# Calotes desilvai

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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| image =
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Samarawickrama, P.|author-link=species:V.A.M.P.K. Samarawickrama|author2= Gabadage, D.|author3= Perera, N.|author4= Jayasekara, D.|author5= Amarasinghe, A. |author6= de Alwis Goonatilake, S.|author7= Wijethilaka, N.|author8= Botejue, M. |author9= Pushpamal, V. |year=2021 |title= ''Calotes desilvai'' |article-number= e.T197250A123312262 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T197250A123312262.en |access-date= 6 August 2022}}</ref>
| genus = Calotes
| species = desilvai
| authority = [Bahir](/source/species%3AMohomed_M._Bahir) & [Maduwage](/source/species%3AKalana_Maduwage), 2005
| synonyms = 
}}

'''''Calotes desilvai''''', commonly known as the '''Morningside lizard''', or the '''Ceylon black-band whistling lizard''', is a [species](/source/species) of [lizard](/source/lizard) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Agamidae](/source/Agamidae). ''Calotes desilvai'' is one of seven ''Calotes'' species [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka).

==Etymology==
The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), ''desilvai'', is in honor of Sri Lankan [herpetologist](/source/Herpetology) [Anslem de Silva](/source/Anslem_de_Silva).<ref>{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}} (''Calotes desilvai'', p. 71)</ref>

==Habitat==
The preferred natural [habitat](/source/habitat) of ''C. desilvai'' is [forest](/source/forest), at altitudes up to {{cvt|1080|m|ft|-1}}.<ref name=iucn/>

==Description==
''C. desilvai'' has the following characteristics. The bands on the gular area are black. The shoulder pit is black. The scales on the ventral surface of the thigh are smooth.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Mohomed M. Bahir |author2= Kalana P. Maduwage |year=2005 |title=''Calotes desilvai'', a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka |journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |volume=Suppl. 12 |pages=381–392 |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s12/s12rbz381-392.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302185738/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s12/s12rbz381-392.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Behavior==
''C. desilvai'' is [arboreal](/source/Arboreal_locomotion) and [diurnal](/source/Diurnality).<ref name=iucn/>

==Reproduction==
''C. desilvai'' is [oviparous](/source/Oviparity).<ref>{{NRDB species|genus=Calotes|species=desilvai}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Somaweera R|author-link=species:Ruchira Somaweera|author2=Somaweera N|author2-link=species:Nilusha Somaweera|year=2009|title=Lizards of Sri Lanka, A Colour Guide with Field Keys|location=Frankfurt am Main, Germany|publisher= Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale |isbn=978-3899734782}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Calotes_desilvai/classification/|title=''Calotes desilvai''|website=Animal Diversty Web}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/Sauria/Calotes%20desilvai.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517023332/http://www.wildreach.com/reptile/Sauria/Calotes%20desilvai.php |archive-date=17 May 2012|title=''Calotes desilva''|website=Sri Lanka Reptile}}

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desilvai
Category:Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Category:Reptiles described in 2005
Category:Taxa named by Kalana Maduwage

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