Calotes
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species (32):
C. bachae –
C. bhutanensis –
C. calotes –
C. ceylonensis –
C. chincollium –
C. desilvai –
C. emma –
C. farooqi –
C. geissleri –
C. goetzi –
C. grandisquamis –
C. htunwini –
C. iadina –
C. irawadi –
C. jerdoni –
C. liocephalus –
C. liolepis –
C. manamendrai –
C. maria –
C. medogensis –
C. minor –
C. mystaceus –
C. nemoricola –
C. nigrilabris –
C. nigriplicatus –
C. paulus –
C. pethiyagodai –
C. versicolor –
C. vindumbarbatus –
C. vultuosus –
C. wangi –
C. yunnanensis –
C. zolaiking
Name
edit- Type species: Lacerta calotes Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Synonyms
edit- Brachysaura Blyth, 1856: 449 [synonymised by Deepak et al. (2015: 379)]
- Type species: Brachysaura ornata Blyth, 1856, by monotypy.
- Oriocalotes Günther, 1864: 146 [synonymised by Giri et al. (2019: 458)]
- Type species: Calotes minor Gray, 1845, by monotypy.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Cuvier, G. [1816] 1817. Le règne animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction a l’anatomie comparée. Vol. 2. Les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Déterville: Paris. BHL
- Blyth, E. 1856. [Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 25: 448–449. BHL
- Deepak, V., Vyas, R., Giri, V.B. & Karanth, K.P. 2015. A taxonomic mystery for more than 180 years: the identity and systematic position of Brachysaura minor (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827). Vertebrate Zoology 65(3): 371–381. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R., Mahony, S., Lalrounga, S., Lalrinchhana, C., Das, A., Sarkar, V., Karanth, P. & Deepak, V. 2019. On the systematic status of the genus Oriocalotes Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the description of a new species from Mizoram state, Northeast India. Zootaxa 4638(4): 451–484. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.1. Reference page.
Additional references
edit- Zug, G.R., Brown, H.H.K., Schulte, J.A. & Vindum, J.V. 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. Fourth Series 57(2): 35–68. BHL Reference page.
- Mahony, S. 2010. Systematic and taxomonic revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, Calotes kingdonwardi Smith, 1935, Japalura kaulbacki Smith, 1937, Salea kakhienensis Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus Mictopholis Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 2514(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2514.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
- Hartmann, T., Geissler, P., Poyarkov, Jr., N.A., Ihlow, F., Galoyan, E.A., Rödder, D. & Böhme, W. 2013. A new species of the genus Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from southern Vietnam. Zootaxa 3599(3): 246–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.3.3 Reference page.
- Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Fujinuma, J. 2014. A New Calotes Species from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Calotes liolepis Boulenger, 1885. Herpetologica 70(3): 323–338. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00087 PDF Reference page.
- Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Hallermann, J., Fujinuma, J., Grillitsch, H. & Campbell, P.D. 2014. A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3785(1): 59–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.5 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Pal, S., Vijayakumar, S.P., Shanker, K., Jayarajan, A. & Deepak, V. 2018. A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species. Zootaxa 4482(3): 401–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.1. Reference page.
- Gowande, G., Pal, S., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Phansalkar, P.U., Dsouza, P., Jayarajan, A. & Shanker, K. 2021. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reassessment of the widespread agamid lizard Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Squamata, Agamidae) across South Asia. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 669–696. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e62787 Reference page.
- Huang, Y., Li, H-Y., Wang, Y-L., Li, M-J., Hou, M. & Cai, B. 2023. Taxonomic review of the Calotes versicolor complex (Agamidae, Sauria, Squamata) in China, with description of a new species and subspecies. ZooKeys 1187: 63-89. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.110704 Reference page.
- Wagner, P., Ihlow, F., Hartmann, T., Flecks, M., Schmitz, A. & Böhme, W. 2021. Integrative approach to resolve Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837 species complex (Squamata: Agamidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin 70(1): 141–171. DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2021.70.1.141 . Reference page.
- Wang, K., Deepak, V., Das, A., Grismer, L.L., Liu, S. & Che, J. 2024. Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 169–192. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e109088 Reference page.
Links
edit- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calotes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 December 2021.