Calotes, Cuvier, 1817

Thasun Amarasinghe, A. A., Suranjan Karunarathna, D. M. S., Hallermann, Jakob, Fujinuma, Junichi, Grillitsch, Heinz & Campbell, Patrick D., 2014, A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 3785 (1), pp. 59-78 : 75

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A0EBB085-B938-42D9-B008-65EAEAC41043

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7189391

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C187D6-5807-7806-FF22-BC1CFA4D7A09

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Plazi

scientific name

Calotes
status

 

Key to Sri Lankan species of genus Calotes

1. Shoulder pit present.................................................................................... 2

- Shoulder pit absent.......................................................................... C. versicolor

2. Row of well-developed, compressed spines above tympanum................................................... 3

- Well separated, rudimentary or prominent spines above the tympanum.......................................... 4

3. Ventral scales larger than dorsal scales........................................................... C. nigrilabris Ventral scales smaller than dorsal scales............................................................. C. calotes

4. Well separated spines prominent and developed.............................................................. 5 Well separated spines rudimentary and tubercle like.......................................................... 7

5. Lateral scales pointing backwards, and downwards........................................................... 6

- Lateral scales pointing backwards, and straight................................................... C. ceylonensis

6. Scales on ventral surface of thigh smooth........................................................... C. desilvai Scales on ventral surface of thigh keeled............................................................ C. liolepis

7. Abdominal scales mucronate, pectoral scales enlarged.............................................. C. liocephalus

- Abdominal scales acuminate, pectoral scales not enlarged................................... C. pethiyagodai sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

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