Monilesaurus rouxii

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

Monilesaurus rouxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)

Syntypes (2): MNHN-RA-0.6894 & MNHN-RA-1994.1857, collected by Polydore Roux.
Type locality: “Indes Orientales” [=India].

Calotes rouxii Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 407 [original combination]
Monilesaurus rouxii — Pal, Vijayakumar, Shanker, Jayarajan & Deepak, 2018: 427 [subsequent combination]

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL 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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Monilesaurus rouxii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 November 2019.
Srinivasulu, B., Srinivasulu, C., Vijayakumar, S.P., Ramesh, M. & Ganesan, S.R. 2013. IUCN: Monilesaurus rouxii (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T172582A1346225. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T172582A1346225.en

English: Roux's Forest Lizard