Calotes nemoricola
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| Calotes nemoricola Jerdon, 1853 |
Calotes nemoricola is an agamid lizard found in South India (Nilgiri Hills , S Western Ghats).
[edit] Description
From C. A. L. Gunther (1864) The Reptiles of British India.
One detached spine in front of three or two small ones on each side of the nape; a fold of the skin before the shoulder. Scales of the sides very large, not keeled; those of the abdomen much smaller, keeled. Dorsal crest extending only about one-third along the back; where the dorsal crest terminates, the scales of the ridge arc pointed. The scales at the base of the tail above arc of rather large size. Green. These characters have been noted by Jerdon from a single specimen obtained near the foot of the Coonoor ghat of the Nilgherries. It was 18 inches long.
[edit] References
- Boulenger, George A. 1890 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp.
- Jerdon,T.C. 1853 Catalogue of the Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. Part 1. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal xxii [1853]: 462-479
- Karthikeyan, S.;Athreya, R. M.;Prasad, J. N. 1993 A range extension of Calotes nemoricola from the Anaimalais, Western Ghats Hamadryad 18: 45-46
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