Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968172 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF60-B88C-FF6B-46FD7D0F0C2C |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) |
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Calotes mystaceus (Duméril & Bibron, 1837) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.
Blue Crested Lizard
Singapore records.
Calotes mystaceus —I.T. Law, 2020: 191 (Sungei Tengah [compound of Qian Hu Fish Farm]).
Remarks. On 28 September 2020, one specimen of C. mystaceus was photographed at Qian Hu Fish Farm in Sungei Tengah (Law 2020). Native to India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, China, Cambodia, and Thailand (Chan-ard et al. 2015), the individual either entered the country as a stowaway on imported plants or it is an abandoned or escaped pet.
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Genus Egernia Gray, 1838 (1 species)
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