Taxonomic status of <i>Coryphophylax maximiliani</i> Fitzinger in: Steindachner, 1867 with notes on <i>Coryphophylax subcristatus</i> (Blyth, "1860" 1861).

ABSTRACT: The insular agamid genus Coryphophylax Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867, is endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, India. These diurnal lizards are currently represented by two putative species, Coryphophylax subcristatus (Blyth, "1860" 1861) and Coryphophylax brevicauda Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Chandramouli, Choudhury, Dutta & Das, 2012. The species C. subcristatus is said to be distributed through the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, even across the Ten Degree Channel, which is a recognised biogeographic barrier. A reassessment of the taxonomy of C. subcristatus shows the population south of the Ten Degree Channel, for which the nomen Coryphophylax maximiliani Fitzinger in Steindachner, 1867 is available, to be

SUBMITTER: Mirza ZA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452941 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature