Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Agamidae Bibliography of the genus Coryphophylax Biodiversity of the family Agamidae Genus Coryphophylax Bay Islands Forest Agamas, Bay Islands Forest Lizards Andamanische Winkelkopfagamen Andamanske Skovagamer 1867 Coryphophylax Steindachner (type species: Coryphophylax maximiliani Steindachner 1867) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included in the genus Gonocephalus (e.g., Wermuth 1967). A species complex, according to Das (1999). Distribution: India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands]). Coryphophylax brevicauda Short-tailed Bay Islands Forest Agama, Short-tailed Bay Islands Forest Lizard Kurzschwanz-Winkelkopfagame Korthalet Skovagam 2012 Coryphophylax brevicaudus Harikrishnan, Vasudevan, Chandramouli, Choudhury, Dutta & Das Remarks: Although the grammatical gender of Coryphophylax is masculine, the ending of the specific epithet, brevicauda, should not be changed to "-us", since it is a noun in aposition, not an adjective (see Böhme & Denzer 2019). Distribution: India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Andaman Islands]). Coryphophylax subcristatus Long-tailed Bay Islands Forest Agama, Bay Islands Forest Agama Langschwanz-Winkelkopfagame Langhalet Skovagam 1861 Tiaris subcristata Blyth "1860" Gonyocephalus subcristatus Boulenger 1885 Coryphophylax subcristatus Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990 1869 Coryphophylax maximiliani Fitzinger in Steindachner (Boulenger 1885) 1873 Tiaris humei Stoliczka (Smith 1935) 1885 Gonyocephalus humii Boulenger [substitute name for Tiaris humei Stoliczka 1873] Remarks: Sarker & Sarker's (1985) record from Bangladesh is regarded as erroneous. Distribution: India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands]).