Calotes jerdoni

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Indo-Chinese Forest Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Calotes
Species: jerdoni
Binomial name
Calotes jerdoni
Guenther, 1870

Calotes jerdoni is an agamid lizard found in South China (W Yunnan, Xizang = Tibet), India (Khasi Hills in Assam & Shillong) and Burma (= Myanmar).


[edit] References

  • Annandale,Nelson 1905 Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. Suppl. II. Notes on the Oriental lizards in the Indian Museum, with a list of the species recorded from British India and Ceylon. J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) 1: 81-93
  • Günther 1871 Descriptions of a new Indian lizard of the genus Calotes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1870: 778-779