Otocryptis

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Otocryptis wiegmanni.jpg | image_caption = ''Otocryptis wiegmanni'' | taxon = Otocryptis | authority = Wagler, 1830 | type_species = ''Otocryptis wiegmanni'' | type_species_authority = Wagler, 1830 }}

'''''Otocryptis''''' is a genus of agamid lizards from the Indian subcontinent.<ref name=RDB/> It is the sister group for the clade formed by ''Sitana'' and ''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/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||''Otocryptis nigristigma'' <small>Bahir and Silva, 2005</small> || Black-spotted kangaroo lizard or black-patched kangaroo lizard||Sri Lanka |- |120px ||''Otocryptis wiegmanni'' <small>Wagler, 1830</small> || Wiegmann's agama||Sri Lanka |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <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> }} *{{Commons-inline}} *{{Wikispecies-inline}}

Category:Otocryptis Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler