Added 10 June 2022.
A relatively new genus created after the systematic revision of Calotes.
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M. acanthocephalus, Green Crestless Forest Lizard |
M. ellioti, Elliott's Forest Lizard |
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M. rouxii, Thai False Bloodsucker |
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Green Crestless Forest Lizard |
India (S Western Ghats, Tamil Nadhu) |
?? SVL |
Formerly assigned to Calotes. |
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Elliott's Forest Lizard |
India (Western Ghats) |
SVL 70 cm: TL 87 cm |
Scalation details: 53-60 scale rows around midbody. Coloration: dorsum is olive-brown characterised by more or less distinct dark-brown angular cross-bars. A white spot below the eye is another essential characteristic of this species. [SOURCE: Murthy] |
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M. e. ellioti |
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M. e. amarambalamensis |
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There appears to be doubt about the validity of this subspecies: see Reptile Database entry for details. |
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W Malaysia |
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Forest Calotes, Forest Bloodsucker |
India (Travancore) |
25cm TL [Murthy: SVL 7cm, TL 24cm] |
Arboreal, widely distributed in the forests of its range. It may be confused with young C. versicolor but can be distinguished from the latter by the presence of a distinct dark fold across the neck and two slender spines on each side of the back of the head. Scalation details: 50-60 scales around midbody. Coloration: overall brown with markings. Reproduction: breeding season is May-September. During this time the head and a narrow strip along the back of the male turn bright red. Females lay a clutch of 4-9 eggs. [SOURCE: Daniel, Murthy] |
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“A systematic revision of Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Western Ghats adds two genera and reveals two new species”, Saunak Pal, S P Vijakakumar, Kartik Shanker, Aditi Jayaran, V Deepak, Zootaxa Vol 4482 No 3, September 2018.
“A Field Guide to the Lizards of Western Ghats”, T S N Murthy, Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication Occasional Paper no. 72, Calcutta, 1985.