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Monilesaurus
Monilesaurus rouxii, male in breeding plumage,
Roux's forest lizard or Forest Calotes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Monilesaurus
Species

4 species, see here

Monilesaurus is a genus of lizards in the draconine clade of the family Agamidae and is a new genus[1] described in 2018.[2] Currently it consists of 4 species, with 2 new species and 2 species split from the genus Calotes.

Geographic range

The genus Monilesaurus is native to the Western Ghats of India.

Species

Below species were split from Calotes genus:

Below species are described newly under this genus:

References

  1. ^ Pal, Saunak; Vijayakumar, S.P.; Shanker, Kartik; Jayarajan, Aditi; 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. PMID 30313808.
  2. ^ Monilesaurus. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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External links

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