''Otocryptis'' is a genus of

agamid Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview Phylogenetically, they may be sister to th ...

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia al ...

s from the Indian subcontinent. It is the

sister group In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and ...

for the clade formed by ''

Sitana ''Sitana'' is a genus of lizards, collectively known as the fan-throated lizards, from the family Agamidae. They are found in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The genus comprises fourteen species, including several recently discovered specie ...

'' and '' Sarada''. The divergence is estimated to have occurred about 12 million years ago. ''Otocryptis'' are terrestrial lizards that can use

bipedal locomotion Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by means of its two rear limbs or legs. An animal or machine that usually moves in a bipedal manner is known as a biped , meaning 'two feet' (from Latin ''bis'' 'double' ...

Species

There are two species: *'' Otocryptis nigristigma'' Bahir and Silva, 2005 *'' Otocryptis wiegmanni'' Wagler, 1830 – Wiegmann's agama Otocryptis nigristimata

References

* * Otocryptis Lizard genera Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler {{Agamidae-stub