Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an agamid lizard found on the Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Islands in India.[1] It is also known as the green crestless forest lizard,[1] Andaman and Nicobar forest lizard,[2] Andaman lizard, or Andaman green calotes.[3] This species is an almost exclusive canopy dweller, and is rarely seen.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudocalotes |
| Species: | P. andamanensis
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| Binomial name | |
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The holotype of Pseudocalotes andamanensis is an adult male from the Andaman Islands collected by Frederick Adolph de Roepstorff in 1882.[4] It was recently rediscovered in the Andaman Islands.[5]
Taxonomy edit
This species formerly included Microauris aurantolabium from southern India, now reclassified as a distinct species.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Pseudocalotes andamanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Pseudocalotes andamanensis". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Wildlife news". Reef & Rainforest. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ Zoological Museum collection, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC) 36944
- ^ Harikrishnan, S.; Vasudevan, K. (2013). "Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger, 1891, and assessment of its generic allocation". Herpetozoa. 26 (1/2): 3–13. ISSN 1013-4425.
- ^ Krishnan, S. (2008). "New species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 530–535. doi:10.1670/06-198.1. S2CID 86131722.
Further reading edit
- Boulenger, G.A. (1891). "On new or little known Indian and Malayan reptiles and batrachians". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6. 8: 288–292.
- Ishwar, N. M.; Das, I. (1998). "Rediscovery of Calotes andamanensis Boulenger 1891, and a reassessment of the type locality". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 95: 513–514.
- Ishwar, N. M. (2001). Reptilian Species Distribution in Response to Habitat Fragmentation and Microhabitats in the Rainforests of Southern Western Ghats, India (PhD). Uttaranchal, India: Forest Research Institute (Deemed University).
- Krishnan, S. (2008). "New Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Southern Western Ghats, India". Journal of Herpetology. 42 (3): 530–535. doi:10.1670/06-198.1. ISSN 0022-1511.
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