Omanosaura jayakari explained

Omanosaura jayakari, also known commonly as the Jayakar lizard, Jayakar's lizard, and Jayakar's Oman lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

Etymology

The specific name, jayakari, is in honor of Indian surgeon Atmaram S. G. Jayakar, who collected the holotype.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of O, jayakari is rocky areas near water, at altitudes from sea level to .

Behavior

O. jayakari is terrestrial.

Diet

O. jayakari is omnivorous, preying upon insects, amphibians, and reptiles, and also eating plants.

Reproduction

O. jayakari is oviparous.

Taxonomy

Omanosaura jayakari is the type species of the genus Omanosaura.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Lacertidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I–XL. (Lacerta jayakari, new species, pp. 40–41 + Plate II).
• Lutz D, Bischoff W, Mayer M (1986). "Chemosystematische Untersuchungen zur Stellung von Lacerta jayakari Boulenger, 1887 sowie der Gattungen Gallotia Boulenger und Psammodromus Fitzinger (Sauria; Lacertidae)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 24: 144–157. (in German).
• Mayer W, Bischoff W (1996). "Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Teil 1. Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon und Teira als eigenständige Gattungen". Salamandra 32 (3): 163–170. (Omanosaura jayakari, new combination). (in German).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .
• van der Kooij, Jeroen (2001). "The herpetofauna of the Sultanate of Oman: Part 3. The true lizards, skinks and monitor lizards". Podarcis 2 (1): 15–26.

Notes and References

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