Calotes versicolor

Calotes versicolor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Calotes
Species: Calotes versicolor

Name

Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

• Syntypes: MNHN. [lost]
• Neotype NCBS AT102, adult ♂, collected by Anurag Mishra and Zeeshan Mirza on 20 March 2006. [designated by Gowande, Mishra & Mirza (2016: 273), but invalidate by Chaitanya, Giri & Deepak (2017: 586) and restaured by Gowande et al. (2021: 678)]
• Type locality: unkown; assumed to be “Pondicherry” by Kuhl (1920) and Smith (1935), and fixed as “Pondicherry University Campus, Kalapet, Pondicherry, India (12.029097° N, 79.850343° E, elevation 34m)” by neotype designation by Gowande, Mishra & Mirza (2016: 273).

Combinations

• Agama versicolor Daudin 1802: 395 [original combination]
• Calotes versicolor — Fitzinger, 1826 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page. 
• Gowande, G., Mishra, A. & Mirza, Z.A 2016. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics. Zootaxa 4126(2): 271–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.2.7. Reference page. 
• Chaitanya, R., Giri, V.B. & Deepak, V. 2017. On the recent designation of a neotype for the taxon Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802) (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 4317(3): 585–587. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.3.10. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Calotes versicolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 December 2021.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Garden Lizard

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