Pseudocalotes andamanensis

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Pseudocalotes andamanensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Pseudocalotes
Species:
P. andamanensis
Binomial name
Pseudocalotes andamanensis
(Boulenger, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891

Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an agamid lizard found on the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands in India. [1] It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard, [1] Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard, [2] Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes. [3] This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.

Contents

The holotype of Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff in 1882. [4] It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands. [5]

Taxonomy

This species formerly included Microauris aurantolabium from southern India, now reclassified as a distinct species. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Pseudocalotes andamanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 January 2015.
  2. "Pseudocalotes andamanensis". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Wildlife news". Reef & Rainforest. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 17 January 2015.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Zoological Museum collection, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC) 36944
  5. Harikrishnan, S.; Vasudevan, K. (2013). "Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation". Herpetozoa. 26 (1/2): 3–13. ISSN   1013-4425.
  6. Krishnan, S. (2008). "New species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 530–535. doi:10.1670/06-198.1. S2CID   86131722.

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