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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Wiegmann's Agama 
SynonymOtocryptis wiegmanni WAGLER 1830: 150
Otocryptis bivittata WIEGMANN 1831 (fide SMITH 1935)
Otocryptis wiegmanni — WAGLER 1830: 150
Otocryptis bivittata — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 432
Otocryptis bivittata — MÜLLER 1880
Otocryptis bivittata — BOULENGER 1885: 271
Otocryptis wiegmanni — SMITH 1935: 146
Otocryptis wiegmanni — WERMUTH 1967: 74
Otocryptis wiegmanni — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 86
Cophotis wiegmanni — JANZEN 2003: 31
Otocryptis wiegmanni — JANZEN 2003: 31
Otocryptis wiegmanni — JANZEN et al. 2007
Otocryptis wiegmanni — MANTHEY 2010
Otocryptis wiegmanni — JANZEN 2022
Otocryptis weigmanni — ANONYMOUS 2023 [HR 54: 165] (in error) 
DistributionSri Lanka (Ceylon), up to 1200 m elevation

Type locality: “America” (in error)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 708 (for both wiemanni and bivittata, see DENZER et al. 1997, who state that both WAGLER and WIEGMANN described the same specimen). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): (1) presence of large, well-developed dewlap in mature males
(2) absence of clavicular pit anterior to shoulder (= antehumeral pit), fide Srikanthan et al. 2021: 212. 
CommentIllustration in BARTS & WILMS 2003.

Abundance: Common in Sri Lanka (BAHIR & SURASINGHE 2005).

Type species: Otocryptis wiegmanni WAGLER 1830 is the type species of the genus Otocryptis WAGLER 1830.

Distribution: after the separation of Otocryptis beddomii into a separate genus, Agasthyagama, the genus Otocryptis is restricted to Sri Lanka. For a map see Srikanthan et al. 2021: 213 (Fig. 2). 
EtymologyNamed after A. Fr. August Wiegmann (1802-1841), zoologist in Berlin. 
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