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Calotes are lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae. The Oriental Garden Lizard ( Calotes versicolor) is an Agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Squamata (scaled reptiles is the largest recent order of Reptiles including Lizards and Snakes Members of the order are distinguished by Agamids, lizards of the family Agamidae, include more than 300 species in Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Lizards are a large and widespread group of Reptiles of the order Squamata, with nearly 5000 species and ranging across all continents except Agamids, lizards of the family Agamidae, include more than 300 species in Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern They are geographically restricted to South Asia, Myanmar and regions of Southeast Asia. The greatest diversity of the genus is from the Western Ghats and Northeast (India), Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. The Western Ghats ( Kannada ಸಹ್ಯಾದ್ರಿ Marathi / Konkani - सह्याद्री Sahyadri Malayalam സഹ്യപര്വ്വതം Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Calotes is distinguished from related genera in having uniform size dorsal scales, and lacking a fold of skin extending between the cheek and shoulder, and in having proportionately stronger limbs than Pseudocalotes. Comapared to Bronchocela, Calotes have a proportionately shorter tail and limbs. Calotes as we know it today was classified by Moody (1980) prior to which all of the above mentioned genera were included in this genus. The genus is still a heterogeneous group that may be divided into the C. versicolor and C. liocephalus groups. The former occurs through most of South Asia and further east. All species in this group have their dorsal and lateral scales directed upward. The latter is restricted to the southern Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. All species in this group have their scales directed back, or up and down, or down only.
Classification of genus Calotes
- Calotes andamanensis
- Calotes aurantolabium
- Calotes bhutanensis
- Green Garden Lizard, Calotes calotes
- Painted-lip Lizard, Calotes ceylonensis
- Calotes chincollium
- Calotes desilvai
- Calotes ellioti
- Forest Crested Lizard, Calotes emma
- Calotes grandisquamis
- Calotes htunwini
- Calotes irawadi
- Calotes jerdoni
- Calotes kingdonwardi
- Crestless Lizard, Calotes liocephalus
- Whistling Lizard, Calotes liolepis
- Calotes maria
- Calotes medogensis
- Calotes mystaceus
- Calotes nemoricola
- Black Cheeked Lizard, Calotes nigrigularis
- Calotes nigrilabris
- Calotes nigriplicatus
- Calotes rouxii
- Common Garden Lizard, Calotes versicolor
References
- HALLERMANN, J. Calotes andamanensis originally included the species now recognized as Calotes aurantolabium Krishnan 2008 The Orange-lipped forest lizard ( Calotes aurantolabium) is an Agamid lizard found in the forests of the southern Western Ghats and is currently known The Calotes calotes is an agamid Lizard found in the forests of the Western Ghats, the Shevaroy Hills and Sri Lanka. Calotes ellioti is an Agamid Lizard found in the Western Ghats. Calotes emma is an Agamid Lizard found in South China (Guangdong Yunnan India (Assam Burma (= Myanmar Thailand Calotes grandisquamis is an Agamid Lizard found the forests of the Western Ghats in India and known from the Anaimalai and Brahmagiri Calotes jerdoni is an Agamid Lizard found in South China (W Yunnan Xizang = Tibet) India (Khasi Hills in Assam & Shillong UserPolbot. -->The Spineless Forest Lizard ( Calotes liocephalus) is a species of Lizard in the An agamid lizard found in India (Khasi Hills in Assam Calotes mystaceus is an Agamid Lizard found in Southeast Asia. Calotes nemoricola is an Agamid Lizard found in South India (Nilgiri Hills, S Western Ghats Roux's Forest Calotes Calotes rouxii is an Agamid Lizard found in the Western Ghats of India. The Oriental Garden Lizard ( Calotes versicolor) is an Agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. AND W. BÖHME. 2000. A review of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from West Malaysia. Amphibia-Reptilia. 21: 193 – 210.
- HALLERMANN, J. 2005. A taxonomic review of the genus Bronchocela (Squamata: Agamidae), with description of a new species from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12 (3): 167 – 182
- MOODY, S. M. 1980. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeographical relationships of the genera in the family Agamidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). PhD dissertation. University of Michigan.
- SMITH, M. A. 1935. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol II: Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London.
- ZUG, G. R. , H. H. K. BROWN, J. A. SCHULTE II, AND J. V. VINDUM. 2006. Systematics of the garden lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar: Central Dry Zone populations. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences series 4. 57 (2): 35 – 68.
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