Calotes mystaceus
| Indo-Chinese forest lizard | |
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| Calotes mystaceus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Calotes |
| Species: | C. mystaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837[1] | |
Calotes mystaceus, the Indo-Chinese forest lizard, Indo-Chinese bloodsucker or blue-crested lizard, is an agamid lizard found in Southeast Asia.[2]
Description
Upper head-scales smooth or feebly keeled, imbricate, scarcely enlarged on supraorbital region; a few small spines on each side of the head above the tympanum; latter measuring at least half the diameter of the orbit. Gular sac small; gular scales feebly keeled, as large as dorsals. An oblique fold in front of the shoulder. Dorso-nuchal crest well developed in the male,composed of falciform spines directed backwards, the longest measuring the diameter of the orbit; it gradually decreases in height on the back, being reduced to a mere denticulation on the sacrum. 45-53 scales round the middle of the body; dorsal scales keeled, nearly twice as large as ventrals, all directed upwards and backwards; ventral scales strongly keeled. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum or the posterior border of the orbit; fourth finger slightly longer than the third. Tail a little compressed, at the base with a slightly serrated upper ridge. Olive above, frequently with large transverse red spots on the back; lips yellowish.[3]
From snout to vent 13 cm (5 in); tail 25 cm (10 in).
Reproduction
Calotes mystaceus is oviparous.[2]
Distribution
China (Yunnan), Myanmar (Tenasserim to Mandalay = Mandale and Kachin State [26°00N, 97°30E]), Thailand (north of the Istmus of Kra), Cambodia, S Vietnam, Laos and India.[2]
References
- ↑ Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837 Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Calotes mystaceus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 July 2014.
- ↑ Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.
- Hallermann, J. 2005 Mit Hörnern, Kämmen und Gleithäuten - die bizarren Baumagamen. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (1): 18-25
