = "Deepak et al. 2016"/>

''Otocryptis'' are terrestrial lizards that can use [[bipedal locomotion]].<ref name = "Deepak et al. 2016"/>

==Species==
There are two species:<ref name=RDB/>
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! Image !! Scientific Name !! Common Name !! Distribution
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|[[File:Otocryptis nigristimata.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Otocryptis nigristigma]]'' <small>Bahir and Silva, 2005</small> || Black-spotted kangaroo lizard or black-patched kangaroo lizard||Sri Lanka
|-
|[[File:Otocryptis wiegmanni 113163209.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Otocryptis wiegmanni]]'' <small>Wagler, 1830</small> || Wiegmann's agama||Sri Lanka
|-
|}


==References==
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<ref name = "Deepak et al. 2016">{{cite journal|title= Systematics and phylogeny of ''Sitana'' (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species|journal= Contributions to Zoology|volume= 85|issue= 1|pages= 67–111|year= 2016|author1= Deepak, V.|author2= Giri, Varad B.|author3= Asif, M.|author4= Dutta, S.K.|author5= Vyas, R.|author6= Zambre, Amod M.|author7= Bhosale, Harshal|author8= Karanth, K. Praveen|doi= 10.1163/18759866-08501004|doi-access= free}}</ref>

<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Otocryptis |date=17 September |year=2016}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Otocryptis]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler]]


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